You can buy 1U rackmount chassis at General Technics. I'd suggest just buying the chassis from them, and going elsewhere for motherboard, RAM, disk, etc. They appear to be a little pricey on those. Even at $250 for the case (w/ 200W PS) you should easily be able to put together your base system. It takes standard ATX mobo's, just make sure you get low profile RAM and CPU fan(s).
Also, most 1U systems are limited to a single PCI card, but Intel has a 4-port PCI ethernet adapter that would work well for expansion. Don't have a link handy, but you should be able to google it easily enough.
Hmmm, this seems to be exactly what Cringley said in his article. Nobody, so far, has been able to make a profit and they are not likely to in the near(?) future.
You make a good point about the small local providers though -- if there's any hope for the future it lies with them. The big guys overexpanded and overspent, and are now (justifiably) going bust.
There's the Jakarta project's JMeter, from the folks at Apache. It's written in Java, but can be used to load test a wide variety of network resources.
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Power4 is the processor that will be used in the next-generation RS/6000 and AS/400 systems (IBM eServer i-series and p-series). It is a high-performance VLSI chip that includes two 64-bit PowerPC microprocessors, connected at high bandwidth to an on-chip memory subsystem consisting of a shared L2-cache memory plus the directory and interface for a large off-chip L3, and with high-speed busses and I/O to enable efficient 8-way systems to be built on a single 4-chip module. The microprocessors will operate at > 1 GHz clock frequency and have processor-L2 cache bandwidths of 100 GB/s. The Power4 chip is divided into 12 units, some of which are being designed by multi-site teams. The Research team focuses on all aspects of VLSI design as well as design tools and methodologies. For the Instruction Fetch and L2 Cache Control Units, the circuit and physical design of the logic circuits (about 2M transistors for each unit) are done in Yorktown, the array designs in Poughkeepsie, and the logic and verification in Austin. Performance exceeding 1GHz is achieved at acceptable power levels using mostly static, custom-designed CMOS circuits for the dataflow. Synthesized logic, implemented using circuit books from a standard cell library, is used for most control circuits. The circuits are designed to be fabricated in IBM's 0.18 CMOS 8S2 Silicon-on-Insulator technology with 7 levels of copper wiring.
Unfortunately I am on a Rhythms line right now (784k SDSL). I hope that my DSL provider (DirectvInternet, formerly Telocity) leaves me on Rhythms instead of migrating my service over to Ameritech. Save me WorldCom - you're my only hope for continued 784kb upload speeds. The tyranny of 128kb upload must not happen!
I think it's too late. My line was just re-activated last night after being down for a week. FYI - went from 784K SDSL to 900K/160K SDSL. I need to call them about the upload speed - when I talked to them about switching the line they claimed I'd get 1.5M/512K.
I'm probably too far from the CO to get the full 1.5M download, but I don't see any reason I shouldn't be getting the 512K up.
I know other people have had problems, but there are some of us who are very happy with our current DSL setup and I think that's worth mentioning.
You are absolutely right. I'm deleriously happy with my current DSL setup. The problem is, with Rhythms going under, I now have no choice but to stay with Telocity and let Ameritech provide the line. Or, I could switch to Ameritech DSL.
Oh, and either way I'll have to give up my 768/768 SDSL. Ameritech uses ADSL, so I'll probably end up with 768/128. And PPPoE. And have to install a new modem.
I admit Zope is cool. But mention it to your average pointy-hair, and they'll look at you cross-eyed. Java and J2EE they've at least heard of - maybe they don't really understand it - but they've heard of it.
That goes a long way in the corporate world (where J2EE is being adapted at a rapid pace), and that's why I think the author has a valid point.
One question: Where's the Jakarta EJB container??? Oh, wait, they ISN'T one...
Oh, yes they [sic] is... JBoss. It's not part of the Jakarta project, but it integrates nicely with Apache/Tomcat. It mentioned (although only briefly) in the article, had you bothered to read it.
No source code for BIOS - I can tell you that for sure.
As the previous poster mentioned, it was included in the Technical Reference manual. You had to purchase it separately, it wasn't part of the standard docs.
Telocity's DNS hosting is a little misleading. What they'll do is set up their DNS to point your domain at their webserver (you get 10MB of webspace as part of the service).
So, www.yourdomain.com ends up pointing to a virtual web server under Telocity's control.
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Take a look at Bamboo, which is a plugin (or component) framework.
Bamboo home page
Take a look at the NIC. It's a relatively inexpensive 'internet appliance' that runs Linux off the CD-ROM.
You are in a store. You can either buy one bottle of water for three dollars, or fifty bottles of water for six. Which do you choose?
plugh!
Sorry, but this reminds me sooo much of the old Adventure game(s).
