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Zimbra Adds Document Management Revisioning

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

I was reading through the Zimbra 7 release notes today and noticed that with this release the Briefcase section has added some new features. Mainly the ability to check out/check in documents and keep revisions of the older versions. This…

HP P2000 G3, What we really think

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Justin Paul | 58 Comments

I received a P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI combo array from HP in mid-December so I could do some reviews as a, sort of, follow up to the G2 model that I blogged about over the summer. I racked it up at…

GFI Backup: Home Edition

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

I started using a new product this week at my parents house for backup, and I have to say its pretty cool. I’m talking about GFI Backup: Home Edition. One of my co-workers mentioned it after I said I was…

Free Kaseya IT Toolkit

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Justin Paul | 1 Comment

Recently I signed up for the FREE Kaseya’s IT Toolbox, which is a remote support tool from the same people who make the enterprise versions that MSP’s (Managed Service Providers) and large IT departments use. For the “Family and Friends”…

Open-E SAN Synchronous Replication

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Justin Paul | 6 Comments

Today I was troubleshooting some performance issues between two Open-E SAN’s and found some pretty interesting information for anyone who is considering going with this product. Before I get into what I found let me explain some background information and…

AX4 vs P2000 G3: 15k vs 15k drives

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Justin Paul | 6 Comments

Recently I tested an EMC Clariion AX4-5 array and compared it to the HP P2000 G3 array. You can find that post over here, and after I wrote it I was asked to redo the test after installing 15k drives…

Choosing the right UPS for your I.T. needs

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Justin Paul | 4 Comments

One thing that I see a lot of while I’m onsite are APC SmartUPS, and at one time I even had a couple. I always ask the customer why they didn’t go with the Liebert models that we offer… and…

Why RDIMM/UDIMM memory matters

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Justin Paul | 17 Comments

If your looking at different servers to buy for your next virtualization project make sure you check the memory that they come with. New servers utilize DDR3 RAM which comes in several different flavors, there are registered or unbuffered, and…

HP Slim AC Adapter Review

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

For a little over a year I have been lugging around a 180Watt AC adapter whenever I go onsite or travel with my laptop. It’s HUGE, it gives a new meaning to “power brick” because it literally is the size…

Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Justin Paul | 4 Comments

This post is a little different than my normal posts… it’s about software that really has no bearing on virtualization at all…Today I installed Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition for one of our clients. So I thought I would…