Copyright 1998-2013 Tweakers.net B.V. Thu, 23 May 2013 05:22:17 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 05:22:17 GMT http://tweakers.net/reviews/76 Tweakblogs.net is the weblog service provided by Tweakers, the largest hardwaresite and techcommunity in the Netherlands. http://tweakblogs.net/ http://tweakimg.net/g/if/logo.gif 60 60 Tweakblogs.net en http://renegade.tweakblogs.net frontpage@tweakers.net http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3528/ive-moved-groter-dan-basraayman-punt-com.html Or actually, my blog moved. I decided to purchase my own domain and moved my blogging activities to http://basraayman.com Hope to see you around on my new domain!Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3528/ive-moved-groter-dan-basraayman-punt-com.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3528 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:18:32 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3190/the-thing-about-certifications-and-flowers.html A discussion on Twitter got me thinking about certifications. The discussion itself wasn't that new, but this was at least the second time I've seen the subject pop up, and more interestingly it were the same people talking about the same subject. Things kicked off with a tweet from StorageMonkeys asking the following:"Just curious... why would anyone get a storage certification when...Renegade 1 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3190/the-thing-about-certifications-and-flowers.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3190 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:39:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3145/gestaltit-tfd-day-2-top-secret-at-data-robotics.html So, during the afternoon of the GestaltIT Tech Field Day, we were invited to join Data Robotics for something that would turn out to be quite interesting. Since pictures say more than words I didn't want to hold back this picture from you guys just to show that we are all work and no play: So, once we pulled Greg Knieriemen off of the sign, we went inside and entered a meeting room where we had...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3145/gestaltit-tfd-day-2-top-secret-at-data-robotics.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3145 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:13:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3117/gestaltit-tfd-day-2-wind-instruments-and-data-deduplication.html Excuse me if I'm going back and forth in the GestaltIT Tech Field Days timeline, but I wanted to start the series of articles with a post of one of two presentations that made the biggest impact on me. So, let's get things started with a company that shares it's name with an "ancient flute-like wind instrument" and instead of being a windbag actually does some pretty nifty things:...Renegade 1 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3117/gestaltit-tfd-day-2-wind-instruments-and-data-deduplication.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3117 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3111/gestaltit-tech-field-day-0-it-started-with-a-haiku.html I'm back! And what a ride it was. But, let's start at the beginning, which in my case was November 11th. I needed to get up early to catch my flight from Frankfurt at 11:40. International flights will require you (at least here in Germany) to be at the airport at least 2 hours before takeoff, and you need to get yourself at the airport somehow. After the usual paranoia at the airport and the...Renegade 1 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3111/gestaltit-tech-field-day-0-it-started-with-a-haiku.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3111 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3060/gestaltit-quiz-part-5-7-do-the-drobo-win-an-ipod-nano-(among-others)-last-chance!.html Ok, this is the last post when it comes to the prizes. Again, with the links in this post you will have a new chance to win (among others) an iPod Nano from the Gestalt Tech Field Day. What do you do? The only thing you need to enter the contest, is to just fill out what you think is the best answer. There is no right or wrong, it's all just a matter of finding out if the people know about the...Renegade 1 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3060/gestaltit-quiz-part-5-7-do-the-drobo-win-an-ipod-nano-(among-others)-last-chance!.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3060 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:25:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3041/gestaltit-quiz-part-3-7-symantec-does-storage-win-an-ipod-nano-(among-others).html Since I'm just posting a repeat post for this quest I'll try to keep it short. Again, with the links in this post you will have a new chance to win one of the prizes from the Gestalt Tech Field Day, among them a new Ipod Nano with video. What do you do? The only thing you need to enter the contest, is to just fill out what you think is the best answer. There is no right or wrong, it's all just a...Renegade 1 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3041/gestaltit-quiz-part-3-7-symantec-does-storage-win-an-ipod-nano-(among-others).html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3041 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:25:58 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3036/gestaltit-quiz-part-1-7-what-the-xsigo-win-an-ipod-nano-(among-others).html Ok, so here is the deal. If you read my last two blog posts you will know about GestaltIT by now, and the fact that I will be traveling to San Jose in California next week. Part of the fun is to interact with the people attending, but what do the people reading the blogs get from it (beside the posts and tweets? Well, you get a chance to win one of the prizes, among them a new Ipod Nano with...Renegade 1 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3036/gestaltit-quiz-part-1-7-what-the-xsigo-win-an-ipod-nano-(among-others).html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3036 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:56:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3025/prepare-to-zjoin-ze-gestalt!-or-gestaltit-tech-field-day-preparation.html As you may have read in my previous post I was asked to join the GestaltIT tech field days. Some people commented on the win-win fact for both the person attending, and the company presenting. And yes, I agree with both. But a post made by Ocarina Networks on their blog gave me a different view on what would be my own benefits. Basically they posted a challenge for the attendees, stating the...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3025/prepare-to-zjoin-ze-gestalt!-or-gestaltit-tech-field-day-preparation.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/3025 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:14:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2972/you-are-an-industry-thought-leader-ehm-did-you-pick-the-right-guy.html The title of this post was my first thought when I received the invitation to join the Gestalt IT Tech Field Day. To start off from the beginning, I'm a regular reader over at Gestalt IT. "So what is Gestalt IT" you may wonder now. Well, on their website you will find the following:We are collecting the best analysis and commentary from leaders in the fields of virtualization,...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2972/you-are-an-industry-thought-leader-ehm-did-you-pick-the-right-guy.