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Write Back vs. Write Through Disk Caching

Write  back vs.Write  through?     Common wisdom is WB always faster? Not always so! WT is usually faster for heavy loads If you cannot configure an optimal disk configuration: select WT RAID-5may be...

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Intel Atom Specification Comparison Spreadsheet

I spent a lot of time making this spreadsheet which was used to determine the processor that would be used in a custom firewall appliance for one of my previous employers. I have decided to share this...

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VMWare ESXi vs. Citrix XenServer vs. Microsoft Hyper-V Performance Comparison

I performed these tests about 2 years ago now but I would imagine the results would still be similar. I have attached several documents which show my findings for the performance of the 3 different...

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What would you like to see more of? Comment in thread

Would you like to see more VMWare? iSCSI? Citrix? Server Clustering or other Server Roles? Comment below and I will add more of those types of articles Related posts: Virtualization Face Off, Bare...

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Arduino – Temperature Sensors / Thermistor vs. Analog vs. Digital

The beauty of choice, but with it brings complexity and confusion. There are several choices of temperature sensors available to the average consumer but which is right for your project and whats the...

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Complete Remote System Administration – IIS Exchange AD DHCP DNS SQL

This guide shows how you can manage all of your major server roles remotely without ever logging into the servers themselves. To use these tools you will need Windows 7 Pro or higher, I prefer Windows...

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PC Power Supply Modification /Add SATA Connectors and Cable Wrap

I had this power supply laying around and am currently building a PC that doesn’t require anything special so I decided I would mod it and add the missing SATA connectors and remove some of the old...

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Microsoft Exchange 2007-2010 Anti-Spam Addon

In Exchange  2007 and higher Microsoft added a set of new Anti-Spam features, however these features are not installed by default but lucky for us it’s not too hard to add them in. First locate your...

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Hard Drive Bible Notes

Never install 7,200 RPM drives as OS or Database Drives Never create a 3 Drive RAID 5 (Even with 15k Drives) Never create a 4 Drive RAID 5 with a host spare (This is a 3 Drive RAID 5) Never create a 4...

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Add GUI’s to Windows Server Core and Hyper-V Core

This guide covers adding easy to use GUI’s and functionality to Windows Server Core and Windows Server Hyper-V Core 2008-2012. First start by downloading the installation package, I have already...

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