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Energy Efficiency in the Data Center
In the data center, energy equals money—your money. That energy is partly in the form of power to keep physical servers running, but it’s also to keep them cool enough to run. Every moment of every day, your servers cost you money: even the old ones you’ve paid off, even …
HA Proxy 1.4 : From the Ground Up
Partial Spec Paper written by: David Raistrick, with Mary K Swanson (Sample Chapter) 1 About HAProxy HAProxy, written in C by Willy Tarreau, is open source software for TCP and HTTP load balancing. It’s known for stability, efficiency and speed; chances are that this reputation is why you are installing …
Cloud HQ Manual
Rewrote, edited, and wrangled MS Word styles and template for 100-page manual. The Cloud HQ Manual provided instruction on the use of Teamwork Retail’s Point of Sale backend product.
Point of Sale Instruction Scripts
Using material collected over a three-day brain dump in Teamwork Retail’s offices, I wrote and organized scripts for thirteen videos describing the functionality of a proof of concept application for a new point of sale system. I used the application Celtx to organize the material as a script.
Logo, Logotype and Advertising
Created a logo, logotype, vehicle ad, and business card to echo one that was designed without paying for images that are no longer available. Took them to final, but they were not paid for and so not sent to print. (Surprise, surprise!)
IP Packet Flow Diagram
Working at Global Technology Associates, I proposed documenting the path of an IP packet through the GNAT Box Firewall system. The support team used it as an aid to understanding for years. It helped me understand how firewalls work, and I was inordinately proud of the resulting diagram. GTA_IP_Packet
Point of Sale Software Integration Guide
Working with software engineers remotely, I assembled and edited their rough documentation into a guide for integrating Retail Cloud Technologies Teamwork point of sale application with Magento. 35 pages
AWS Optimization Wins for ExecVision – Case Study
Getting the Job Done Fuzzy Logic was brought in with the mandate to reduce ExecVision’s bill for AWS services and reduce website outages. Evaluating the existing environment, principal Lee Whalen learned that three primary issues were contributing to both outages and high costs: Long provisioning times Lack of operational visibility …