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2972 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:42:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2948/the-kindle-is-coming-to-europe!-hurray-so-what.html I was pretty psyched about the Kindle coming to abroad to Europe. First of all it means that we get a halfway decent e-book reader over here, and more importantly a lot of books in a format that is at least somewhat of a standard, be it a proprietary one. The pricing model is also okay in my opinion, be it not overly cheap. Since I do a lot of reading I was actually seriously considering the...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2948/the-kindle-is-coming-to-europe!-hurray-so-what.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2948 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:26:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2934/lo-and-behold!-the-emc-community-expert!-or-something.html About two weeks back (Friday October 2nd to be exact), I received an e-mail from Erin Capellman. She's one of the people working for EMC and seems to be at least partially, if not even full time, responsible for the EMC community network. Basically it's the same as a lot of other online communities. People meet in a digital environment and exchange ideas, meet peers and get new information.Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2934/lo-and-behold!-the-emc-community-expert!-or-something.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2934 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:26:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2877/symmetrix-access-control-when-unique-is-everything-but-unique.html So, youve got a million dollar storage box standing there and want to make sure that it's secure? Sure thing you want to do that! And you ask your vendor "What can I do?". One of the replies could to use access control lists or ACL's. And all is great. Or is it? From what I have heard, very few EMC customers in Europe tend to use ACL's on their Symmetrixes. Perhaps even for a good...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2877/symmetrix-access-control-when-unique-is-everything-but-unique.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2877 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:22:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2872/computer-evolution-and-we-continue-to-wait.html It's all about waiting when it comes to computers. Let's take a short trip down technology lane and look back at "what was" back then. For me, it all started with a C64. My dad worked for a shipping and forwarding company, and they made the change from punched or IBM card systems to a new form of computing. The company he worked for made their employees an offer to purchase a Commodore...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2872/computer-evolution-and-we-continue-to-wait.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2872 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:29:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2724/storage-provisioning-do-you-really-really-really-need-that-much.html I received a link to an article where we can find an interview with Symantec's Mathew Lodge and their view on data deduplication. I couldn't help but noticing the following quote:According to a recent survey by Applied Research, more than half of all organizations expect to spend more on storage in 2009 than they did in 2008. But at the same time, the latest Symantec State of the Data Center...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2724/storage-provisioning-do-you-really-really-really-need-that-much.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2724 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:46:33 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2533/scsi3-pgr-want-support-on-symmetrix-reboot-500-windows-servers-punt-continued.html Alan Shugart introduced something called the "Shugart Associates System Interface" or in short "SASI" in 1981, and created something that can now be called a commodity. He probably didn't realize back then what an impact his new product would have later on. You can find the SASI, or SCSI as it is now called, standard in a lot of hardware that is being produced in the storage...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2533/scsi3-pgr-want-support-on-symmetrix-reboot-500-windows-servers-punt-continued.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2533 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:27:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2608/its-all-about-passion-and-being-a-geek!.html I was sick for a couple of days and that got me thinking about my job and the fact that I am a geek. Yes, I admit it. I'm a geek! Or a nerd if you will. Not in the sense that I'm allergic to sunlight, or have no idea how to talk to women, but much more in the sense that I love my job and like to find solutions to tough problems, or design new landscapes, or even explaining to other departments how...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2608/its-all-about-passion-and-being-a-geek!.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2608 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:15:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2459/legends-dont-die-or-fade-away-punt-not-even-the-ones-about-sap-and-pagefiles.html Some things just stay around. You can try to tell people that it's just not true, but they won't believe you, or they will just ignore of forget the things you tell them. One of the most heard things about SAP and hardware resources is that you need at least twice the amount of RAM configured as swap or as a paging file. Sometimes you will even hear that you need up to three of four times the RAM.Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2459/legends-dont-die-or-fade-away-punt-not-even-the-ones-about-sap-and-pagefiles.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2459 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:43:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2187/cloud-computing-punt-up-on-cloud-nine.html I started a small discussion on Twitter with blogger (actually blogster, but is that an official word?) Sunshine Mugrabi after she tweeted a link. This link contains the story about the state of Washington’s decision to build a $300 million data center in Olympia. This decision is being challenged by legislators who say that a lot of money can be saved by using cloud computing services. That...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2187/cloud-computing-punt-up-on-cloud-nine.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2187 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:05:00 GMT http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2343/dont-move-ever-no-really!.html It's been slightly quiet here in my blog, but with a good reason. My blog is growing more and more important to me, but I've been busy with something that was even more important. I've moved. The horror! In all honesty, I moved to an apartment that was purchased, so no more paying rent. I'm finally at a point that I am going to get my own roof over my head. And paying for that, and the feeling...Renegade 7 http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2343/dont-move-ever-no-really!.html#reacties http://renegade.tweakblogs.net/blog/2343 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:51:46 GMT