USB in Xen - how to make it work

Posted on March 22nd, 2008 in Computers by ZoltarStark

ZoltarStark is still looking for a method to access USB devices from Xen guests. After not finding great success with USB passthrough and PCI passthrough the time has come to try USB over IP solutions. Read the whole post ›› USB in Xen - how to make it work

“Rio Laser Hair Remover” does it work? update 1

Posted on March 16th, 2008 in Product reviews, Rio Laser Hair Remover by LadyRostand

Although the Rio Laser Hair Remover machine is quite small, it’s not small enough to carry it as hand luggage, nor cheap enough to risk bringing it as check-in luggage. So my hairs have two weeks to fall if they are dead, grow if they are alive, tremble if they are scared… Oh, and some beauty salons don’t carry out “epilations” using laser treatments but Intense Pulsed Light. Aha… Read the whole post ›› "Rio Laser Hair Remover" does it work? update 1

Experiences with Symantec SGS 360R

Posted on March 13th, 2008 in Computer accessories by ZoltarStark

Symantec SGS 360R combines features of router, firewall and VPN gateway. It has multiple LAN ports and two WAN ports for load balancing and redundancy. The set of security features is rather extensive. Do you want to know more? Read the whole post ›› Experiences with Symantec SGS 360R

How to Xenify office servers

Posted on March 10th, 2008 in Computers by ZoltarStark

How to convert office servers into Xen guests in a middle sized office? Transferring services to Xen guests allows for easier maintenance of the physical servers and higher availability of services. The first thing to consider is a redundant file system. Read the whole post ›› How to Xenify office servers

The return of the inodes - tell me your package and I’ll tell you your inodes

Posted on March 9th, 2008 in Computers by LadyRostand

Before getting a web hosting service and installing all the available software packages, it is good to know the inodes each package is going to generate. Here you will find a list of the minimum inode count of programs like WordPress, Mambo, b2evolution, WebCalendar, etc. Read the whole post ›› The return of the inodes - tell me your package and I'll tell you your inodes