Modern server designs are taking advantage of an expanding world of accelerator cards to enable new or enhanced capabilities. While many go straight to GPUs when thinking about acceleration, there’s a new breed of processors that are not only addressing performance but also data protection and economics as well. The Pliops Extreme Data Processor (XDP)
About two years ago, we did a head-to-head showdown between two popular enterprise-grade SSDs: the Intel P5510 vs. the Samsung PM9A3—both of which have a solid following in the data center. Since then, Intel has spun its SSD business to a new company called Solidigm, a company backed by SK hynix. And now we’re taking
Even more versatile in its second generation, the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V2 is a mainstream server ideally suited for cloud storage, VDI, HPC, compute, and enterprise applications. This 2U, two-socket server is configurable with 40 storage drives or eight GPUs and 8TB of RAM.
StarWind Software is an industry leader in software-defined storage (SDS) thanks to flexible deployment modalities, overall system performance, and their urge to embrace emerging technologies. We saw this first hand at the end of last year when we looked at their NVMe-oF Initiator for Windows. This time we’re looking at the StarWind SAN & NAS
Technology moves in cycles, and no cycle is more evident right now than the emphasis on AI at the edge. In particular, we’re finding a massive swing to edge inferencing. NVIDIA is a big part of this push, wanting to drive adoption of their GPUs outside the data center. Still, the fact is that enterprises
The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V2 is a 1U, two-socket server supporting third-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Its versatile configurations suit it for compute density, cloud, and even database applications, with support for three graphics cards and 12 2.5-inch drives. It also features advanced remote management from Lenovo’s XClarity Controller. This is an ideal high-density server
Scale Computing claims to have a solution for HCI that can be installed in minutes, put in production in less than an hour, and is purpose-built for edge locations. A leader in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions, Scale Computing has designed a system that fits perfectly at the edge and can be installed in
The EnGenius Cloud ECS2512 switch and ECW220S access point are new additions to the popular line of network devices from EnGenius. Users love this gear thanks to simple management via a web-based browser or mobile GUI.
The Amulet Hotkey DX1600 is a small, rugged VDI thin client that supports up to four monitors. Amulet Hotkey is based in the UK with a worldwide sales and support organization. It was founded over three decades ago, in 1991. Amulet Hotkey was an early pioneer in KVM and VDI technologies.
Lenovo has been a long-time leader in delivering solutions for the High-Performance Computing (HPC) market. Lenovo’s mainstream offerings are well known by end-users and data center administrators alike, but Lenovo’s HPC prowess is perhaps their best-kept secret. Well, the secret is insofar as being the largest provider of supercomputers globally (32% of them according to
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