The JetKVM is an excellent little device, and a real steal at $69. It’s wonderfully useful right out of the box and the planned software updates ought to make it even better. If you’re like me and have a few critical PCs without integrated out-of-band management (like HPE iLO or Supermicro IPMI) this little device is a lifesaver. And it even offers a few tricks those expensive enterprise solutions don’t offer!
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Scale Computing HC3 – Converged Infrastructure For Everybody!
I’ve met many small companies that just can’t justify the financial investment required to deploy a killer VMware vSphere solution, and they will welcome a new alternative like Scale Computing’s HC3 solution without being too put off by the absence of VMware.
What Is a Blade Server?
In the server space, one of the biggest shifts was the form factor of the servers: From tower to rack-mount to blades. But what makes a blade server anyway? Let’s consider this for a moment, as we watch another shift in progress.
Turn Your 27″ iMac Into An Awesome Monitor
The Mini DisplayPort connector on the 27″ iMac is bi-directional, so you can connect another device to its gorgeous monitor! I was eager to try this out, and sure enough my 2009 Mac Mini had no trouble taking over the iMac’s display using a $30 Belkin cable. But actually using the iMac in this configuration has not been pleasant.
New Mac Mini Is A Diamond In The Rough
After a very, very long wait, Apple has finally updated their entry-level “bridge” Mac, the Mac Mini. It’s amazing that, after 19 months without an update, Apple’s new Mini looks exactly the same as the old Mini. But what’s under the hood matters, and Apple delivered a mixed bag there. The new Mini is an excellent home server, which is how mine will be used, but some poor choices limit its abilities out of the box.
