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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 No, I'm not saying that server cabinets are outdated and ...
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Synology UC3200 Review: affordable dual-controller iSCSI storage

... servers, created for those who need to configure iSCSI volumes once and ... surveillance, a file backup system, and a backup system for servers and ... type when creating it: "Thick Provision" promises higher speed ... was a backup and did not have active storage pools. Thus, the ... subnet, gateway, and even MTU. These are quite normal and understandable ... : VMWare ESXi 6.7U3 Windows Server 2016 iSCSI Connection LUN file system ... on an iSCSI-attached volume, the switching time to the backup controller ...
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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 ...
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QNAP TS-2483XU-RP review: 24-disk head unit NAS

... QNAP has a very interesting take on this interface: the ... access to data on these disk shelves is not ... combine SSD drives on these controllers into one common ... for digital studios . For those who are too lazy to ... integrity is supported, but these two operating systems are not ... for those that are closely related to data backup and storage ... thus replacing backups. Snapshots work for both regular file folders and iSCSI ... TS256GMTS800 256Gb OS: Windows Server 2016 iSCSI Connection LUN file system - ...
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Aquantia AQtion AQC107 vs Intel X550-T2 - comparing 10G interfaces in iSCSI and CIFS file operations

Aquantia network chips are increasingly being distributed as an expensive home or low-cost business solution for 10-Gigabit networks. We compared the company's youngest chip with Intel's flagship network card when working with file operations, and the results were amazing. The young company Aquantia was not known to anyone 2-3 years ago, and today its network controllers have become a passport to the world of 10-Gigabit networks for thousands of gamers around the world. This brand entered ...
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Huawei OceanStor 2200 V3 review - entry-level block virtualization storage

... access, these are FC, FCoE interfaces and Ethernet with iSCSI support, ... completely different matter when you take completely different hard drives ... is recommended for Microsoft SQL Server. We were unexpectedly pleased ... thousand rubles) HyperClone HyperReplication These features are included when you ... ETH ports are enough for iSCSI backup of an entire small ... and cloning LUNs, because these features are generally free, ... if necessary, assign these tasks to some virtual server with Rsync installed ...
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Thecus N5500 Review: enterprise 5-disk file server

... connections Supports up to 5 iSCSI targets iSCSI Dynamic Section Stacking support ... for backup from external media. By the way, for those who are ... but not hot. The Thecus N5500 file server makes a noticeable noise ... 100,000 hours. File Server Management Interface Thecus N5500 stores its operating ... befits an enterprise-class file server, Thecus N5500 has two network interfaces ... Spare and one JBOD for backup. There is no option to ... the file server. As already mentioned, the Thecus N5500 file server is noisy ...