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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 ...
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Managed PDU: do you really need it?

PDUs with remote disconnection of sockets and groups of sockets, which are often called switchable PDUs, provide remote control of sockets and groups of sockets, allowing operators to quickly overload hung devices, block their activation, turn off excess power at peak loads and balance the load between phases in 3-phase networks by monitoring and disconnecting sockets. PDU (Power Distribution Unit), they are also power distributors, or power distributors, sometimes socket blocks, but this is ...
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Server rack monitoring: what is needed for this

Technologies are so advanced today that there are many tools for monitoring server racks and the entire computing infrastructure of a small enterprise. These systems also allow you to optimize energy use, manage backup power and control cooling. A server rack is a miniature ecosystem with its own climate, its own electrical part, as well as its own security and protection facilities. But how to ensure the proper functioning of the rack and early troubleshooting? The solution is monitoring ...
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Guide to the server power supplies

The power supply is a critical component of the server, on which not only the stability of operation depends, but also the operating costs. What types of server PSUs are used today and how to choose a power model. Server power supplies, which are used to provide power to server components, have various parameters, such as power, current, and voltage. Depending on the type of server enclosure and its capacity, power supplies are divided into different categories. Conventional ATX power ...
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5 free services for your docker server

... will look at 5 software services that you can install ... will look at 5 software services that you can install ... containers without your participation. The service is installed ready to work ... service stores the history of HDD/SSD parameters changes in the server ... on the host, the service will detect all the disks ... but  Uptime Kuma  is a service for monitoring the availability of ... To simplify the monitoring of services on the host itself, it ... application makes it easy to read the logs of running containers ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

... few weeks. Installing applications, configuring services Having planned the storage, I ... I choose to replace Synology services? Samba/NFS/iSCSI: without ... a container and configure file services through this platform by ... Proxmox has its own Backup Server product with deduplication and incremental ... to data storage, snapshots, launching services and virtual machines, we have ... one method - using a hardware RAID controller where the disk load ... drives, mixing ZFS and hardware RAID, and you will never run ...
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HP has released the ProLiant RL300 server on the AArch64 architecture. Why is this important for the Cloud market?

The largest vendor of server equipment, HPE, produces the Proliant RL300 Gen11 model based on Ampere Altra (Max) processors. These are 1-socket 1-unit servers, delivered both according to the traditional purchase model and according to a relatively new type of subscription sales (Server-as-a-service). The new machines are designed for Cloud environments, that is, for companies providing application hosting services using container and hardware virtualization, as well as for Web hosting and ...
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Review of the 4-CPU Lenovo SR860 V2 server based on Intel Xeon Cooper Lake

... adequately continuing the school of server construction, laid down in the ... monitored and controlled by the server controller. In our article ... , without any innovations. The server also supports non-volatile Intel ... natural that the server can easily cope with the read load - ... ElasticSearch test, the SR860 V2 server, unfortunately, did not achieve ... | 100th percentile service time | index-append | 1072.59 | ms | | error rate | index ... tasks. Network subsystem The server offers several options for installing ...
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Guide to buying used servers

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 ...
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Guide for migration from Intel Xeon to AMD EPYC: debunking myths, avoiding pitfalls

... for a 32-core server Component/Server AMD EPYC Xeon Platinum ... and we recommend that you read  our article . But even ... straightforwardly: the latest Windows Server 2019 (released after October ... SSH, connect under the root account vi/etc/vmware/passthru ... processor virtualization functions to Windows Server. This is somewhat reminiscent ... net. For example, on Reddit, a user claims that under ... all to stop the backup service, move it where required ... IT as a service, we reserve the service software itself, no ...