Archives for 2012

In my previous post, I reported on my difficulties in getting cellular data activated on my iPad 3. When we left off, the Verizon tech had told me that everything was set up properly, and if I went somewhere where there was no network extender and a strong cellular signal, that my iPad would be… [Read More]

The big brown truck showed up Friday. My new iPad was on it. I had to sign for it twice, once using the standard UPS signature capture device, and once using a plain piece of paper. I asked the driver, “Why the extra security?” He said that he didn’t really know, but they were doing… [Read More]

Using large files and Vice-Versa with CRC on, I’m getting sustained write throughput of between 90 MB/s and 110 MB/s. That’s pretty much all a 1 Gb/s Ethernet pipe can handle. Read performance is about the same, indicating that the limiting factor is the gigabit Ethernet connection. During these transfers, CPU usage in the 1511+ runs about… [Read More]