Supermicro Motherboards – They work well and have proven chipsets. 3Ware RAID Cards: They’re one of the best in the industry. They work and I’ve never lost data with them. Remember to buy the battery backup option. Supermicro Cases: Talk about seriously over-engineered cases. They cool well and are built … Continue reading
RAID. Rapid Array of Inexpensive Disks. That’s what it means. The question is what level of RAID do you need? God knows there are plenty of different types of RAID. This post explains the different RAID levels and *hopefully, it will help you pick the right configuration for you*** Note: … Continue reading
Firewalls. Everyone needs one and buying a linksys, Netgear or D-link router just doesn’t give you the capabilities that you’ll eventually need. I’m an enterprise technologies architect with over 17 years experience and I’ve worked with all the major firewalls out there including Cisco PIX, Checkpoint, Sonicwall, etc. There’s one … Continue reading