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Windows 8 Release Preview arrives

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Its here. The long awaited final preview of the next Microsoft O/S. So whats it likely to contain. Mainly more representative apps than the “blocky” ones in the consumer preview.- more drivers for more new hardware and better compatibility with existing hardware due to the feedback from the previous “release”. What the new release hints […]

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Got a very useful paper from a colleague which I needed as part of of an ongoing project implementing a Fusion IO based SQL server as part of an ERP implementation. It was great to get such a targeted paper at the time I needed it and it may be of use to others who are aimin to get the max performance out of specifc poweredge servers. The link is here and contains Dell’s recommendations for servers that have certain features and capabilites that impact on the latency of performance or otherwise.

Thanks again Steve for the timing

Win8 from a usb key

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Time to get a working machine and not a vm running the Windows 8 preview. Given that not all machines that you would want to try out windows 8 on – have a DVD drive then we need the USB option to get up and running. Microsoft have usefully given us a tool from the […]

3cx V10 Service pack 6 available

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Great to see latest update to 3cx with the release of SP 6 – full details about it are shown below. I’m hoping that it will resolve a few small issues I have been experiencing during testing. 3CX is pleased to announce a new release of 3CX Phone System 10, build 24018 – Service Pack […]

OMG ! OMD

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Have been enjoying the new functionality and look and feel of the Nagios “addon” – Check_MK which you can find more about here. I was also looking for a faster means of implementing and so when I found a site offering a much quicker solution to implement I thought this can’t be bad. The Open […]

Check_MK – the new kid on the Nagios block

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Came across a new addition to the Nagioverse recently called Check_MK which really changes how you look at Nagios. Beside performance improvements – the accompanying component called Multisite really refreshs the look of your monitoring data. Even after only having running for a few days I would say you owe yourself to look at this […]

ADSL testing in the field

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Investigating a problem for a client required documenting the current adsl2 and adls2+ line performance as a means of understanding some performance issues. Initially checking the available services through SamKnows for the two BT lines gave some odd results. The two lines were based in Runcorn in the UK and a visit onsite was arranged. The […]