I acquired a secondhand IBM x3650 M4 server. Despite being old, this is still a very powerful machine with dual Xeon processors and 384GB of RAM. But it was extremely noisy! The CPU fans sound similar to a vacuum-cleaner. For simplicity and readability, I will assume that you are using a Debian Linux-based distribution such as Ubuntu or Mint. But with small changes to … [Read more...] about IBM x3650 M4 IPMI Quadratic Fan-Control (Quiet!)
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Host Your Own Website/Blog (for Free!)
This article walks you through the best method I've found for hosting your own website from home. It works over any standard Internet connection, doesn't require a static IP address, and best of all — it costs nothing. You don't even need a dedicated server. You could run this off the same PC you're using right now. That's exactly what I'm doing! Normally, if you wanted to … [Read more...] about Host Your Own Website/Blog (for Free!)
