Re: [lopsa-tech] scalability dos and don'ts for startups

2011-10-31 Thread Paul Graydon
A few quick thoughts, and a few useful resources. * Develop against the technology you're going to use in production. I know that seems absurd to have to say, but it's amazing the number of apps you see out there that are tuned for things like Microsoft Jet or SQL Express which the dev

Re: [lopsa-tech] IPv6 router for home?

2011-10-31 Thread Dan Parsons
AnandTech got 311mbit/s with iperf through theirs on a laptop with a better wifi chipset than mine: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme-5th-gen-and-time-capsule-4th-gen-review-faster-wifi-/6 Dan On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > Sounds like you're usi

Re: [lopsa-tech] temperature probes

2011-10-31 Thread Luke S. Crawford
> Indeed, black would be the most accurate reading because of its > radiating properties. > Other than geeky value, is there a concrete goal? > I'm mostly interested in inlet temp and outlet temperature, and let the > internals handle themselves. Well, I assemble my own servers, and I want to ma

Re: [lopsa-tech] temperature probes

2011-10-31 Thread Doug Hughes
On 10/31/2011 2:16 PM, Luke S. Crawford wrote: Hey, so I have a contactless "thermopen" infared thermomiter I got from woot. Figured it'd be neat to see the temperatures of things like hard drives and heat sinks during burn in (sometimes, especially for the hard drives, the SMART reported tempera

[lopsa-tech] temperature probes

2011-10-31 Thread Luke S. Crawford
Hey, so I have a contactless "thermopen" infared thermomiter I got from woot. Figured it'd be neat to see the temperatures of things like hard drives and heat sinks during burn in (sometimes, especially for the hard drives, the SMART reported temperature is... unlikely. I'd like a double check.)

Re: [lopsa-tech] scalability dos and don'ts for startups

2011-10-31 Thread Tom Limoncelli
I heard an extended interview with these guys and thought it was excellent advice. http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail5025.html Their book (I assume) should be equally good: "Scalability Rules: 50 Principles for Scaling Web Sites" http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321753887/tomontime-20 Tom

Re: [lopsa-tech] scalability dos and don'ts for startups

2011-10-31 Thread Dan Foster
Taking this one step further: Scalability dos and don'ts for established companies: 1. Thou shalt not simply think of bigger and beefier servers just to run something faster. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Factorize! Break out apps! Make them

[lopsa-tech] scalability dos and don'ts for startups

2011-10-31 Thread Trey Darley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey there, LOPSA hivemind! Greets from Sunny Brussels. I routinely bump into people trying to cook a web startup. Fairly typical is one guy with an idea and a bit of technical ability trying to get a product to market without much capital expenditure.