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SSD RAID 0 Benchmarks for Intel ICH10R ASUS P6T Deluxe

SSD RAID 0 Benchmarks for Intel ICH10R ASUS P6T Deluxe

Nov 19, 2010 by Paul White

So I finally have made the move to SSD.  Unlike many who went with a single SSD drive I went with an SSD raid 0 Array.  Using 3 OCZ Vertex 2 60 GB SSD drives, I setup a RAID 0 array on my ASUS P6T Deluxe Motherboard's built in Intel ICH10R SATA controller.  The benchmarks were outstanding.  Maybe I could have gotten a little better performance from using a dedicated RAID card, but 700 MB/sec read and write is good enough for me.

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Windows 7 Backup and Restore Problems

Nov 17, 2010 by Paul White

During my quest to upgrade my computer from my 4 disk SAS raid array to a 3 disk SSD raid array, I had a few learning experiences with the windows 7 backup and restore system.  Hopefully my tips will help others.

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moved my server to internap houston data center

moved my server to internap houston data center

Nov 6, 2010 by Paul White

At the end of September 2010, my old Data Center had some lease issues, resulting in the data connection being pulled from the data center.  So I moved my 1U rack server to Internap.  Many are wondering why I choose Internap, hopefully this blog will provide some answers.

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Hush Houston Nightclub for sale

Oct 20, 2010 by Paul White

I was browsing Craigslist when I came accross an interesting post
Oct 11 Nightclub for sale - business/commerical
Upon reading the description, this had to be none other than Houston's Hush Nightclub.
I personally know the original owner, who told me lots on interesting tales about the place.
Looks like the new owner has decided its time to get out the nightclub business.

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Houston Haunted Houses Terror Dome

Oct 18, 2010 by Paul White

I got a call from a client a few nights ago.  He had just visited the Terror Dome. Which is a local Houston Haunted House.  His exact words were "If you have a phobia of clowns, you should not go there".  He said it was one of the best haunted houses he has ever visited.  If you are in Houston and like Haunted Houses, you need to Visit the Terror Dome Houston Haunted House

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Google organic clicks affecting rankings

Oct 10, 2010 by Paul White

If you ask google how do I get the top ranking for my website, they will tell you its all about quality content.  But the problem is a search engine spider can't measure the difference between quality content and crap.  So this brings into question is google slowly starting to tweak their algorithm weighting it more on organic reaction to your website?

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Avenue Houston on Washington Avenue Opening Soon

Avenue Houston on Washington Avenue Opening Soon

Oct 9, 2010 by Paul White

Avenue will be the latest addition to Houston's Washington Avenue Club Scene.  I was contacted to do the website for them.  The site is finished, and now I am just waiting on some basic content and photos.  If you are curious as to what Avenue Houston will be all about, read this blog entry

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Cheap Replacement Batteries for Tripp Lite UPS

Oct 5, 2010 by Paul White

If you own a UPS for your computer, then you are likely to run into the problem that the battery no longer holds a charge. Unfortunately the replacement UPS batteries don't come cheap.  But I found a relatively cheap place to buy replacement UPS batteries.

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Acronoc Closing Houston Data Center

Oct 4, 2010 by Paul White

As some of you might have noticed my website and blog were down for a few days between Sep 28, 2010 - Sep 30, 2010.  Both my website and my client's are hosted on my colocated server, that WAS colocated at Acronoc's Houston Datacenter.  To make a long story short my server is now colocated with Internap. Click for the longer version of this story.

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Constant Contact Review Pros and Cons

Oct 4, 2010 by Paul White

The chances are you have received bulk emails from promoters and businesses who use constant contact.  Some people are wondering if constant contact is worth it?  Recently I had the need to setup one of my clients on constant contact so we could blast to our maillist.  Normally we would blast from our own mail server but after the recent move to a new datacenter and getting a new IP, we are starting from scratch with our IP reputation and therefore suffer from terrible delivery rates.  Once the major ISPs can figure out what kind of operation we are running our email delivery should return to normal.  In this post I discuss Constant Contact's pros and cons from my short term experience with them.

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