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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
5 free services for your docker server
In this article, we will look at 5 software services that you can install through Docker to facilitate the maintenance of your servers. This software stack is a Must Have for a small infrastructure using Docker (Swarm).
In this article, we will look at 5 software services that you can install through Docker to facilitate the maintenance of your servers. This software stack is a Must Have for a small infrastructure using Docker (Swarm).
1. Watchtower
This software package automatically ...
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 ...
Review of the 4-CPU Lenovo SR860 V2 server based on Intel Xeon Cooper Lake
A very interesting server with a price of $ 1M, created for SAP HANA and applications with high RAM consumption. Here, the processors are located one above the other, there are 3 TB of memory, 4 power supplies, monitoring with predictive analysis of breakdowns and 48 storage slots.
Today we are testing a very special server from the family of vertically scalable x86 systems. The Lenovo SR860V2 quad-processor is designed to handle mission-critical workloads such as transactional and resident ...
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 ...
Storage and backup of virtual machines on QNAP NAS
In small companies, NAS can significantly reduce infrastructure costs. Those who decommissioned servers yesterday by moving resources to the NAS are canceling their subscriptions to the software that QNAP performs out of the box today. And now the time has come when QNAP swooped down on the sacred: the reservation of virtual machines.
In 2019, the world market for backup and data recovery software, according to estimates by Allied Market Research, amounted to $ 9.3 billion. An article of ...
Synology UC3200 Review: affordable dual-controller iSCSI storage
First dual-controller storage from Synology, marketed as iSCSI storage for virtualization hosts. We will test how quickly it switches between controllers and how it recovers back.
Perhaps since Synology released its first rackmount NAS, at all press conferences the company has been asked when will they release a 2-controller solution? The manufacturer himself explained for a long time that the company has a High Availability solution for organizing NAS into a cluster, that in the modern ...
