ADATA is calling the XPG SX8200 its fastest consumer SSD to date. The new drive is an M.2 form factor that leverages the PCIe Gen3 x4 interface (NVMe 1.3 supported) as well as second generation 64-Layer 3D NAND. ADATA gives quoted speeds of 3.2GB/s sequential read, 1.7GB/s sequential write, and for random performance the drive
Amazon EC2 i3.metal Review
There’s little doubt that Amazon is the leader when it comes to a variety of cloud services offered through their EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) web service. With a relatively simple provisioning process and the ability to easily scale instances and storage needs up or down, EC2 aims to deliver all the promise of the cloud
Samsung 970 Pro 1TB Review
The Samsung 970 Pro 1TB is the largest capacity model of the company’s newest high-performing consumer M.2 NVMe SSD line. We previously reviewed the 512GB version, and though it had a strong showing, we were expecting it to be a bit faster. To show best-case performance we’ve wrapped up testing of the larger 1TB model,
Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Review
The PowerEdge R640 is a scalable 1U rack server designed for computing and storage via a 2-socket platform. Described as a balance between performance, cost and density, the R640 is built to handle workloads from a range of different data center use cases–particularly dense software-defined storage, service providers, application tier, dense private cloud, virtualization and High Performance Computing (HPC). Moreover, Dell has built the PowerEdge
戴尔易安信PowerEdge R640评测
戴尔易安信PowerEdge R640 是一款可扩展的1U机架式服务器, 设计用于通过双路平台进行计算和存储。R640被描述为性能、成本和密度之间的一种平衡, 它用于处理一系列不同数据中心用例带来的工作负载,特别是密集的软件定义存储、服务提供商、应用层、密集的私有云、虚拟化和 高性能计算(HPC)等。 此外,戴尔还将PowerEdge R640构建为一个易于部署的服务器,它可以使用戴尔易安信VxFlex Ready Nodes 无缝地 从3个节点扩展到1000多个节点,用于软件定义的存储。
Dell Precision 7530 Workstation Review
The Dell Precision 7530 is a high-end mobile workstation designed to excel during graphic or data-heavy applications. To emphasize its capabilities, Dell boldly claims that it is the world’s most powerful and first "Ready for VR" 15-inch mobile workstation to hit the market. That said, users can certainly outfit the 7530 with some pretty impressive
Dell EMC SCOS 7.3 Firmware Review
Today Dell EMC announced an updated version of SCOS, the operating system used in the SC storage family. SCOS 7.3 is a free update and brings several new features and fixes to the table as any point release would, but in this case there’s also a major performance update as well. Due to code optimizations and
戴尔易安信 SCOS 7.3固件测评
今天,戴尔易安信发布了SCOS的更新版本,SCOS是SC存储系列中使用的操作系统。SCOS 7.3是一个免费更新,和任何后续版本一样,本次更新推出了一些新功能和修复,不过这次它还有一个重大的性能更新。由于代码优化和向分布式设备的转变,戴尔易安信已经得到了全面的提升。例如, SC9000现在每个阵列可实现200万IOPS,在联邦环境中则可实现2000万IOPS。不过,所有SC系统都将从中受益,对于4K 100%读取IOPS,所有支持的系统都增加了2倍。此外,在每个系统(80/204K)中,混合工作负载IOPS将提高50-100K。
HP ZBook 15u G5 Review
HP has released the ZBook 15u G5, the 5th generation of their popular mobile workstation line. Announced back in April of this year, HP describes the 15u G5 as an entry-level, performance-driven workstation that is ideal for professionals on the go, which is pretty much in line with other 15u models we looked at over the past
Seagate BarraCuda SSD Review
Last week Seagate Technologies announced their latest SSD, simple named BarraCuda SSD. The naming follows in line with the rest of the company’s Guardian Series of drives and naming scheme. The BarraCuda SSD will serve as a drop in HDD SATA replacement that, due to the change in faster technology, will boost PC and laptop performance.




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