Data center setups and configurations by use cases and application

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รู้จักกับ HPE Synergy หัวใจสำคัญสู่การทำ Data Center Automation อย่างเต็มตัวสำหรับธุรกิจองค์กร

ปัจจุบันนี้ทุกๆ คนคงจะรู้จักกับเทคโนโลยี Hyperconverged Infrastructure กันเป็นอย่างดี แต่ในอนาคตเทคโนโลยีที่จะเข้ามาทดแทนและเติมเต็มอย่าง Composable … รู้จักกับ HPE Synergy หัวใจสำคัญสู่การทำ Data Center Automation อย่างเต็มตัวสำหรับธุรกิจองค์กร Why does this blog not allow comments on their posts? I want to comment “Please translate this to English,” but perhaps that’s the point. Maybe they disable allow comments to avoid a mass of comments asking for a translation …

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My blogs have not been so engaging

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Alternative personal computing

Laptop Laptop may be either an HP Pavilion or ProBook or Lenovo IdeaPad. Better than x86 laptops like those would be a laptop with RISC load/store or stack-based architecture like ARM. On a laptop, have something like Fuchsia or Dahlia OS, Zircon-based with a GNU-Linux subsystem. Linux distributions would be rom most to least preferred …

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STOP talking about Docker and Kubernetes!

When I look up containers or stumble upon articles about containers, why do I always read about Docker and Kubernetes? Please give weight to classic and traditional container engines like LXD/LXD, Virtuozzo/OpenVZ, and Linux-vServer. These support operating system containers – they mimic full operating systems while sharing the same kernel. Docker and Kubernetes on the …

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Use cases of question and answer sites

Quora Quora is strongly geared towards open-ended questions. Yes/no questions are not preferred. Answers.com For questions with factual answers. Yes/no answers are encouraged on answers.com. Not peer-reviewed like Stack Exchange and Stack Overflow which we will get to later. Yahoo Answers Shut down in May 4th of 2021. From April 20th until then, all existing …

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Expanding enterprise server software beyond corporate and institutional environments

Whereas Windows Server Standard and Datacenter editions are used almost exclusively in corporate and institutional environments, let’s have Ubuntu or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS on either a Dell PowerEdge T40 or T1x0 full tower, Lenovo ThinkSystem ST1x0 or ST50, or a custom-built desktop. For the latter desire an AMD Athlon or Ryzen and …

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Challenges of personal use of servers, and recommendations and ideas for residential server services with Windows, Linux, and other systems

Choosing a server brand and OS Some features are only available in the server versions of Windows, such as Active Directory Domain Services and Certification Services and multiple simultaneous remote desktop connections. First off, Windows Server Essentials would be more affordable than Windows Server Standard or Data Center. Client access licenses are not required. There …

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Virtual machine vs container: Which is best for home lab?

No doubt, if you have worked with technology for any time, you have heard the terms “virtual machines” and “containers” more than once. Both virtual … Virtual machine vs container: Which is best for home lab? I don’t know why Brandon Lee blocked me. It’s possible that I either was annoying, was posting too many …

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Optimization of IT infrastructure and platform technologies

Computer architecture and organization Physical CPU’s general purpose register machines, preferably load/store such as DLX/MIPS and IBM/Freescale Power Architecture, application virtual machines stack-based like Java and Forth. Interpretation and just-in-time compilation preferred for application virtual machines, rather than ahead-of-time compilation. Bytecode interpreters and abstract syntax tree just-in-time compilers preferred, other ideas are threaded code and …

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