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Archive for July, 2006

Half a server

My the following gear has shipped via UPS. Which undoubtedly means they’ll just leave it in the parking lot and tape hundred dollar bills to it.
Dynatron A75 70mm 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink
ASUS M2NPV-VM Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2000MHz HT Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor [...]

July 29th, 2006

paintbylight.com makes a return

After several long years I had one of those headaches with pictures.. an idea.and so I looked at the error on paintbylight.com, and this time read it. and then logikal fixed it. so we’re back in business on that front. Nowe we just need Battlestar Galactica back on the air.

 

July 27th, 2006

A Plan of Action

I’ve always wanted a rack mount server, since I was three years old. Even if I can’t find affordable colocation services for it, I can still keep it at home like Enterprise was, but I don’t suspect a problem finding colocation.

So here is my wishlist on Newegg.com
(Note that they make it very easy
for you to [...]

July 25th, 2006

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core

the X2 socket CPU of bliss.

July 25th, 2006

Enterprise Specs

<enterprise version=”1.5″>
<processor list=”preferred”>
<cpu>AMD Opteron</cpu>
<cpu>AMD Opteron Dual Core</cpu>
<cpu>Equivalent Intel</cpu>
</processor>
<memory>
<slots pins=”240″>DDR2</slots>
</memory>
<storage raid=”false” total_minimum_drives=”2″>
<scsi required=”false” />
<pata required=”false” />
<sata type=”SATA I” preference=”optional”>
<desirable preference=”false” />
<current_drives number=”3″ />
</sata>
<sata type=”SATA II” preference=”optional”>
<desirable preference=”true” />
<current_drives number=”0″ />
</sata>
</storage>
<network>
<preferred>2 NICs</prefered>
<speed>Up to 1000Mbps</speed>
</network>
<additional_info><![CDATA[
No 3.5 bays or 5.25 bays required.
I plan to use an external USB
CDROM to install gentoo
Form factor is not an issue though
I really hate [...]

July 25th, 2006

Some Memory


July 25th, 2006

Enterprise Fails

so after experiencing issues over a period of days - random disconnects from the switch, loss of sshd, etc - finally the PSU dies. I dont have a spare around and I know the primary harddrive was having problems of its own. I’ve been meaning to upgrade for a while, something rack-worthy. I’m currently examining [...]

July 25th, 2006

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July 25th, 2006