The 15.36TB Intel SSD D5-P5316 Series enterprise SSD features 144-layer QLC NAND, PCIe 4.0 interface, and both 2.5-inch and E1.L form factors. This is a drive a read-optimized drive specifically designed for warm storage. We previously reviewed the 30.72TB model and found it to be an excellent release from Intel, giving organizations with lower budgets

With the release of Proxmox VE 7.1 comes a lot of impressive new or improved features, some of the most impressive being security-related. Some of those features are new and exciting, and others simply being quality of life updates that make employing better security practices easier than ever before. In this piece, we take a

This article isn’t our standard review article, instead, this piece explores the fun (and practical?) side of 3D printing and showcases a few prints that anyone can do for their homelab. Let me preface by saying that we don’t own any of the models that we printed. All the models we printed can be found

A high-end 16-inch business laptop, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme G4 is the non-workstation version of the ThinkPad P1 G4. Unless you need that model’s Xeon CPU, ECC memory, Nvidia RTX A-class workstation graphics, or ISV certifications, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme G4 is a more economical option and still offers a high level of performance.

The Memblaze PBlaze6 6530 series is the company’s newest addition to the company’s PCIe Gen4 enterprise SSD portfolio. Designed for the mainstream enterprise market, the new PBlaze6 6530 series is based on the company’s self-developed Unified Framework Platform (MUFP) and 176-layer enterprise 3D eTLC NAND flash. Memblaze highlights its significant improvement in power efficiency (172%

The Dapustor X2900P is the company’s newest storage-class memory (SCM) data center SSD. Powered by an internally developed DPU600 controller and paired with KIOXIA XL-Flash, this second-generation SSD features models in both the AIC and U.2 form factor and is PCIe Gen4. Because it’s SCM, the Dapustor X2900P is designed for applications that require the

The OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini SSD is the newest portable storage device from OWC. With its compact footprint, lightweight design, and aircraft-grade aluminum, the Elite Pro mini SSD is designed to go anywhere. While being universally compatible with Macs, PCs, iPads, Chromebooks, and Android tablets, the BUS-powered drive is rated for up to 542MB/s

We recently posted a video on the Lenovo ThinkEdge SE50 on our TikTok account that went over swimmingly well. We received numerous comments revolving around using the SE50 as a pfSense router. The notion is widely unpractical, given the cost of the SE50 (it starts around $2500 US). But the system does have a lot

About two years ago, we penned a review of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution comprised of Scale Computing for the hardware and Leostream for the VDI software. Since writing that article, the world has radically changed, and in effect, so have virtual desktops. Over the last two years, we have seen the largest migration