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HP Tech Conference 2008 - Day 3

Convergence and Security on the Network (Jeffery Carrell)

HP Integrated Citrix XenServer on HP Proliant Servers (Chris Lynch, Brian Taylor & Aaron Olbrych)

Posted Thu 19 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PM EDT Tags: ?network
Weta's New Super Computer?

Lies, damn lies and statistics ...

Weta Digital Ltd, a New Zealand-based animation company, renowned for the visual effects of “The Lord of the Rings” and “King Kong” movie blockbusters, implemented HP BL2x220c systems to create a high-performance platform that would increase processing density and reduce energy consumption. The system, consisting of four clusters equipped with 156 BL2x220c server blades each, ranks 219 through 222 on the current TOP500 list.

Source: http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15203&Itemid=10

Posted Thu 19 Jun 2008 03:17:54 PM EDT Tags:
Amazing Tornado Photo by Lori Mehmen

Wow ...

Posted Wed 18 Jun 2008 09:01:44 PM EDT Tags: ?photography
HP Tech Conference 2008 - Day 3

Greening the Data Centre (Anand Akela)

More links:

NFS Performance Comparison (Dave Olker)

Collectl: A Single Tool for all Your Linux Performance Monitoring Needs (Mark Seger)

Mondo Rescue: A GPL Disaster Recovery Solution for Linux (Bruno Comec)

Built-in Linux Management and Deployment Tools for Proliant (Jonathan Anderson)

Laptop Management and Security in the Classroom (Andy Avery)

All and all a pretty neat product, I'm off to get my free copy from their booth. ;-)

Posted Wed 18 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PM EDT Tags:
HP Tech Conference 2008 - Day 2

Getting Started with IPv6 (Mark Hollinger)

Implementing and Managing Linux and Solaris on Proliant (Marc Semadeni)

Networking Technology Roadmap

Introduction to SELinux

Posted Tue 17 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PM EDT Tags:
HP Tech Conference 2008 - Day 1

Hands On Troubleshooting and Security at the Packet Level (Laura Chappell)

Good sites:

Posted Mon 16 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PM EDT Tags: ?network
MetroFi in Default of Contract

Since Baa Camp there's been a vast amount of interest in building a free wireless network in Wellington. It's awesome to see this interest take hold even if it does feel like a timewarp back to 2001 in Portland.

At the same time I'm hearing that Personal Telco is continuing to kick ass in Portland as MetroFi drops the ball, rock on guys.

Portland, Ore., considers its options with MetroFi's stalled network: The city of Portland alerted MetroFi in February that it considers the company "in default of contract," according to the (Portland) Oregonian. MetroFi told the paper that his firm won't be finishing the network without "financial support form the city and left open the possibility MetroFi will shut off the entire system." CEO Chuck Haas also seems to have sworn off ad-supported Wi-Fi, something the company switched to years ago, deciding there's truly not enough revenue there to turn a profit. Local group Personal Telco may move into a more leading role, given their steady work while MetroFi fiddled with their business model.

The Oregonian's blog cites some items from the 6 Feb. 2008 letter sent by Portland to MetroFi, noting a lack of ongoing communication and maintenance, as well as a failure to provide information about its advertising partner MSN's privacy practices.

Source: http://wifinetnews.com/archives/008284.html

Posted Tue 22 Apr 2008 08:08:39 PM EDT Tags: ?wellington