Monthly Archives: November 2009

Dell MD1000 and Samsung 1 TB HE103UJ-1113 RAID Drive

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Administrator

I was in Fry’s Campbell a few days ago, and inquired which 1 TB Enterprise drives they carried. They only stock one model, the $120 Samsung 1 TB HE103UJ-1113 RAID drive. So I bought two drives and have been testing … Continue reading →

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Accelerating Personal Internet Access with Squid

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Administrator

I’ve been using the free Squid proxy on my Mac and Windows notebooks for a few weeks. One motivation was the horrible wifi access during my last trip to Asia, especially the HK airport departure area. Both DNS lookups and … Continue reading →

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Load Balancing and Routing with Two ISP Connections Overview

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Administrator

Connecting 2 different Internet providers to your home or office can provide a number of benefits: connection fail-over, increasing availability (best compatibility, since only 1 network route provided from your office to a remote site, and thus most likely to … Continue reading →

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HP Procurve J9028A 1800-24G Switch Review

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Administrator

Here’s some notes on the HP Procurve J9028A 1800-24G gigabit switch. I use a few in a data center. They are managed via a web interface, not telnet or ssh. If you look at the changelog, some serious bugfixes have … Continue reading →

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Nginx and RoR FAQ Humor

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Administrator

From the Nginx web server FAQ: “Note: Many users have requested that Nginx implement a feature in the load balancer to limit the number of requests per backend (usually to one). While support for this is planned, it’s worth mentioning … Continue reading →

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