AMD's server roadmap burns through Intel's fogOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 188 days ago (http://weblog.infoworld.com)
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Tom Yager writes a scathing critique of Intel CPU's and high praise for AMD, suggesting that IT needs to start buying forward-looking AMD rather than outdated Intel CPUs with marketing hype. read more »
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For server power measurement, there's only one shortcutOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 188 days ago (http://weblog.infoworld.com)
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Tom Yager suggests that performance per watt is an over-blown, untestable mode of measure and proceeds to explain extensively in an interesting article why this is so. read more »
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AMD's ready to scale you upOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 188 days ago (http://weblog.infoworld.com)
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Tom Yager writes a fascinating article comparing AMD's ability to "scale-up" within a single rack server to Intel's inability to perform similarly. read more »
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HP Beats IBM In Server RevenueOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 189 days ago (http://www.informationweek.com)
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Antone Gonsalves reports that, "In surpassing IBM, HP had increases in both its ProLiant and HP Integrity brands, which offset some revenue declines in other brands, Gartner said." read more »
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Les Robertson: six years at the head of the LCGOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 189 days ago (http://www.isgtw.org)
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"A history of the Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid (LCG)." read more »
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Intel inside Cascade CraysOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by vogelabv 217 days ago (http://www.theregister.co.uk)
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Cray Supercomputing is slotting Xeons into their future Cascade Supercomputer. It is unknown whether they still are planning to use Opterons as well as general purpose CPUs. read more »
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» Virtual Machines Are HelpfulOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by basketkase999 202 days ago (http://techie.today.com)
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As any good systems administrator should know, testing is vital when implementing new software or server applications. Virtualization allows you to do that easily, and (mostly) painlessly. read more »
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» Sharing Documentation: Why wikis are a necessity Tales of a Young Systems AdministratorOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by basketkase999 207 days ago (http://techie.today.com)
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An excellent arguement as to why wikis are a necessity when working in an IT department. read more »
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