16 TB Storage in a System No Bigger Than a Shoebox
Logic Supply recently helped support a project by Will Urbina, a custom computer designer and modder. He created a computer system that contains a storage “mass completely unprecedented for its size”; it is compact, well designed, and really creative. I kind of want one for my office. It looks like a mini jukebox that plays [...]
Virtualization with Xen
First Contact
About 6-7 years ago I recall my first brief foray into virtualization; it was done purely out of curiosity. The host system was my college computer, a 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon CPU running Windows XP with maybe a gig of RAM… I thought, “Surely this beast was up to the task, it could run [...]
A Simple Blog With Django
Note: This is based on a presentation I gave here at Logic Supply on 11/14/09, and is meant to be a beginner’s tutorial on using Django to create a simple blog.
What is Django?
Django is a web development framework (set of libraries and tools) for creating websites and web applications.
Why Django?
We use Django here for a [...]
Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Reconnaissance 2 (ROVER2)
Guest blogger Andrew Boggeri from UCLA Robotics Club discusses his team’s project, the Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Reconnaissance 2 (ROVER2). The ROVER2 competed in this year’s University Rover Challenge (URC) hosted by the Mars Society. Logic Supply helped sponsor the project by donating Mini-ITX hardware.
I want to start by thanking Logic Supply again [...]
Slipstreaming for Fun and Profit: RAID Setup in Windows XP
In my previous post, I was detailing the process for building an NAS (Network Attached Storage) system using the Gigabyte GA-6KIEH-RH mainboard in the Chenbro ES34069 Mini-ITX Server case. While setting up the system, I hit upon a snag when I tried to get the Gigabyte board’s onboard SATA/RAID controller to work in Windows XP.
In [...]