Recent content by Minsc

AirWatch, MobileIron, Boxtone are all good enterprise MDM solutions. I did a 5,000 device AirWatch implementation recently, with a pretty good mix of iOS, Android, and WP7, and it is a great value, especially if you use their SaaS model.

There are many reasons to virtualize, and price is a big component, but by no means the only component. Physical servers typically do not use 100% of their resources 100% of the time. Virtualization allows you to leverage your total resource pool across a larger number of servers which drives...

I might have something for you. We consolidated another datacenter recently, and I believe I recovered some KVM equipment. If there is a good 16+ port IP KVM switch in there, I'll hook you up. Let me look tomorrow and see what I have.

Agree with you on the C7000-series. We currently have 4 (and a 5th on the way) running 64 HP BL460 blades with VMware Infrastructure 3. Absolutely love them.

The number one reason we usually see for poor DB performance on virtual servers is poor design of the storage system. Using VMware ESX, a virtual server should see at or near equivilent performance to a physical server of the same size if designed correctly. There are many other things that...

Keeping in mind I have no experience with them, Jamo is considered a good brand in Europe according to a good friend of mine that lives in Denmark where they are made. They were acquired by Klipsch a few years ago, but still operate independently. They seem to have a small but dedicated...

I built my current game rig with the Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus back in April 07, and it's been problem free since then, including through a fresh install of Vista Ultimate x64 in January 08. I typically don't keep a board that long unless I can't find any compelling reasons to replace it. The last...

I am very happy with my Toughpower 750w modular. It's remarkably quiet. While on a quest for a modular power supply, I was about to pull the trigger on the 620HX when I found the Toughpower for $99 at Fry's on special.

Fun read seeing what's still out there... My daughter has one of my old game rigs. I removed it from the old massive In-Win Q500 full-tower and threw it in a new case. It still runs great. Definitely one of my favorite systems of all time. Asus A7V8X motherboard AMD Athlon XP 2800+...

The new Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo is due out in mid-August according to a guy I talked to there, and it looks pretty good. That's the unit I was going to go with but came across a good deal on the GFXChilla, so I decided to try it out while I waited for the AC. I'm so thoroughly happy with it...

Full plate and packing steel.

I'm glad you fixed it. To be fair, I immediately thought of that when I read your first post, but I see that FlyinBrian and transmux actually made a similar inquiry a couple of posts ahead of mine, so I'll give them first shot at any credit. Without going into a lot of boring electrical...

Hmm... I solved this same problem for a friend of mine a good while back. He upgraded his X800 to an X1900XT and when he would play Oblivion, he would get a loud beep from inside his case (not the UPS alarm). He was at wits end with troubleshooting when I asked him if he was using a UPS, which...

It doesn't have to be this one, but like this.

Since the Arctic Cooling unit I wanted to try is not available yet, I went ahead and ordered the GFXChilla. I'm very happy with the results. 37C idle and 50C load with an ambient temperature of 22C. Amazingly quiet. I had to double-check it was actually working. Installation was easy and the...