Category Archives: Storage

HP TouchPad Tablet

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Administrator

I bought one of the Woot-advertised refurbished HP TouchPad 32 GB tablets for $225 for software QA. TouchPad device hardware sales have been discontinued by HP, but accessories are still listed in their online store, and online support is indicated … Continue reading →

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SphinxSearch Day in Santa Clara 2012

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Administrator

“Sphinx Search Day and SkySQL & MariaDB Solutions Day and Drizzle Day” was held today in Santa Clara. I couldn’t make it this time, but wanted to collect the links in one place for future reference. (I did attend Andrew’s … Continue reading →

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Percona Live MySQL Conference And Expo 2012

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Administrator

The MySQL Conference was held once again at the Santa Clara Convention Center, but hosted by Percona this year. Percona did a great job of organizing the show on fairly short notice, with a good program, full exhibits area, and … Continue reading →

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Improving on Wired’s Article on “Google, Amazon, and Microsoft Swarm China for Network Gear”

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Administrator

Wired.com has an interesting article, “Google, Amazon, and Microsoft Swarm China for Network Gear.” Unfortunately, it’s mostly anecdotal, rather than analytical. None of the cloud operators mentioned wanted to write their own network OS’es due to the difficulty, expense and … Continue reading →

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Cassandra Meetup at Netflix 2012

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Administrator

Photo credit: Jeff Crilly. I went to the Silicon Valley Cassandra User Group Meetup at Netflix HQ tonite in Los Gatos. Several Netflix Cloud Database staff were available to present and answer questions about using Cassandra. Vijay Parthasarathy, a new … Continue reading →

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