I’m talking to Coyote Point and F5 about load balancing appliances. Anyone else I should talk to? This is a whole new world to me.
Long story short: I just need someting that’ll “pin” IIS sessions and handle SSL. I’d prefer an appliance so that I don’t have to think (much), but am open to other
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Loaded up a brand new machine yesterday for one of the developers (that new Gateway I mentioned the other day, in fact). Fresh install of XP and Service Pack 3 and things were looking good.
The developer was using Remote Desktop to finish installations and general configuration before moving it to his office. Suddenly he shoots
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As mentioned in a post last week, I’m rolling out some Linux based web servers at work (CentOS to start with). This will allow me to handle the assorted LAMP stack web apps that we use or would like to use in the future (currently WordPress and Joomla!, for example).
Up to this point I’d had
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VMware announced today that ESXi is now free.
Virtualize processor, memory, storage and networking resources into multiple virtual machines with VMware ESXi, an enterprise-class hypervisor with a thin 32 MB footprint for added security and reliability.
My current (also free) VMware Server machine at work is running Windows Server 2003 x64. You can bet it has a
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[Just picked this up over at Tightwad Technica]
Gateway, in a never-ending quest to work their way backwards is going to shutdown their online store. Or, as they like to say, shift to a 100% indirect sales model. Sales will only be through “retail partners.”
Seriously? I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a business
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