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Build It: A Home Linux Server
Many of the machines we show you how to build here at ExtremeTech are of the “burn, baby burn” variety. But often those systems are Ferraris when all you need is a Ford. A good example of this is a home server whose main duties are to serve up files and a print queue 24/7…
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Maxtor Ships 300GB SATA Drive Kits
Maxtor Corp. on Monday announced that it had begun shipping its Maxtor SATA Ultra16 hard drive kits. The 250GB and 300GB kits are available from most retailers for $239.95 and $279.95, respectively. Parallel ATA Ultra16 hard drive kits will be available in the fourth quarter, according to the company. The drives themselves contain a 16MB…
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An Array of Tiny Drives
Imagine a six-drive array of 80GB hard drives that fits entirely in a single 5.25-inch, 1/2 height drive bay. This is made possible by using 2.5-inch drives primarily targeted for laptop systems. We originally saw this JMR SATAStor at the Intel Developer Forum a year ago. Of course, you can’t just drop a six-drive array…
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Cisco’s NetSolve Buy Will Help Resellers
Cisco’s announcement last week that it will acquire Austin, Texas-based NetSolve looks to be a good move for resellers. This estimated $128 million purchase would integrate NetSolve’s remote monitoring technology into Cisco Systems Inc.‘s existing management offerings. NetSolve sells a remote monitoring service that gives companies real-time monitoring of health and performance on IP networks.…
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Maxell to Raise Prices on Tape Media
Maxell said Tuesday that it believes rising costs and shrinking margins will make a price increase “inevitable” on all magnetic tape products. The company is evaluating when to hike prices, by how much and for which products, Don Patrican, executive vice president at Maxell, said in an interview. Maxell Corp. of America, based in Fairlawn,…
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BorderWare Firewall Fights VOIP Threats
BorderWare Technologies Inc. has joined Ingate Systems AB and others in providing an edge solution to the external threat problem in voice-over-IP PBXes. The Toronto-based company said Tuesday that it is shipping its new SIPassure-400 firewall, which is designed to keep out traditional threats to the enterprise and also threats unique to VOIP. The firewall…
