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Amazon EC2 Cloud Compute Instances Benchmarked w/ Rackspace Comparison

Benchmarking the Amazon EC2 cloud compute instances to see top to bottom performance. We also added Rackspace cloud compute instances to the mix to compare


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Rackspace Cloud Benchmarks – 512MB through 30GB Instances Compared

Benchmarking results from the Rackspace Cloud using our Linux benchmarking suite. We tested every Next Generation Rackspace instance from 512MB to 30GB



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Featured Home Virtualization Lab: PigLover’s Playground

Today we are featuring a home virtualization lab: PigLover's Playground from the STH forums. It runs a full virtualizaiton lab including 10GbE interconnects


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Cloud Compute for Under a Quarter Per Hour – Amazon AWS EC2 v. Rackspace

Benchmarking Amazon AWS EC2 instances and Rackspace cloud servers that cost under a quarter per hour to operate.



STH 2013 Linux Benchmarking Runs

Testing the New Linux Benchmark Suite with Amazon EC2 Instances

Amazon EC2 instance benchmark results with the new Linux CPU Benchmark Suite. Specifically with first generation t1.micro, m1.small, m1.medium and m1.large


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Dirt Cheap Data Warehouse – Low Cost Database and Storage Servers

Building a Cheap Data Warehouse with really high performance. This includes low cost database & storage servers and is a great example of cheap performance



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2.5″ Drives in 3.5″ Hot-Swap Drive Bays – Two Good and Three Bad Drive Adapter Options

2.5" drives in 3.5" hot swap bays - good and bad drive adapter options reviewed


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Picking the Right 3.5″ to 2.5″ Adapter for SATA/ SAS Drives

A key consideration when you want to put a 2.5" SATA SSD into a 3.5" server drive sled is the offset of the SATA and power connectors with the adapter



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Answered: Can I use one CPU in a dual processor motherboard?

Ever wonder if you can use only a single processor in a dual CPU motherboard? Here are the impacts of using a single CPU in a dual processor motherboard:


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Colocation Architecture – STH 2013 – Provider Selection

ServeTheHome selects a colocation provider to power its 2013 architecture as it moves from the Amazon EC2 cloud to lower expenses