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The Dell EMC PowerEdge R6525 is a 1U, dual-socket server designed for intensive, dense computing. Having the product number end in a 5 indicates that this particular server is an AMD EPYC variety. In this case, the R6525 leverages two AMD CPUs with support for up to 128 cores.

The Seagate IronWolf Pro 18TB is the company’s highest capacity NAS drive designed for always-on, always accessible 24×7 usage, marking an impressive 2TB gain from last year’s model (which significantly increases a user’s net capacity in larger NAS solutions). With this massive capacity point and focus on reliability and endurance, the company’s new 18TB drive

The TYAN Transport HX TN83-B8251 is a PCIe Gen4-compatible server designed for high-performance computing and GPGPU (that is, general-purpose computing on graphics processing units) environments. Though it resides inside 2U chassis, this server is designed to be pretty flexible from a storage and GPU standpoint. Because this is also an AMD-based system, it can support

The NetApp C190 is an all-flash unified storage array targeted toward SMBs and edge use cases that comes in a compact 2U form-factor. The C190 uses NetApp’s feature-rich ONTAP software, delivering the robust data services NetApp users have come to appreciate. The array is designed specifically for the channel, giving resellers a low-cost option in

The deployment and ongoing management of computing resources in small offices and remote/branch office (ROBO) environments have always been problematic, with many different and competing factors at play. Many enterprises, as well as small and mid-size businesses (SMBs), depend on ROBO HCI systems to handle the day-to-day business-critical transactions that are the lifeblood of these

For years, automated storage tiering has been an essential solution for enterprises looking to manage their data center footprint efficiently while reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO). The strategy is simple: use auto-tiering algorithms and policies, and keep active data on primary storage while moving inactive data to inexpensive storage categories. In recent years,

The GIGABYTE R282-Z92 Server is a new 2U dual-socket server that leverages the 2nd generation AMD EPYC processors. Being dual-socket, meaning that users can leverage up to 128 cores (64 per socket) with two EPYC CPUs. AMD EPYC processors also lend the added benefit of PCIe 4.0 devices which increase options for faster storage, FPGAs,

More and more businesses are using a multi-cloud strategy from public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud to facilitate innovation and growth. These cloud giants are the so-called hyperscalers, each of them offering over 100 different services over their platforms. Aligning these multiple cloud services to a specific organization’s strategy is critical and