Comments on: New Hardware http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2005/10/01/new-hardware/ by Mark Mayo Wed, 16 May 2012 22:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mark http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2005/10/01/new-hardware/#comment-49188 mark Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:13:48 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/?p=373#comment-49188 A quick update: I put a Pentium D 920 (dual core 2.8GHz) in this box, and it runs everything I've thrown at it quite well. With one exception: The PCI-e connected Broadcom gigabit ethernet chip (a "Netlink 5789", in this case) doesn't have a driver in Solaris 10 (any release, including the 11/06 "update 3" release). The "bge" driver in OpenSolaris supports it just fine, though. You could probably use the driver from OpenSolaris in Solaris 10, but I didn't try. A quick update: I put a Pentium D 920 (dual core 2.8GHz) in this box, and it runs everything I’ve thrown at it quite well. With one exception: The PCI-e connected Broadcom gigabit ethernet chip (a “Netlink 5789″, in this case) doesn’t have a driver in Solaris 10 (any release, including the 11/06 “update 3″ release). The “bge” driver in OpenSolaris supports it just fine, though. You could probably use the driver from OpenSolaris in Solaris 10, but I didn’t try.

]]> By: munhkjargal http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2005/10/01/new-hardware/#comment-9331 munhkjargal Fri, 28 Oct 2005 05:44:58 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/?p=373#comment-9331 about new technology about new technology

]]> By: Saint Aardvark http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2005/10/01/new-hardware/#comment-9230 Saint Aardvark Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:21:44 +0000 http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/?p=373#comment-9230 I agree: after a while I just get tired of the fan noise and the hard drive noise of old machines, and I just want something small, quiet and unobtrusive. Shuttles are a great way to do that. Where I work, I've been using 'em for workstations and occasional server use ("Hey, we need a VPN gateway by tomorrow") for >2yrs, and they're great: affordable, compact, quiet and well-made (with the exception of the SB61G2...heatsink fan socket keeps dying). Got one at home too: a little Sempron web server that's ridiculousl overpowered for what it does. I agree: after a while I just get tired of the fan noise and the hard drive noise of old machines, and I just want something small, quiet and unobtrusive. Shuttles are a great way to do that.

Where I work, I’ve been using ‘em for workstations and occasional server use (”Hey, we need a VPN gateway by tomorrow”) for >2yrs, and they’re great: affordable, compact, quiet and well-made (with the exception of the SB61G2…heatsink fan socket keeps dying). Got one at home too: a little Sempron web server that’s ridiculousl overpowered for what it does.

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