Tag Archives: hardware

The 2019 Home Lab

Posted on August 9, 2019 by way0utwest

Many of us won’t grow and expand our career completely at our jobs. While some employers will provide training in the form of funds to buy books, take a class, or learn in some other way. I think most employers … Continue reading →

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Changing Hardware

Posted on July 20, 2019 by way0utwest

I’ve been an Intel user for most of my life. While I have owned Mac machines, and I did once have an AMD desktop for the kids, I have pretty much stuck with Intel as my CPU of choice. Certainly … Continue reading →

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Hard Drive Reliability

Posted on February 12, 2019 by way0utwest

Do any of you still use hard drives? I’m sure some of you do, and I’m also sure plenty of you aren’t sure if you’re using HDDs or SSDs. For some of us, the hardware is just a set of … Continue reading →

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Remember the Simple Things

Posted on October 8, 2018 by way0utwest

This is a hardware post, and not at all database related, but it reminds me of troubleshooting problems in my career, and of a lesson that I thought I’d learned well. Apparently that isn’t the case. Over the last year … Continue reading →

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