The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4 is a flexible and powerful 2-socket, 2U rack server designed to meet the needs of industries such as cloud services, telecommunications, and high-performance computing (HPC). Whether optimizing for scale-out workloads or future-proofing your data center with high-density compute, the SR650 V4 offers meaningful upgrades over its predecessor, the SR650 V3.
If you follow StorageReview regularly, you know that we push storage hardware hard. Across our lab, we test everything from consumer SSDs to massive enterprise systems. For any product that relies on flash storage, there’s a critical but unglamorous step we always perform before benchmarking: preconditioning. Preconditioning is the process of preparing a drive so
The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell GPU is now generally available, bringing Blackwell-class compute to a broader range of professional desktops. Targeted at technical users building and deploying agentic and generative AI, the new configuration addresses memory-constrained workflows that have outgrown prior-generation workstation GPUs. By complementing the existing RTX PRO 5000 48GB model, the
NVIDIA has announced two significant moves targeting high-performance computing and AI: the acquisition of SchedMD, the company behind the Slurm workload manager, and the launch of the Nemotron 3 family of open models, data, and tools for multi-agent AI. Together, these efforts reinforce NVIDIA’s position across HPC, generative AI, and enterprise AI infrastructure while maintaining
Vultr, AMD, and NetApp, all members of the Vultr Cloud Alliance, have developed a new reference architecture focused on data-intensive and AI workloads across hybrid and sovereign cloud environments. The design targets organizations that need to consolidate distributed data, accelerate AI, and enforce data locality and compliance controls without adding operational complexity. The architecture combines
The global server market reached an all-time high in the third quarter of 2025, according to data from the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. Total worldwide revenue climbed to $112.4 billion for the quarter, marking a 61% increase compared with the same period last year. The latest results extend a trend of
StorageReview has reclaimed a popular computational crown with a new pi record solve to 314 trillion digits. The modern π race has gone from cloud experiments to full-blown infrastructure flex. In 2022, Google Cloud pushed π to 100 trillion digits, running y-cruncher across a massive fleet of cloud instances and chewing through tens of petabytes
Ubiquiti has recently expanded its UniFi Protect ecosystem by introducing a new class of smart sensors that are powered by its long-range SuperLink wireless protocol. For this review, Ubiquiti sent us the UP-SuperLink gateway and the new USL-Environmental Sensor. The gateway is priced at $129, and the sensors are $49 each (affiliate) at the Ubiquiti store. While the Environmental Sensor
Lenovo has launched an expanded range of data storage, virtualization, and data management services. These are aimed at enterprises and mid-sized companies looking to update their infrastructure for AI and advanced application workloads. The announcement highlights new Lenovo ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile solutions, along with an enhanced data management services portfolio, to create a more unified
We recently received the Ubiquiti Power Distribution Pro (USP-PDU-Pro) to evaluate its integration into a modern UniFi rack setup. Priced at $279 (affiliate), this 2U rack-mount PDU supplies power to an entire UniFi system while giving administrators complete remote control and monitoring through the UniFi Network application. The Power Distribution Pro features 16 individually switchable
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