After reading Phil Jaenke’s (@rootwyrm) blog about building up an ESXi server, lovingly named “BabyDragon”, I decided that I really needed my own ESXi box, based on proper server hardware, that could handle the advanced features of ESXi, especially PCIe passthrough (aka VMDirectPath). My need for VMDirectPath comes from the desire to take some subset… Read More »
I just finished reading “Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation” by Harlow Giles Unger, and I recommend it highly to anyone who wants to dig a little deeper and understand more deeply the period of time around the American Revolutionary War. Patrick Henry is oft cited blindly by today’s… Read More »
This is a long overdue post. Back in October I took advantage of DataRobotic’s evaluation program, obtaining a DroboElite for a 30-day period for testing. I finished up my testing and data gathering in November. My plans included comparing the iSCSI performance of the iSCSI DroboElite with server-based iSCSI target solutions such as Nexenta. Life,… Read More »
I was thinking… what constitutes the “average” car that I’ve driven (as my primary car) over the years? So I made a list! Though my first several years of driving, I switched primary transport often. About 8 cars in 15 years. Over the past 15 years, I’ve had only 3 cars. Slowing down with age.… Read More »
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