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What are the chances of AMD in the server market? Part II

To successfully return to the server market, AMD decided to unify production as much as possible, linking together the principles of the Zen microarchitecture, the ideology of the chip and the final Assembly of processors Chapter 1. Architecture and production strategy This material is the second article in a series of analytical reviews on the server AMD strategy, its processors, technologies and overall server “ecosystem”. To successfully return to the server market, AMD needed to optimize ...
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Aquantia AQtion AQC107 vs Intel X550-T2 - comparing 10G interfaces in iSCSI and CIFS file operations

... fast file sharing with the server. We recently tested an ... sleep soundly. Test bench configuration: Server: Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 ... off, Dedupe off. Windows Server 2016 (8Gb iSCSI LUN на RAMDISK) Client ... x64 IOmeter for iSCSI CrystalDisk Benchmark for CIFS The server has a ... the same port of the server, whose software was configured ... I was wrong. In modern server network cards, few people ... the network card in file server mode. Testing The first ... tested for years. Expensive server X550-T2 gives almost three ...
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Huawei OceanStor 2200 V3 review - entry-level block virtualization storage

... FCoE interfaces and Ethernet with iSCSI support, it is 12 ... same speed. When connected via iSCSI, direct access to iWARP/ ... will connect storage systems via iSCSI, but the configuration mechanism ... a logical grouping of different iSCSI initiators that can belong ... controller is a separate iSCSI target with a specific ... host group, add active iSCSI client initiators to the host ... LUNs from Synology DS1511 using iSCSI protocol, but to no ... is recommended for Microsoft SQL Server. We were unexpectedly pleased ...
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ASRock Rack EPC621D4I-2M - Review of Mini-ITX motherboard for Xeon LGA3647

When Intel Xeon processors of the LGA-3647 series first appeared, many experts joked that this processor socket was so large that it was impossible to make a Mini-iTX board on it. And now ASRock Rack showed the whole world that nothing is impossible for them, and if you need Xeon Scalable on a motherboard for a nettop - please, the company has a motherboard for you When Intel Xeon processors of the LGA-3647 series first appeared, many experts joked that this processor socket was so large ...
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Server review and FAQ on Kunpeng 920, Huawei Taishan 2280 V2

We are studying in detail the first commercially available ARM64 server: how does it work, how it is managed, what software is it compatible with, and why is it worth switching to Chinese processors at all, abandoning the 30-year-old architecture? To take for testing an ARM-based server from Huawei, created on the basis of a Huawei processor with a Huawei chipset and even a network card based on Huawei NIC, I have been in line since the end of August. And only in December, due to the ...
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Thecus N5500 Review: enterprise 5-disk file server

... Flash redundant motherboard design Integrated Server Power Supply Ability to create ... Supports up to 5 iSCSI targets iSCSI Dynamic Section Stacking support ... 100,000 hours. File Server Management Interface Thecus N5500 stores ... iSCSI partition can be used, for example, for backing up a server ... size of the dynamic iSCSI volume. Dynamic iSCSI volumes allow you ... mentioned, the Thecus N5500 file server is noisy during operation. ... got a surprisingly successful file server, which, together with the ...
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Review of SRV-Legion SL2500 server of floor-standing type for small organizations.

If your company needs a single server that will be installed somewhere in the accounting department or in a warehouse, you will probably want a tower model with quiet cooling, but with decent performance that will be enough for the database and for file exchange. All of this is available in the SL2500 model with two Intel Xeon processors, 8 hard drives and a discrete RAID controller. One of the most important properties of a server is its noise level, because this model is quieter than many ...
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Impact of memory settings on server performance using the example of Transcend DDR4-2400 ECC modules (TS1GHR72V4H)

There is an opinion that in the server all BIOS settings that relate to RAM should be left in the "Auto" value, install modules in pairs, of the same manufacturer and the same size, buy only one manufacturer and even one series. We received two Transcend DDR4-2400 ECC RDIMMs for testing, and today we will test ancient myths and see what memory actually affects when it comes to two types of virtual machines: VDI (virtual desktop) and SQL. There is an opinion that in the server all ...
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The most unusual server cases

Server cases weren't always so dull and monotonous. In this article we will look at the most unusual solutions for mounting your computing equipment in a rack, and who knows, maybe you want to diversify your data center a little. If you think that there is nothing more boring than server racks filled with identical servers, then you have come to the right place: using this article as an example, we will show you that in the server world there is also a place for a flight of imagination and ...
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Dell server buying guide

Dell servers are known primarily for their customers - the largest American corporations, including government organizations, use Dell equipment. And for any customer, the Dell symbol is a sign of excellence in quality control, performance, functionality and service support. This article is a quick guide to the Dell server models available in early 2011. Over the past few months, Dell has meticulously refined its PowerEdge server lineup, adding reliability, performance, and the ability to ...