You can buy 1U rackmount chassis at General Technics. I'd suggest just buying the chassis from them, and going elsewhere for motherboard, RAM, disk, etc. They appear to be a little pricey on those. Even at $250 for the case (w/ 200W PS) you should easily be able to put together your base system. It takes standard ATX mobo's, just make sure you get low profile RAM and CPU fan(s).
Also, most 1U systems are limited to a single PCI card, but Intel has a 4-port PCI ethernet adapter that would work well for expansion. Don't have a link handy, but you should be able to google it easily enough.
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Standard Operating Environment or
Standard Office Environment
ODBC?
If you had a Visor, you could do just that.
they've yet to make a profit on the DSL
Hmmm, this seems to be exactly what Cringley said in his article. Nobody, so far, has been able to make a profit and they are not likely to in the near(?) future.
You make a good point about the small local providers though -- if there's any hope for the future it lies with them. The big guys overexpanded and overspent, and are now (justifiably) going bust.
There's the Jakarta project's JMeter, from the folks at Apache. It's written in Java, but can be used to load test a wide variety of network resources.
Overview of the Power4 processor:
Power4 is the processor that will be used in the next-generation RS/6000 and AS/400 systems (IBM eServer i-series and p-series). It is a high-performance VLSI chip that includes two 64-bit PowerPC microprocessors, connected at high bandwidth to an on-chip memory subsystem consisting of a shared L2-cache memory plus the directory and interface for a large off-chip L3, and with high-speed busses and I/O to enable efficient 8-way systems to be built on a single 4-chip module. The microprocessors will operate at > 1 GHz clock frequency and have processor-L2 cache bandwidths of 100 GB/s. The Power4 chip is divided into 12 units, some of which are being designed by multi-site teams. The Research team focuses on all aspects of VLSI design as well as design tools and methodologies. For the Instruction Fetch and L2 Cache Control Units, the circuit and physical design of the logic circuits (about 2M transistors for each unit) are done in Yorktown, the array designs in Poughkeepsie, and the logic and verification in Austin. Performance exceeding 1GHz is achieved at acceptable power levels using mostly static, custom-designed CMOS circuits for the dataflow. Synthesized logic, implemented using circuit books from a standard cell library, is used for most control circuits. The circuits are designed to be fabricated in IBM's 0.18 CMOS 8S2 Silicon-on-Insulator technology with 7 levels of copper wiring.
Argh - of course I meant 900K/160K ADSL.
;-)
And yes, I did preview
Unfortunately I am on a Rhythms line right now (784k SDSL). I hope that my DSL provider (DirectvInternet, formerly Telocity) leaves me on Rhythms instead of migrating my service over to Ameritech. Save me WorldCom - you're my only hope for continued 784kb upload speeds. The tyranny of 128kb upload must not happen!
I think it's too late. My line was just re-activated last night after being down for a week. FYI - went from 784K SDSL to 900K/160K SDSL. I need to call them about the upload speed - when I talked to them about switching the line they claimed I'd get 1.5M/512K.
I'm probably too far from the CO to get the full 1.5M download, but I don't see any reason I shouldn't be getting the 512K up.
OK, I don't use lynx, at least not very often. So here is my stupid question -
Aren't you still downloading the images, even if your browser doesn't/won't display them? If so, they're still going to bog down your connection.
You are absolutely right. I'm deleriously happy with my current DSL setup. The problem is, with Rhythms going under, I now have no choice but to stay with Telocity and let Ameritech provide the line. Or, I could switch to Ameritech DSL.
Oh, and either way I'll have to give up my 768/768 SDSL. Ameritech uses ADSL, so I'll probably end up with 768/128. And PPPoE. And have to install a new modem.
Yeah, I'm real happy about this.
I've had the (mis-)fortune of working with 'D' scripts on a project some years ago. The product is (was?) TeleUSE. I don't recall the company name.
That goes a long way in the corporate world (where J2EE is being adapted at a rapid pace), and that's why I think the author has a valid point.
Oh, yes they [sic] is ... JBoss. It's not part of the Jakarta project, but it integrates nicely with Apache/Tomcat. It mentioned (although only briefly) in the article, had you bothered to read it.
As the previous poster mentioned, it was included in the Technical Reference manual. You had to purchase it separately, it wasn't part of the standard docs.
Check out the notes for the add from 82, and the comment about being Microsoft's first casualty.
Microsoft? ;-)
link at Amazon (sorry)
I used it several years ago (although it was the FORTRAN version of the book) to solve some optimization problems using simulated annealing.
Not an in-depth treatment, but it does cover a wide variety of subjects fairly well.
So, www.yourdomain.com ends up pointing to a virtual web server under Telocity's control.
Not exactly the same as hosting DNS for you.
- they were less expensive
- they provided higher bandwith
- they had similar 'server-friendly' TOS
I've been happy w/ Telocity, but my DSL line is provided by Rythyms (who buys the line from ACI), so I'm a little worried it could go away.Hopefully, DirecTV won't fsck up a good thing.
They closed it down in 1996 (was it really that long ago?).