title=

Short and sweet: how to choose a RAID/HBA controller for the server

RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the market. The abundance of drives and software features of RAID/HBA make you approach this choice as responsibly as possible, otherwise you may lose data. RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the ...
RAID HBA Server
 title=

Server fans: what they are, how they work

Server fans play a key role in maintaining the temperature at an optimal level. They operate at high speeds to ensure sufficient airflow within the server system, thereby cooling it. Most server fans are designed to operate at different speeds, which significantly enhances their efficiency. This means that when the server system is under load, the server fans operate at higher speeds to increase cooling, and when the load is light, the speed decreases. The main function of server fans is to ...
Server fans
 title=

Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3320 review - a hyperconverged solution for simplified enterprise-wide vSAN deployment

Hyperconverged systems are rapidly gaining popularity and are already becoming the standard for building virtualization platforms in the corporate environment. Lenovo has released a special series of servers for installing and running VMware vSAN with tools for simplified administration and deployment at the customer's facility. The ideology of hyperconvergent solutions using VMware technologies has its advantages: this is a relatively low cost at the start, and the ability to scale almost ...
 title=

Article about vertical wall-mounting of servers

An interesting solution for home laboratories, small test rooms or maintenance-free points where 1-2-3 pieces of equipment are placed, and every square centimeter is worth its weight in gold I often came up with the idea: why not place servers vertically, because if you do not have a special server rack, but have a 1U-4U machine, and even a full length of 655 mm, then this bandura will take up the entire room, the entire table or rack. No, I'm not saying that server cabinets are outdated and ...
 title=

Palit GeForce GTX 1660 Super review: testing a novelty in computing and machine learning

The new series of video cards GTX 1660 Super is interesting, first of all, because of the high bandwidth GDDR6 memory. This is exactly what you need for machine learning tasks and work in Tensorflow. At a minimum, you can build your own Google Colab counterpart in a Mini-ITX package. In the fall of 2018, Nvidia released a line of RTX graphics cards based on chips codenamed Turing, which have built-in tensor and RT cores. The community of enthusiasts using conventional gaming graphics cards ...
 title=

Storage Trends in 2019 - Toshiba Electronics Forecast

The amount of data stored in the world not only continues to grow, but is growing faster than predicted. It was expected that the share of data stored on flash and solid state drives would increase, while the amount of data stored on hard drives and tape would decrease. However, today it is clear that all three technologies continue to evolve simply because they require a lot of storage capacities. Where are we going to store this much data? Thanks to engineers and programmers, the capacity ...
 title=

Synology DS1010+ review: keep your data in business class

This is a 5-disk file server, expandable to 10 disks using an external module. This NAS has a 2-core processor that can achieve speeds of up to 200 MB/s, and the third generation Synology Disk Station Manager with a multitasking web-based window interface allows you to make any settings faster and easier. What is interesting about this NAS for small businesses and what are its fundamental differences from competitors, we will consider in this article. Today, those who choose a NAS for ...
 title=

Benefits of Second Generation HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Storage

... to approach the issue of storage systems (data storage systems) as responsibly as possible, especially ... server using the hp proliant dl360 server as a platform, hp proliant server dl380 or hp ... at HP LeftHand P4000 SAN storage and see what a powerful server ... , network or server failures Control Functions Centralized Management Console, HP ProLiant Integrated ... , network or server failures Control Functions Centralized Management Console, HP ProLiant Integrated ...
 title=

Modern methods of data backup of servers and workstations

... or Fiber Channel. HP Tape Drives When organizing data storage systems on any type ... purchased most often. A good hp server can work for years with ... Использование NAS-ов The file server is the most versatile device ... example, a breakdown of the server's motherboard can completely destroy ... and NAS speeds and need server redundancy with iSCSI support, ... be accessed through the same server. Particularly noteworthy is the corporate ... a considerable distance from the server, although within the same building ...
 title=

Configuring HP StorageWorks MSA 2000sa disk systems

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 ...