There are a few server-grade processors in the market. The well-know ones are Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, Intel Itanium, and Sparc. Core2Quad and Phenom are, for example, desktop CPUs. There is confusion as to what makes a server-type CPU different from a desktop counterpart. Besides the bus speed improvement, there is a fundamental difference that [...]
Houston does it for the first time on record. It is snowing like there’s no tomorrow! Cheers!
My interest in NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) has picked up quite a bit as of late. This technology has a huge potential for application in large scale Web hosting and Internet solutions. In brief, NUMA is a technology that was conceived to get around bus contention in general. What this means is that, with NUMA, [...]
How else would we attract and keep customers? Does it mean that we have to offer better servers? Is it better uptime? Or is it better service? You bet! It is a difficult feat because one has to keep a perfect record in such competitive environment. Not only do we need a perfect track record [...]
