Your business has already grown so much that you need your own server for CRM, MySQL or virtualization, but the prices for server hardware upset you? In this article, we will tell you how to save up to 100 times on buying used server hardware and not regret buying it. Server equipment has a huge safety margin, it can operate 24/7 for years and decades. And if you are not worried about the lack of warranty and support, but there is a desire to buy a top server at the price of a good mobile phone ...

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 ...

HP Lefthand storage ideology is based on 5 core technologies: Storage Clustering, Network RAID, iSCSI Networking, Thin Provisioning, Local & amp; Remote Copy. The names speak for themselves. In this article, we will find confirmation of each of these points, as well as consider how the different versions of the StorageWorks P4500 and StorageWorks P4300 series storage systems, designed for use in large enterprises, differ. Statistics are tough lady, difficult to argue with. And she says the ...

In the infrastructure of any modern enterprise, a special place should be given to data storage and backup systems. In case of failure, human error or for maintaining archives, but the data must be reliably protected from loss, prying eyes or natural disaster. In this article, we will explain what hardware is used to copy data in different cases. The active development of information technologies, which began at the very beginning of the 21st century and does not plan to stop in the coming ...

MSA2000sa disk arrays in a 2U case are designed to form a consolidated storage environment for small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as for organizing disk storage of the second or third level in remote offices and branches of large companies. It is important for administrators to know a number of subtleties of configuring these disk arrays. How the storage systems are configured in some cases depend on their fault tolerance and performance. For administrators of the popular HP ...

Usually, the user trusts his information to a single hard drive and backup. This approach is absolutely inappropriate for enterprises where data loss is equal to business loss. What data storage systems exist today and from what threats can they protect your data and, accordingly, your business? Considering any information system, one cannot but highlight such a process as information storage. It is the information that is the main value in any organization, and the entire infrastructure ...

In this article, we will tell you about the 4-processor Dell PowerEdge R810 server, which has a complex modular layout that allows you to easily replace a failed block entirely. This server uses FlexMem Bridge technology, thanks to which all the server's memory slots become available to the customer, even if two processors out of four are installed. And, of course, the proprietary iDRAC control system and all those little things that classify such servers as elite. In previous reviews, the ...

Servers are the main strong point of Hewlett Packard products. The company owns more than one third of the x86 server market, so it's hard to compete in this regard. The company has expanded its server line this year, and the older models will soon be phased out. We will try to help you figure out the model range of HP servers that is relevant for the coming year. Not so long ago, HP outstripped IBM in server sales, slightly, but outstripped. This leap is driven by the company's very hard ...

We are testing and comparing two 1U universal rack servers. These servers use 2.5" hard drives, they meet the latest energy efficiency requirements and have the high performance Nehalem architecture. They are very similar, but nevertheless, choose between these two machines carefully, since each has its own characteristics, which we will tell you about. Modern 1U rack servers are mostly versatile machines for various configurations, ranging from web hosting to HPC and supercomputers. ...

Today, when choosing a server based on Intel processors, many are wondering whether it is worth overpaying for new items built on the Nehalem architecture, or taking a server of the previous generation, especially with a higher processor frequency. We tested two popular HP Proliant DL380 G5 and G6 server models and compared them not only in speed, but also in design. Almost a year has passed since Intel presented its new Nehalem architecture on the server market, but at the same time, the ...