Synology FlashStation FS6400 review - testing speed and getting to know Synology branded SSDs
Synology's new flagship enterprise segment, a dual Xeon Silver model with 24 SSD bays and built-in virtualization. We will test how it works on it and get acquainted with the new branded SSD from Synology.
In general, it's time to stop talking about Synology's top models as NAS-s for medium-sized businesses. A few years ago, the company set a course for unification and hyperconvergence, deciding that many customers will be able to transfer their local services to storage using virtualization ...
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 ...
QSAN XN8012R Storage Review: Virtualization + ZFS Onboard!
Many specialists of small organizations clearly understand the advantages of ZFS and can justify to the management the savings from software LZ4 compression and deduplication when buying a new storage system, but there were no inexpensive solutions for this file system. But a holy place is never empty, and QSAN decided to combine in one device everything that we love in Linux and everything that we value in ZFS.
Today, many technical experts believe that ZFS is something that works only ...
Huawei OceanStor 2200 V3 review - entry-level block virtualization storage
This SAN storage system has many features that make it worth paying attention to. First of all, this is the RAID 2.0+ technology, thanks to which in our testing, RAID 5 survived a fall of 6 drives! In addition, this is an extended work with snapshots, because each of them can be mounted as a separate LUN, automatic LUN reduction and much more.
Huawei storage systems are relatively new, and today the Chinese manufacturer successfully competes with brands such as Dell/EMC, Netapp and HPE. ...
Exploring SSD and RAM caching in Synology servers: how to get the most speed
No matter how beautiful IOPS the manufacturers promise us, no matter what synthetic tests show, the real speed of a typical virtual machine depends on how your server is configured and how the application itself works. Let's explore the impact of different types of caching on Synology NAS.
Toshiba, a major manufacturer of flash drives and hard drives,
forecasts
only 10% of corporate data will be stored on SSDs in the year, although it seems that all storage manufacturers have forgotten ...
Video Surveillance Synology Surveillance Station CMS for Large Companies with Branch Offices
For cases where you need to build an entire network of IP cameras, Synology offers Surveillance CMS technology, which allows you to manage all your NVRs based on Synology NAS from a single window, dynamically allocate licenses to connected cameras, as well as set up backup video surveillance servers in case of hardware failure and move IP cameras between them.
In large organizations, there is often a need for centralized video surveillance management in branch offices, remote offices or ...
Huawei Oceanstor 2800 review - converged 2-controller storage for video surveillance
With this storage system, you can create a 2-node Failover Virtualization Cluster in one box. This model is designed for video surveillance, for installations on hundreds of IP cameras, for storing hundreds of terabytes of data and for analyzing video recordings. We tested it using the Macroscop software.
Video surveillance is one of the main driving forces in the storage market. The decline in the cost of IP cameras has led to the fact that today they are installed in hundreds, often next ...
Synology Active Backup for G Suite/Office 365: back up cloud data locally
If in 2017 we backed up ourselves to the cloud, then starting from 2018 we back up the cloud to ourselves to protect our calendars, mail and contacts from blocking any messengers, disconnecting accounts and others misfortunes. Synology has a great tool for backing up Google and Microsoft services, which we'll test. Since we use such business-friendly products as Office 365, Google Drive and Calendar, Gmail and Shared Folders in G-Suite, we need to make sure that this data is safe.
The ...
Dell PowerEdge 2950 III vs PowerEdge R710 server comparison
We are comparing two 2-processor 2U servers from different generations. In addition to the differences in the architecture of the Intel Xeon processors used in them, it is interesting to look at the new technologies used in the 11th generation Dell servers. For example, accelerated deployment and firmware updates, using UIEFI, monitoring from the LCD screen, PCI Express 16x support, TOE, etc. What makes Dell servers so popular around the world.
We recently looked at two
HP ProLiant DL380 ...
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 ...
