GPU/Accelerators

An Introduction to Intel Gaudi AI Accelerators

GPU/Accelerators Juan Mulford - October 31, 2024

Intel Gaudi AI accelerators are entering the enterprise AI computing space at a remarkable time of transformation. In a market dominated by established players, Intel is making significant strides with their purpose-built AI accelerators. Having researched and worked with various AI acceleration technologies, I've been watching Gaudi's evolution firsthand (working for Supermicro), and with particular interest.

Understanding Single Root and Dual Root GPU Server Configurations

Systems Juan Mulford - September 18, 2024

GPU-accelerated servers have revolutionized high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) applications. While various manufacturers offer GPU server configurations, two primary setups dominate the landscape: Single Root and Dual Root.

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Raspberry Pi OS in a Virtual Machine with VMware

Juan Mulford - November 13, 2020 4

Although the Raspberry Pi OS is designed and optimized for the Raspberry Pi module, it is possible to test and use it without its hardware, with VMware. This solution can be useful if you are a developer (or just a curious guy) and don't have a Raspberry Pi module with you

Unable to delete an "inaccessible" datastore

Juan Mulford - March 8, 2019 7

I was switching my storage array, so I migrated the VMs from that old datastore/storage to a new datastore/storage. The old datastore was shared by 3 ESXi hosts, no cluster. After migrating the VMs and unmount/delete the datastore, it was still presented in two of the ESXi hosts and was marked as inaccessible.

This is not a valid source path / URL - SourceTree and Gitlab

Juan Mulford - February 29, 2020 1

I have been working on a project with a friend who set up a repository in Gitlab but even though I was able to view all projects on it, I couldn’t really join the repository. I was using SourceTree and Gitlab.

How to export a Virtual Machine using the VMware OVF Tool

Juan Mulford - April 5, 2020 9

The VMware OVF Tool is implemented by VMware for easily importing and exporting virtual machines in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standard format. Here, I want to show you how to download and install it, and then how to use it from a Windows machine.

Couldn't load private key - Putty key format too new

Juan Mulford - December 1, 2021 5

couldn't load private key - Putty key format too new.” This issue happens when you use PuTTygen to generate or convert to a ppk key. Here is how to fix it.