Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category

How to configure hardware RAID in Dell Servers

One of the Dell Servers, Dell PowerEdge 2850, in our Cyber Jaya DC had hard disk issues, so I had to replace it. For some reason, I had a little bit of trouble setting up and configuring hardware RAID. Mostly because the terms used in the configuration menus and the menu itself is kinda confusing
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A laptop for $150 running Linux

I recently found out that there’s a laptop for only USD$150! The more interesting part is it’s running Fedora Linux. The specs of the laptop as follows:
Intel® Celeron 1.5 GHz CPU
14″ Widescreen X-bright LCD
256 MB Ram memory
40 GB Hard Drive
802.11g Wireless LAN
Optimized Linux operating system
Pre-installed office and multimedia applications
I think it’s difficult to find even [...]

Kiss good-bye to my R60 Thinkpad

I’ve been using thinkpads since 2005. I have used R50, R50e, R51, R51e, R52 and lastly R60 models along the way. All the models served me well during that time, they never failed, the hardware was just tough for a guy like me.
I’ve tried almost all kinds of linux distributions on them, I even give [...]

Project Blackbox – Data Center on the go

Did you know Sun has come up with a Data Center on the go. Project Blackbox is a transportable shock-proof shipping container. It is capable of accommodating up to 250 Sun Fire T1000s or x64 servers, with up to 7 terabytes of memory and as many as 1.5 petabytes of disk or 2 petabytes of [...]

How to embedd Linux Applications

Are you a software vendor looking for embedded linux appliances for your softwares? Or just another geek to see how embedded linux operates? Well, here’s your chance to try it out!
FOX Board, a complete Linux system in just 66 x 72 mm
FOX Board runs a real Linux operating system (not a uC Linux) on [...]