When one thinks of Kubernetes (K8s), terms that often come to mind have to do with large-scale environments like “cloud-scale,” “unlimited expandability,” and even “ginormous.” However, the reality is that a significant portion of the IT world needs to start with much smaller K8s environments for development and production. To provide cloud-level convenience, flexibility, and

The Lenovo ThinkEdge SE50 and the SE30 were recently released to help organizations meet IoT needs at the edge. In this review, we have our hands on the SE50. Our unit has an 8th Gen Intel Core i7, 32GB memory, and one 256GB SSD. However, the raw specs on the SE50 aren’t the most important

Gigabyte has recently added to their server line-up with the R282-3C0 (rev. 100) – 2U Gen4 NVMe system. This server features dual 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable CPUs that launched back in April. The R282-3C0 is intended for high-density storage that supports up to eight 3.5-inch SATA drives, and four 3.5-inch NVMe drives, giving a

Managing IT infrastructure has changed rapidly over the last few years, and with change comes challenges. Users today expect fluidity and ease of use in managing their environments. Supermicro is addressing these demands with the introduction of SuperCloud Composer (SCC), a new way to easily provision, compose, recompose, and manage data center resources on the

Launched in the fall of 2020, the M4250 series network switches by Netgear focus on the professional audio and video industry that need audio video over IP solutions.  The M4250-10G2F-PoE+ is the entry-level device that provides PoE for this series, but don’t let that dissuade you.  Its impressive capabilities match and exceed many demands of

The TYAN Transport CX GC68A-B8036 barebone system server is designed to excel in most high-performance Cloud-computing environments, supporting the newest generation of AMD processors (AMD EPYC 7002 and 7003, up to 240W). Because this compact, single-socket 1U server leverages the new AMD technology, TYAN indicates that the GC68-B8036 server offers scalable 32 and 64-bit computing,

When it comes to small business and home lab IT decisions, sometimes thinking outside the box helps to create cost-effective and high-performance solutions. Crucial just released the new 4TB capacity of the long-standing MX500 SATA SSD, which may just be a perfect price and performance mix for a low-cost all-flash storage setup. We installed eight

Intel launched the P5510 NVMe SSD in December of last year, the first enterprise SSD to market with 144-layer TLC NAND. We’ve seen the drives in our lab extensively since then, they’re exceedingly popular due to their aggressive price/performance ratio. At almost the same exact time, Samsung launched their PM9A3 SSD. Based on a less-transparent

The Supermicro SuperBlade systems have been around for quite some time. The popular blade chassis come in a variety of form factors, including 4U, 6U, and 8U. Each size gives customers a different set of choices when ultimately selecting the blades that go inside. In this review, we’re taking a look at the largest Supermicro