About the Technical Reviewer

Brendan Horan is a hardware fanatic, with a full high rack of all types of machine architectures in his home. He has more than 10 years of experience working with large UNIX systems and tuning the underlying hardware for optimal performance and stability. Brendan’s love for all forms of hardware has helped him throughout his IT career, from fixing laptops to tuning servers and their hardware in order to suit the needs of high-availability designs and ultra low-latency applications. Brendan takes pride in the Open Source Movement and is happy to say that every computer in his house is powered by open source technology. He resides in Hong Kong with his wife, Vikki, who continues daily to teach him more Cantonese.