Author Archives: Nick Wiley
Microsoft BPOS? Large Inbox Item Count? Read this.
For those of us who are “blessed” to run our e-mail environments on Microsoft’s hosted Exchange service (curently BPOS – Business Productivity Online Suite, soon to be Office365), some not-so-recent news has come to my attention concerning users with a high item count in their “critical path” folders. Microsoft published a document entitiled FAQ for [...]
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UCS C-Series + ESXi 5 = Bug?
I recently finished working a case for a new customer with VMware support and Cisco TAC. One of their hosts became totally unresponsive (VMs were still up, but host was disconnected in vCenter and you could not even console directly into the host). This also happened to a second host about a week prior. Both [...]
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Isilon Installation Tip
I was recently given the opportunity to install an Isilon NL-series solution for a customer. Overall, the installation went great, but, having never installed one, I ran across some small hiccups that could easily be avoided in the future. Despite what the installation documentation conveniently leaves out, be sure to install the rack rails 1U [...]
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Mount hardware in racks? Hello, Mr. Cage Nut Tool
A coworker of mine recently introduced me to one of the most awesome tools ever invented by man – the cage nut tool. This tool will save you countless hours normally spent slaving away with a flat-head screwdriver AND will save your knuckles from the relentless beatings they’d otherwise suffer at the hands of a cage [...]
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Communication Breakdown
Having recently jumped on the smartphone train, I have become increasingly aware of a few glaring problems they are creating, specifically in regards to email. Formal Email Communication is Disappearing While I was still riding the dumbphone train, I was quick to make fun of emails I would get from people with smartphones. You can [...]
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CPU Manufacturing Competition is Good
In my last post, I spoke about Intel’s new 22nm 3d transistor technology. While I’m fairly excited to see what Intel is bringing to the table, I am concerned about what it may mean for the industry. The CPU manufacturing industry (like all other industries) has relied on market competition to keep forward motion a [...]
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Latest intel on Intel
I recently caught wind of what could be the most important announcement in the technology world this year. And somehow it almost slipped by me unnoticed. Intel has recently announced its plans to move to a 22nm manufacturing process using its new 3D Tri-Gate transistors. WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN? It means a couple of [...]
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A New Home (reprise)
It seems that, since I last wrote, I have made little progress towards finding a new home for my blog. I did, however, come to the conclusion that WordPress.org may not suite the my purposes. I’ll be blogging on my search for a new CMS in the coming weeks. Since we’re talking about new [...]
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A New Home
All three of the people who currently read the blog are probably wondering why I have not been posting much on it. Well, I have decided to find a new home for it. I recently acquired a domain name and created a website for the professional guitar playing side of my life and the lack [...]
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How I named my blog
Anyone who truly knows me would know that my favorite band is Yes. Of all the music I listen to, Yes wrote some of the only music that I can still actually enjoy after two and a half years of music theory classes. The pinnacle of their creative genius (in my humble opinion) is represented [...]
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Welcome!
Hi there! My name is Nick Wiley from good ‘ole North Carolina. I currently work in the Information Technology field, am finishing up degrees in IS and Music, am an avid guitarist and an aspiring recording engineer. I plan to blog about these things as well as my Christian faith and perhaps, if the mood [...]
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Mac OSX: Sleep/Wake Issue