Tag Archives: Hardware
Nokia just doesn’t get it - Open letter to Nokia E-71 Support
Posted on 14. Aug, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
When Nokia releases a Business Phone, what exactly do they mean by Business Phone? Does it means a business person can use the phone? Or does it really means it has all the features typically needed by Business person?
I think it’s more of the former than latter. That’s why my recently purchases Nokia E71 keeps [...]
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10 Reasons to purchase New Hardware during Recession
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by surendersharma.
Actually there may be many more, but here’s a short list:
#1: Equipment still wears out
As bad as an economic recession becomes, one fact doesn’t change. Power supplies, hard disks, motherboards, displays, and other components still fail. The laws of physics don’t rest just because the economy is in turmoil. Electrical surges still occur, mechanical failures [...]
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Raid Performance Shootout: Observed values for Hardware Raid-5 vs Raid-10
Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
When considering server performance, Raid is the most common way to achieve disk subsystem performance. When you are on a budget, the choices are very limited. But isn’t that when your creativity hits the roof?
We needed cost-effective servers for virtualized environment. So we ran some hard drive benchmarks to see what we can extract.
We could [...]
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Running XenServer on cost effective hardware
Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
XenServer from Citrix is one sweet piece of software. It kicks all the others free Virtual Machines servers to shame. We have been using XenServer 5 for a while now and we get absolutely brilliant performance. However there are a few things to consider when choosing XenServer for any real world use.
The Guidelines we use [...]
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Cloud computing for Business
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
With ever increasing need for computing, IT industry has once again created a new buzz word. Its called computing in the cloud, or more clearly, cloud computing. I wonder why cloud? Why not phantom computing or something of the sorts.
From Wikipedia:
Cloud computing infrastructure as of 2009[update] consists of reliable services delivered through data centers and [...]
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Business at speed of Dell
Posted on 16. Oct, 2008 by Amit Jindal.
With technology touching new frontiers and business at speed of thought, Dell ships its servers in 10 days and it can take upto 25 days. What’s up with that?
We used to buy all Dell servers. But with our past experience of very poor sales where sales person lied to sell servers and with servers taking [...]
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Virtualization Roundoff
Posted on 20. Apr, 2008 by Amit Jindal.
When it comes to server virtualization there are several options. However small businesses not only need server consolidation but the ability to run multiple operating systems with best server utilization.
So which product meets the needs of a small business? It really depends on the needs but for Aquevix, here’s what I concluded. Note that this [...]