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Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

Dell PowerScale Benefitting from QLC SSD Economics and Performance

Dell PowerScale launched QLC SSD support in May this year at Dell Tech World for their F600 and F900 nodes. Support for the 15.36TB and 30.72TB SSDs was immediately embraced by PowerScale customers, who started gobbling up these extremely dense PowerScale nodes as they went GA over the summer. These new QLC drives, supported by

Enterprise  ◇  Server Rack

Tripp Lite 14U SmartRack Review

The Tripp Lite 14U SmartRack is a unique, compact server rack fully assembled out of the box and designed to organize and secure deeper standard-width rack equipment. Because it supports equipment mounting up to 42 inches deep, the Tripp Lite SmartRack is great for most high-density equipment installations that need additional space for cable management

Enterprise  ◇  Server

4th Gen AMD EPYC Review (AMD Genoa)

AMD has announced the general availability of the new EPYC 9004 4th-gen CPUs. Code-named AMD Genoa, the new line of CPUs supports 12 channels of DDR5-4800 (up to 6TB memory capacity per socket), 128 lanes of PCIe Gen5, AMD Infinity Fabric/Guard technology, and up to 96 cores. This makes them ideal for critical workloads across

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

QSAN XCubeSAN XS3312D Gives SMBs Low-Cost, HA Storage

QSAN Technology Inc. has launched its next-generation Hybrid Flash Storage 3300 series, optimized in price and performance for SMB workloads. In our lab is the QSAN XCubeSAN XS3312D, a 2U, dual-controller SAN designed to meet the needs of small and medium businesses, remote or edge locations, and anywhere else where a blend of performance and

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

Inspur NF5280M6 Server with NS8500 G2 SSDs Performance Report

Inspur has released the second generation of their Solid State Drive (SSD) the NS8500, a PCIe Gen4 x4 -based enterprise controller architecture, utilizing 112L 3D eTLC NAND technology. The Inspur SSD NS8500 G2 supports NVMe 1.4 and is designed for read-intensive applications.

Enterprise  ◇  Server

Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 V2 Review

The Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 V2 is a single-socket server for small businesses supporting on-premise setups. It’s ideal for office tasks, especially filesharing and surveillance because of its highly versatile storage options. Configurations can include 16 2.5-inch, eight 2.5-inch, or a mix of 2.5- and 3.5-inch drives which support simple or hot-swapping. Despite its budget positioning,

Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

QLC SSDs Deliver 175GB/s in 2U Storage Server

Almost two years ago, we completed a review of a Viking Enterprise Solutions (VES) storage server with 24 NVMe bays and twin compute nodes in a 2U chassis. VES is a major OEM, creating some of the most innovative storage server systems in the market. Recently we had the opportunity to get hands-on with a

Enterprise  ◇  Hyperconverged

Hands-On with Verge.io Virtualization Software

Verge.io was borne from YottaByte, founded in 2010 as a replacement for on-premises infrastructure. Eventually, YottaByte rebranded to Verge.io to deliver software-defined data center solutions running on commodity hardware, providing server virtualization for integrated storage, networking, and compute.

Enterprise  ◇  SSD

DapuStor R5100 SSD Review

The DapuStor R5100 is part of the company’s R5 Series line of enterprise-grade PCIe Gen4 SSDs, which are purpose-built for core data storage scenarios in fields like enterprise IT, logistics, Internet, finance, intelligent manufacturing, and AI. Powered by the DapuStor DPU600 controller firmware and KIOXIA’s latest 3D enterprise 112L TLC NAND, the DapuStor SSD features