Patrik Dufresne Supermicro X8 - Fan control (smx8fancontrol) A while ago, i bought two used Supermicro server to build our lab with Proxmox. These servers are Supermicro SuperServer 6016T-MTLF equipped with X8DTL-if motherboard. These are stable servers but a b... Oct. 1, 2017
Patrik Dufresne Proxmox VE: RAW, QCOW2 or ZVOL? In our previous article, we compared the two virtualization technologies available in Proxmox; LXC and KVM. After analysis, we find that both technologies deliver good CPU performance, similar to the ... May 3, 2017
Patrik Dufresne Proxmox VE: Performance of KVM vs. LXC Since the company's inception in 2011, we have used a variety of virtualization technologies. These technologies' benefits are rather indisputable: cost reduction and ease of management (backup, migra... Feb. 25, 2017
Patrik Dufresne Switch button for SWT I'm working on a Java project making use of SWT where I wanted a nice user interface for the configuration panel: something modern and nice looking. I was inspired by the simple design of Gnome 3. SWT... Jun. 19, 2015
Patrik Dufresne Using Discrete Card on ThinkPad T430 With Optimus Disabled The last few days, I've been struggling to get my laptop (ThinkPad T530 with Optimus) working with my new 4k monitor (ASUS PB287Q). This monitor needs to be connected wither with HDMI or with DisplayP... Aug. 10, 2014
Patrik Dufresne PPTP VPN with DD-WRT and TP-Link TL-ER6120 This article describe, how to setup a VPN connection between a DD-WRT router and a TP-Link TL-ER6120 acting as the PPTP server. TP-Link router PPTP server WAN IP : pptp.server.com Local subnet: 192.16... Jan. 8, 2013
Patrik Dufresne Multiple subnets with DD-WRT This week I configured a network with two routers and multiple subnets using DD-WRT. This article explains how I did it. This following graphic represents the physical topology of the network. For thi... Nov. 24, 2012
Patrik Dufresne Licensing Module for Java I'm working on a closed source product called Ekwos . It's software to manage equestrian competition. The licensing model for this software requires to be renewed every year. For this reason, I wanted... Apr. 18, 2012