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    Parallel Programming Course Project

    I am currently enrolled in a course for parallel programming that involves a group project. We are free to choose are own team members and what we want to do for the project. I've teamed up with two good friends and we are trying to brainstorm ideas for fun and interesting projects. I am...
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    SSDs and Virtualization

    I am very interested in purchasing two or three SSDs for use in a server. I am concerned about the reliability of SSDs in my intended application use, however, as I will be running VMWare ESXi off of a RAID0 array of these drives. On top of ESXi, I will be running multiple Windows Server 2008...
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    How to boost weak wireless signal

    I can get a very weak wireless signal from the tall building that I can see from my back porch. Is there any product that I could buy that might help me strengthen the wireless signal? At the moment, it is 1-2 bars out of 5 and I get lots of dropped packets. Thanks!
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    RAID 5 Disk Failure Help

    I built a server about 5 years ago with 4 WD 74 gb Raptors in a RAID 5 array on a Promise FastTrak S150 SX4 with 128 MB of Non ECC memory. Today I received an email alert from the Promise Array Management that SMART failed on one of the raptors. What should I do to replace this drive? I...
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    Hard drive issues

    Beginning about two weeks ago, my boot times have been very long for my install of Windows Vista x64 Ultimate. My full computer specs at the time the problems started were: Asus Rampage Formula Q9450 (@425*8=3.4 ghz) 8 GBs of g.skill ddr2-1000 @ DDR2-850 X800GTO2 WD 640 GB WD6400AAKS...
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    Keep my OCZ PowerStream 520W for new Q9450/Rampage Formula build?

    Will my current power supply, an OCZ Powerstream 520w with +3.3V@28A,+5V@40A,+12V@33A, be enough to power my new build: Q9450 cooled by TRUE w/ 2 Noctua NF-P12s in Push/Pull Asus Rampage Formula 8GB DDR2 800 WD 640 GB HD SATA DVD burner X850 XT PE I have not gamed in a while so I plan...