With this lab effort, we wanted to create a tiny but powerful 3-node Proxmox VE 6.3 cluster. We’ve been impressed by the Lenovo Nano line of PCs, so we snagged three more for this experiment.  Using Lenovo ThinkCentre m90n’s, we can demonstrate the amount of computational power and storage performance, that can be fit in

The EnGenius Cloud line is the company’s newest generation of network devices that can be easily managed online via their web-based and mobile GUI, which is highlighted by its comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, range of features. One of the first models from this line is the ECS2512FP, a multi-Gigabit switch equipped with eight 100Mbps/1Gbps/2.5Gbps ports, all

Memory has always been the one type of hardware that delivered on the promise of massive speeds. There are a few drawbacks: it is expensive, it is limited in capacity, and it isn’t persistent (in order to maintain the data, memory needs to be powered on, which is further problematic as memory needs a periodic

The Supermicro 1023US-TR4 is a 1U server designed for organizations looking for a high-end solution in environments that can benefit from dense compute power like virtualization and cloud computing. The 1024US-TR4 comes equipped with an H11DSU-iN motherboard, which features dual-socket support for AMD EPYC series processors and up to 8TB Registered ECC DDR4 3200MHz SDRAM

The Advantech SKY-7223D is a 2U short-depth server that is designed largely for 5G telco use cases. Advantech has designed the SKY Series of low-latency edge servers to fit in areas of limited space and extreme environments, when compared to traditional data centers. Like most rugged telco servers, all the I/O access is through the

The QNAP TS-h1283XU-RP is a rackmount 2U NAS based on the company’s QuTS Hero architecture. QNAP QuTS Hero is a new operating system that combines QTS with a 128-bit ZFS file system. QuTS Hero is aimed at optimizing performance and data protection. The new OS on the TS-h1283XU-RP NAS is said to deliver “server-grade performance”

Announced in June, the StorONE All-Flash is a 2U array that is all about the price to performance. The company has done a few interesting things here with storage tiering. As opposed to using Intel Optane SSD as a cache, the StorONE array uses Optane as its top tier of storage. StorONE further cements its

The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665 is a feature-rich, 2nd generation AMD EPYC dual-socket 2U server, supporting end-to-end PCIe Gen4 support. Similar to its smaller 1U sibling the SR635, it also supports a wide range of storage configuration options, including Gen4 U.2 NVMe SSDs. Being an AMD EPYC server comes with several advantages including typically higher performance,

The QSAN XCubeFAS 3126D is an entry-level all-flash array that features 100% Native NVMe3U26 high-density storage. It has been a while since we’ve reviewed a QSAN product, so it’s nice to get our hands on one again, and put it through our tests. That said, the XCubeFAS 3126D is a decently-specced system that is released