* Posts by Jesse G

10 publicly visible posts • joined 14 Jan 2010

Windows NT: Remember Microsoft's almost perfect 20-year-old?

Jesse G

I'm annoyed when I hit a page on the intranet that says to use my NT logon. Like anyone not in IT knows what that is.

Seems there are still some die-hards around creating helpful tips for how to login.

Microsoft ejects DVD playback from Windows 8

Jesse G
Pint

duh

Just run media center in "windows 7 mode"

Cisco's 3-ring circus: Xsigo CEO on bait and switches

Jesse G
Megaphone

Re: $166k to cable one Dell server?!?

You're forgetting that they are probably talking about port costs, not just cabling (both labor and actual cables/gbics).

With two 40gb/s cables coming from each rack server, you're potentially removing 6+ ports and cables from the top of rack and whatever amount that translates up to the "core."

Though I'm assuming they use Dell blades with Infiniband switches. Which would mean they need 2-4 cables per 16 servers.

Alcohol DOUBLES LIFESPAN, helps resist stress

Jesse G
Pint

objective reporting

Funniest thing I've seen all day:

The test subjects in this case were worms, though the scientists, and indeed the Register editorial team..

Great time to post this story.

SSDs choked by crummy disk interfaces

Jesse G
FAIL

Check out the definition of SAS when you have some free time.

NetApp loses ground again in IDC's Storage Tracker

Jesse G
WTF?

reverse polish graphs?

Is it me, or is this the only graph to have Q3 to the left of Q2?

Or is this the correct way to graph storage growth?

Last mystery of first recorded supernova laid to rest

Jesse G

be careful or some Christian will go thermonuclear on you.

EMC revenues explode in Q2

Jesse G
Pint

not bad

considering Dell dumped them and was easily their biggest reseller.

Tape and dedupe: So not happening

Jesse G
WTF?

Oracle Fanboy?

Not sure about all this talk of Oracle in this space.

When I think dedupe, I don't think Oracle. Maybe EMC or Netapp? They are both hardware companies that actually do dedupe.

Microsoft predicts Linux will fail mobile 'quality' test

Jesse G
WTF?

yes

ActiveSync blows away everything else out there. What's your beef with it? You like manually syncing contacts?