Category Archives: Storage

Thunderbolt in iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Jono

Thunderbolt is the new I/O technology that Apple released in the latest revision of the MacBook Pro. It’s basically PCI Express over a mini display port connector. It will replace FireWire in the future as it’s about 12 times as … Continue reading →

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Intel X25-M Replacement

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Jono

I got my replacement X25-M from Intel the other week. My first generation X-25 burned out after about 9 months of use. I had re-imaged it several times when swapping it into different computers, which probably didn’t help keep it … Continue reading →

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NoSQL: Scaling beyond traditional relational database systems

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Jono

The latest trend for highly trafficked websites is to move away from MySQL in favor of distributed storage systems most commonly referred to as NoSQL databases. Google been in the NoSQL camp for quite a while with Bigtable. Digg recently … Continue reading →

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My Intel X-25M Died!

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Jono

I’ve been running an Intel X-25M G1 in my Mac for about 9 months. I paid $325 for it last year. It’s been the single biggest performance improvement I’ve ever made to a system. I thought the SSDs were supposed … Continue reading →

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