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Tag Archives: hardware
The 2017 Laptop Search
It seems that I’m often searching for laptops. I used to get more time out of them, but as technology changes, and my job changes, I find myself refreshing hardware more often. This usually comes about because of some issue. … Continue reading
Laptop Cattle
I traveled to Cambridge recently for some meetings at Redgate Software and to attend SQL Bits. I arrived on Tuesday, worked a bit, and then came back to the office Wednesday for the SQL Clone launch (a success, by the … Continue reading
New Video Cards
When I want to upgrade hardware, I usually turn to Glenn Berry for advice. He’s the person I know that really watches, examines, and evaluates computer hardware. He gives good advice and upgrades often, so he actually uses the latest … Continue reading
The 2016 Home Lab
Everyone needs a home lab. At least, everyone that works in technology and wants to grow their career or get better at their craft. I’d hope that’s most of you, but if not, that’s fine. If you’re happy with just … Continue reading
The Quiet Zone
I’ve been in a data center when most servers turned off. I’ve actually heard dozens of systems powered off quickly, and it’s a strange sound. You become so used to the white noise of numerous fans that having them turned … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial
Tagged disaster recovery, hardware
The Desktop Rebuild–Part 3
This is the last part of this series, at least for now. If you haven’t seen Part 1 and Part 2, feel free to check them out. After I got through Part 2, I was working again. In fact, I … Continue reading
The Desktop Rebuild–Part 2
You can read part 1, but that’s more about the (initial) hardware changes. This one looks at getting moving on the new desktop. Note, that since I changed the MB/CPU/Boot disk, I decided to reinstall Windows as well on a … Continue reading
The Desktop Rebuild–Part 1
I’ve had an aging desktop for some time. I originally bought it from Glenn Berry (b | t), who I think gets a new machine every quarter or two. Seriously, I think there is a computer in every room of … Continue reading
Back Home, Despite a Scare
I’ve spent the last 11 days traveling in Europe, returning home late yesterday. It wasn’t a holiday or even corporate boondoggle as this was 3 cities, 2 events at which I spoke, travel in planes, trains, and automobiles, a minor … Continue reading
Stress Testing
Many of the DBAs that manage production systems will at some point determine what level of hardware is needed to support a workload. Whether this is a physical server purchase or a cloud “rental”, someone has to decide what hardware … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial
Tagged administration, hardware
