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Advantech SKY-7221 Server front
Enterprise  ◇  Server

Advantech SKY-7221 Server Review

The Advantech SKY-7221 is a 2U rackmount server that leverages the second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor family. The server is dual socketed so it can support two of the new Intel CPUs and all of the benefits that come with them. This particular server is aimed at being leveraged hyperconverged storage, software-defined storage, and high-end

Seagate Nytro 3331 on Server
Enterprise  ◇  SSD

Seagate Nytro 3331 SAS SSD Review

Seagate is mostly known for its HDD business, and continues to innovate in this regard cramming more capacity in the same form factor and squeezing more performance out. However, the company has been making big strides in its SSD game as well. Seagate has released SSDs that run the full gamut of what is available.

Dell EMC R740xd PowerEdge Bay close up
Enterprise  ◇  Server

Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd NVMe Server Review

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd was released a bit over three years ago when the company upgraded its PowerEdge server line from Broadwell to Xeon SP. The R740xd was an offshoot of the R740, an “extreme disk” version with more storage options. We reviewed the Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd and liked it quite a bit.

QNAP QSW-308-1C
Enterprise  ◇  Networking

QNAP QSW-308-1C Unmanaged Switch Review

Announced last year, the QNAP QSW-308-1C is a 3-port 10G SFP+ and 8-port Gigabit Unmanaged Switch. This little switch is an entry-level way for small businesses and even homes to add high-speed networking. The switch supports up to five speeds (10G / 5G / 2.5G / 1G / 100M). As we stated in our How

Enterprise  ◇  Hyperconverged

HCI at the Edge Benefits From Intel Optane & QLC NVMe SSDs

We in the IT community often obsess over show horses—the fastest and/or most powerful devices or systems—because we love those big and small numbers they showcase. The reality, however, is that most users simply don’t need the ostentatious power of show horses. They need workhorses, systems that can serve up real workloads on a day-to-day

DapuStor H3100 SSD Rear
Enterprise  ◇  SSD

DapuStor H3100 SSD Review

The DapuStor Haishen3 is the company’s NVMe enterprise SSD. The line comes in two models, the DapuStor H3200 SSD (reviewed here) and the DapuStor H3100 SSD we are reviewing today. Both of the two drive types have the same use cases that include: server & storage systems, data centers, video surveillance, professional photography, streaming, edge

ConnectX-5
Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

NVIDIA Drives NVMe-oF Performance for vSphere 7 Environments

VMware recently added NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF) as a storage network protocol option in vSphere 7.0. The fact that the fastest shared-storage solution is now able to be used by the world’s most popular virtualization software is a game changer, opening a whole new set of use cases for a virtualized data center. This also

Enterprise  ◇  Power Management

Eaton 5SC500 UPS Review

The Eaton 5SC500 UPS is part of the company’s 5SC line of smaller tower form factor UPS. While small is relative with tech gear, the 5SC500 can fit on a desk or under it making a good backup for smaller gear such as notebook/PCs and NAS, or a specific use case pointed out by Eaton

NVMeoF
Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

What is NVMe-oF?

In recent years, we continue to experience how storage performance is getting faster, which has been challenging the old storage protocols that have become a bottleneck for data centers. Despite using the latest fabric speed of 100GbE and new networking standards, such as InfiniBand, those slow network protocol technologies restrain flash device’s performance, keep it

Enterprise  ◇  Server Rack

StarTech 12U Quiet Office Server Cabinet Review

StarTech has been known to produce and release unconventional products for some time. Nothing out of left field, they take something, see a slight need, and do a little twist to make it fill a niche. When one thinks of server racks or cabinets, silence typically doesn’t go hand in hand. With the StarTech 12U