I have 2 of the 32GB OCZ Vertex II in a RAID-0 configuration for my OS (Windows 7). Blazing fast and error-free since installation (3 months ago).
As noted in my previous (anonymous) post Windows 7 is very friendly to SSD, it detects mine (even when RAID0 with the onboard ICH controller) and automatically turns of defrag.
It should be noted that I selected the Vertex II based on excellent reviews, plus OCZ now uses a much improved chipset on them. A bit pricey, but you get what you pay for.
Most importantly, learn how to write a kick-ass functional resume. Learn what fundamentally makes a good SW designer and draw focus on that (communication skills, fast learner, analytical thinker, problem solver, etc etc). Learning to code is just like learning a new language. What makes a good programmer is not the code, its the reasoning around it.
As posted previously, we've tested a Thecus NAS and it was hell.
We've since replaced it with a SansDigital MN4L+B, with 4x 750GB Seagate ES.2, and it works like a charm. It's the fastest NAS you'll find below 1000$ (beside building your own). It has a Celeron 1.5GHz processor, extra slots for expanding DDR2 RAM up to 2GB, and it's made of metal, some some cheap plastic junk like Thecus')
It's also one of the very few NAS that support NFS and iSCSI. Yes, we were surprised indeed to find out that a LOT of NAS out there don't have NFS support.
We have it configured as RAID 10, and it's as fast as you can get on the GbE link. It has also rebuilt our 1.3TB array in a matter of hours after a drive was replaced.
So far, we're very happy with it.
Note that I'm not comparing with the more expensive solutions (Synology, Intel, Dell...) although I doubt they bring much more to the table other than extra storage space ans SCSI support.
We've tried this device for a bit at the office, it was near catastrophic. We've lost all data that was on it after an expected drive failure. The box didn't work as advertised; as soon as one drive failed, the entire RAID became non-accessible and everything was corrupted before it even started to rebuild.
Stay away from Thecus. Their tech support was mostly crap (except for 1 guy) and they refused to refund 11 days after purchase.
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I have 2 of the 32GB OCZ Vertex II in a RAID-0 configuration for my OS (Windows 7). Blazing fast and error-free since installation (3 months ago).
As noted in my previous (anonymous) post Windows 7 is very friendly to SSD, it detects mine (even when RAID0 with the onboard ICH controller) and automatically turns of defrag.
It should be noted that I selected the Vertex II based on excellent reviews, plus OCZ now uses a much improved chipset on them. A bit pricey, but you get what you pay for.
I wonder if the new search engine will crawl this page appropriately to get the feedback they're after ;)
One word:
ADS.
Most importantly, learn how to write a kick-ass functional resume. Learn what fundamentally makes a good SW designer and draw focus on that (communication skills, fast learner, analytical thinker, problem solver, etc etc). Learning to code is just like learning a new language. What makes a good programmer is not the code, its the reasoning around it.
Here's the best guide I found so far: http://www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html
Here are few examples for ppl with either little experience (new grads) or making a career change: http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/samples.php
As posted previously, we've tested a Thecus NAS and it was hell. We've since replaced it with a SansDigital MN4L+B, with 4x 750GB Seagate ES.2, and it works like a charm. It's the fastest NAS you'll find below 1000$ (beside building your own). It has a Celeron 1.5GHz processor, extra slots for expanding DDR2 RAM up to 2GB, and it's made of metal, some some cheap plastic junk like Thecus') It's also one of the very few NAS that support NFS and iSCSI. Yes, we were surprised indeed to find out that a LOT of NAS out there don't have NFS support. We have it configured as RAID 10, and it's as fast as you can get on the GbE link. It has also rebuilt our 1.3TB array in a matter of hours after a drive was replaced. So far, we're very happy with it. Note that I'm not comparing with the more expensive solutions (Synology, Intel, Dell...) although I doubt they bring much more to the table other than extra storage space ans SCSI support.
We've tried this device for a bit at the office, it was near catastrophic. We've lost all data that was on it after an expected drive failure. The box didn't work as advertised; as soon as one drive failed, the entire RAID became non-accessible and everything was corrupted before it even started to rebuild. Stay away from Thecus. Their tech support was mostly crap (except for 1 guy) and they refused to refund 11 days after purchase.
http://www.cplusplus.com/ for APIs
http://www.codeproject.com/ for problem solving