Eaton Power recently approached us to demonstrate how their uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units work with home lab enthusiasts in mind. We opted to show how a simple Raspberry Pi can be used as a dedicated management card for an Eaton TrippLite Smart 1500RM2U UPS, paired with the work from the Network UPS Tools project.
The MegaRAID 9600 series is a third-generation storage adapter that supports SATA, SAS, and NVMe drives, designed to deliver the best possible performance and data availability for storage servers. Compared to the previous generation, the 9600 series offers a 2x increase in bandwidth, over 4x increase in IOPs, 25x reduction in write latency, and 60x
The world of artificial intelligence is growing at an unprecedented pace, and with it comes the need for comprehensive benchmarking tools that can provide insights into the performance of various inference engines on different hardware platforms. The UL Procyon AI Inference Benchmark for Windows is an exciting addition to our lab. Designed for technology professionals,
For the avid outdoor tech enthusiast, staying connected and powered up is essential. Here at the lab, we regularly use portable power stations both in and out of the lab. On the bench today, we have the Hiker U500 Power Station and S120 solar panel. It is a versatile and portable solution designed to meet
Seagate has added a very unique version to their FireCuda SSD line: the Star Wars-inspired Seagate FireCuda Lightsaber Collection SSD. This officially licensed internal PCI Gen4 is based on the FireCuda 530 SSD and allows users to swap between three lightsaber faceplates—Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and Luke Skywalker—and features customizable RGB LED lighting. This release
The rapid growth of edge computing has led to a surge in data generation and collection at unprecedented levels. Temporary installations, such as scientific research stations, surveillance systems, and industrial facilities, often require rapid data collection and transfer for smooth operations. However, the high cost of hardware, coupled with the need for reliable and efficient
The Apex Storage X21 brings top-tier performance and capacity to enterprise and prosumer use cases with 21 Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSDs on a double-width PCIe add-in card (FHFL). In total, the X21 can provide 168TB of storage per card (8TB SSDs) and cranks out up to 31GB/s read speeds and over 10 million IOPS.
The Supermicro Storage SuperServer SSG-121E-NES24R is a dual-socket server that supports the latest 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, up to 32 DIMMs, and support for 24 E1.S SSDs. The server is designed for hyperscalers and others that require massive scale and density via the 24 hot-swappable NVMe drive bays, PCIe 5.0 x16 expansion slots,
The Anker PowerHouse 555 is a midrange portable power station, with a 1024Wh battery and 1000W inverter. With its InfiniPower technology and durable LiFePO4 batteries, it is built to last over a decade, even with everyday use. The Anker PowerHouse 555 has a no-frills design, which is easy to use in any situation, whether you’re
Recently we have been working extensively with AI in the lab. This has had wide-ranging results, from accidentally borking an entire OS with various configurations and software to needing to set up and have a baseline image to work with across platforms. We decided that it would be worth outlining the basic getting started steps as
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