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About tekinerd

Andy, chief tekinerd, is a senior technology executive and entrepreneur who has worked for more than 24 years in the high tech local area networking, storage area networking, enterprise computing systems and semiconductor industries. Specializing in whole product cycle strategy formulation, new product development and marketing launch into both OEM and system builder channels, he has worked in several progressive positions in product development, field and product marketing, general management and CEO levels in both the US and Europe.

Intel Patsburg and Software RAID

Posted on September 16, 2010 by tekinerd

I just got done reading the “Intel eats crow on software RAID” writeup from the The UK Register. On one side I’m really happy to see that server based software RAID (or Virtual RAID Adapters, VRAs, as we called them … Continue reading →

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VMware ESXi at Home

Posted on September 15, 2010 by tekinerd

What started out as a simple experiment to help me learn more about VMware ESX has now turned into a full blown experiment running my current Windows Home Server setup, along with two Linux servers used for an online FEAR Combat gaming … Continue reading →

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PCIe Flash versus SATA or SAS Based SSD

Posted on September 2, 2010 by tekinerd

The impressive results being presented by the new PCIe based server or workstation add-in card flash memory products hitting the market from the likes of FusionIO and others are certainly pushing up the performance envelope of many applications, especially in … Continue reading →

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Kingston SSDnow VSeries and RAID

Posted on August 30, 2010 by tekinerd

I’ve been watching the price of SSDs fall for a little while now and was intrigued by the sub $100 pricing being offered by Kingston and their MLC based 30G SSDnow Vseries, a 3G SATA II based SSD. Once they … Continue reading →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

Posted on August 29, 2010 by tekinerd

Tracking Earth Tremors with Home Server: http://t.co/jZ3ZbNR # Tekinerd.com is now live on twitter! # Intel, Micron Sample 3-Bit-Per-Cell NAND Flash Memory on 25-Nanometer Process Technology http://www.physorg.com/news201338226.html # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Flash Memory Summit 2010

Posted on August 24, 2010 by tekinerd

The Flash Memory Summit was well attended this year with attendance up over 50%. A total of around 2000 people showed up versus the planned 1200 according to the show organizers. It was first time for me, but I definitely … Continue reading →

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Hardware RAID Adapters Making A Comeback?

Posted on August 5, 2010 by tekinerd

We are constantly reading about how the number of cores being offered by Intel and AMD will eventually make hardware acceleration devices in a server mostly obsolete. But hang on, I recall hearing something similar back in the 90s when … Continue reading →

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Windows Home Server Rocks Literally

Posted on July 11, 2010 by tekinerd

I just completed a fun project hooking up a dedicated low power, shoebox sized Windows Home Server to a University of California, Riverside project called QCN, or Quake Catcher Network. My home server now measures vibrations and sends the results to … Continue reading →

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