In an exclusive interview Dell spokesman David Ard told The Hypervisor that Dell’s new Xeon 7500 based PowerEdge R910 server was powerful enough and reliable enough to compete head on with RISC server architectures such as the Itanium. “The Xeon 7500 is driving core counts and efficiencies to the highest levels we’ve ever seen. Is […]

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Dell today announced a range of new servers built using the latest Intel Nehalem EX processors. The new Intel chips, called the Xeon 7500, add a range of features that boost performance and reliability. Dell’s David Ard told The Hypervisor the new chips are at the heart of a new range of PowerEdge servers that […]

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In an interview with The Hypervisor, Alan Priestley, Intel Enterprise Marketing Manager, said, “The Xeon 7500 is the biggest impact we’ve made to the server platform since we launched the Xeon in 1996. It’s a huge step forward.” It’s the first time Intel’s multi processor (MP) server chips have used the NUMA architecture. This one […]

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It doesn’t take long to realize it’s one thing to schedule automatic backups, but quite another to verify those backups actually work when you need them. All sorts of things could go wrong, from simple things like running out of backup storage space, to more tricky problems such as data corruption. When it comes to […]

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Hypervisor Lab tests show upgrading PCs from Vista to Windows 7 could cause sound cards, DVD writers and other hardware to fail. In our test we set out to upgrade a Dell XPS 420 desktop PC from Windows Vista to Windows 7. The XPS 420 is about two years old, has a quad core Intel […]

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Remote control specialist LogMeIn has added iPhone support to its LogMeIn Rescue web based IT help desk suite. The update enables support technicians to send email or SMS messages containing a link that users can click to automatically connect to the LogMeIn Rescue console. Once connected, technicians can chat and send email account settings to […]

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