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AMD Opteron 4300 and Opteron 3300 Series Server CPUs Launched

December 6, 2012, 1:53 pm
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AMD has brought their newest Piledriver architecture to two more product lines. The AMD Opteron 4300 series is a socket C32 solution meant for single and dual socket configurations. The AMD Opteron 3300 series uses the familiar AM3+ socket used by many desktop computers. Piledriver based parts are expected to deliver 15% better performance than [...]

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External SAS/SATA Disk Chassis Wiring – Part 1

December 10, 2012, 1:01 am
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You’ve decided to build your own external hard drive chassis. You bought your drives and a bare chassis to house them. You’ve read Patrick’s first and second build articles plus my article on the Supermicro power board. Now you are figuring out which disk cables and adapters you need to wire it all together – and it’s starting to get [...]

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Supermicro Upgrades Server System Warranties

December 11, 2012, 1:01 am
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As many in the industry know, Supermicro is making a push to brand the company as a system supplier, rather than a component supplier. This makes sense as the company has seen brisk revenue growth over the past few years. To this end, Supermicro has upgraded its warranty terms on pre-built systems significantly. Here are [...]

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Intel Atom S1200 Series Centerton

December 11, 2012, 9:05 am
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At the Intel Atom S1200 series Centerton launch event keeping a log in the forums of the Atom S1200 event. Will keep updating the forum post with raw notes and then do a writeup for the main site later. Here are some key points: Example Intel Atom S1200 design wins: Dedicated web hosting L2 network [...]

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External SAS/ SATA Disk Chassis Wiring – Part 2

December 12, 2012, 1:01 am
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In External SAS/SATA Disk Chassis Wiring – Part 1 we looked at wiring a server with the cables and adapters needed to connect to an external SAS/SATA disk chassis. Now we can move on to wiring up the JBOD disk chassis itself. This article is for those who plan to assemble their own disk chassis, JBOD or RAID, [...]

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Supermicro Hyper-Speed SYS-6027AX-TRF Chassis Review

December 17, 2012, 1:01 am
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Recently a new Supermicro Hyper-Speed server was sent to STH for review. For those not familiar with Supermicro Hyper-Speed it is enterprise overclocking. Supermicro enables mild overclocks on their Hyper-Speed products. These overclocks are innovative in the data center because dual socket Intel Xeon E5-2600 series CPUs are multiplier locked. The company offers both workstation [...]

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Supermicro Hyper-Speed Servers Internal Components

December 18, 2012, 1:01 am
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Recently a new Supermicro Hyper-Speed server was sent to STH for review. For those not familiar with Supermicro Hyper-Speed it is enterprise overclocking. Basically, Supermicro enables mild overclocks on their Hyper-Speed products. These overclocks are innovative in the data center because dual socket Intel Xeon E5-2600 series CPUs are multiplier locked. The Supermicro Hyper-Speed solution [...]

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Supermicro Hyper-Speed Server BIOS

December 19, 2012, 1:01 am
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The Supermicro Hyper-Speed product line is innovative in that it can speed up two Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors. Today we are looking at the specific Supermicro Hyper-Speed BIOS settings that allow the company to speed up the dual Intel Xeon E5 CPUs. In the consumer world, this type of activity is relegated to mostly [...]

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DrayTek Vigor120 v2 Modem Review for ADSL and ADSL2+

December 26, 2012, 1:01 am
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Earlier this year we had a big thunderstorm, one very large bang later I discovered my Internet was out. A little investigating later led me to my old ADSL modem the Linksys AM300 had been destroyed due to the lightning strike. As a result, I tried the DrayTek Vigor120 v2 modem. I’ve had the Linksys [...]

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Intel Atom S1200 Centerton Server Processor Launch Notes

December 27, 2012, 1:01 am
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Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Intel Atom S1200 server processor launch. The morning’s focus was on the current 6w Centerton generation Atom parts, but one could tell that there was a lot of room to go. As I was in the launch event, I posted both on the main site and in [...]

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Supermicro Hyper-Speed Server Benchmarks

January 2, 2013, 1:01 am
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The Supermicro Hyper-Speed server sent to STH for review has been featured several times recently, mostly focusing on features. For those not familiar with the Supermicro Hyper-Speed server line it allows for selected pre-configured components to run faster than their native specifications. For example, the Intel Xeon E5-2687W is currently the fastest CPU at the [...]

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Putty on Windows RT Using a Microsoft Surface and RemoteApp

January 3, 2013, 1:01 am
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Recently we discussed how one can create a virtual machine for server admin with a Windows RT device. Sometimes though, you just need putty. Putty is perhaps one of the most used server admin tools by any Windows administrator. In this guide we are going to show how one can also enable using Putty using [...]

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Microsoft Surface and Windows RT – As a PC – Good and Bad

January 7, 2013, 1:01 am
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I wanted to take a few minutes to share my thoughts about using a Microsoft Surface using Windows RT as a PC over a two month period. This is an update to my previous piece around my initial impressions, now with significant experience behind me. Overall, the experience was mixed. Other reviewers seem to be [...]

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International CES 2013 Coverage Las Vegas Part 1

January 9, 2013, 1:05 am
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ServeTheHome finally started the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. For those who have not been, the show is huge with an estimated 155,000 people from what I heard. CES is an opportunity for vendors to show off their newest products to potential buyers and the press. Probably half of the booths [...]

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International CES 2013 Coverage Las Vegas Part 2 – Our Best in Show

January 10, 2013, 1:01 am
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After yesterday’s coverage of the International CES13, I had an abbreviated day due to flights. In the late morning I passed the torch off to Jeff as we toured the Venetian. He may or may not attest to the fact that we walked into a huge brightly lit hall and I got dizzy at the [...]

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Other World Computing (OWC) Jupiter Storage

January 14, 2013, 1:01 am
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At the International Consumer Electronics Show 2013 (CES13) I stopped by the Other World Computing (OWC) booth. OWC is best known for its lines of Mac upgrades and accessories. Founded in 1988 OWC is a well known brand in the Apple ecosystem. Lately, it has expanded into areas such as selling solid state drive upgrades [...]

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Dual Xeon E5 Memory Bandwidth Comparison – DDR3 1066MHz to Hyper-Speed

January 15, 2013, 1:01 am
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After posting the initial memory bandwidth figures in our Supermicro Hyper-Speed tests we decided to take a deeper look. This time we did a few optimizations, including turning off all unnecessary hardware devices on the Hyper-Speed platform. We also changed from our own compiled version where we saved results, to the Phoronix Test Suite pts/stream [...]

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ASUS P8C WS Review – C216 Based Workstation Motherboard

January 15, 2013, 3:05 pm
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The ASUS P8C WS combines Intel's 216 chipset with Xeon E3 V1 and V2 support, ECC memory support, dual Intel 82574L LAN controllers several PCIe x16 physical slots and many other features to form a foundation for a stable workstation platform.

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Installing and Configuring napp-it and OpenIndiana

January 16, 2013, 1:01 am
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This article is the first in a multi- part series featuring napp-it. For those that do not know what napp-it is, it is a free NAS / SAN web interface for Solaris derivatives. That is a big deal because it takes one of the most robust file systems in ZFS and makes it easy to [...]

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Falling From the Sky – Why STH is Leaving the Cloud

January 17, 2013, 1:01 am
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In 2012 ServeTheHome grew by 8.5% month-over-month over the entire year. In fact, it just about doubled between July 2012 and December 2012 and is looking strong in 2013 already setting two new all-time daily visitor records. That has made the site a very busy place. Likewise, the STH Fourms have doubled in visitors as [...]

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