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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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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

The most difficult thing is not even to pick up packages to replace Synology services with free ones, but to support their work, promptly responding to glitches and updates. This is not an easy, but doable task that can be completed in a few weeks. Installing applications, configuring services Having planned the storage, I proceed to installing the software. Docker is already installed, and now I will install MergerFS and SnapRAID file system support for the archived data array. For example ...
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Review of the 4-CPU Lenovo SR860 V2 server based on Intel Xeon Cooper Lake

... of 8 dual 60-mm fans, located in 2 levels, and not ... we need to understand the Xeon Platinum 8380H frequency matrix. Figuratively ... read requests to such a large table are processed with a delay ... of less than 4 ms, and up to ... . The RAID providers are LSI / Avago / Broadcom, and both simple and complex arrays ... all types, fans, power supplies, and RAID controllers, as well as ambient ... justified in dual-controller storage, but not in servers. And yet, regardless ...
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Review of ASRock Rack EPYCD8-2T server motherboard for AMD EPYC 7000

... the monitoring system can read temperature readings from the controllers ... system. Please note that RAID functions are not declared, ... the same board, Intel and AMD do not conflict, but ... graphics stations. Power circuit and components The EPYCD8-2T motherboard ... in terms of temperature and power supply, and simply put, there ... gt; Compared to Dell iDRAC, HPE iLO and Lenovo XClarity management ... unlike Intel X540 and Intel X557 (used in Xeon-D), this ... discrete Intel X550-T2 (read our  AQuantia AQC107 vs ...
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Why AMD bought Xilinx: simple, clear language

When you look at how large companies are rowing everything that is bad in the world of protocols and network solutions, you do not immediately understand what is happening, so let's figure it out together. Over the past 2 years, large M&A deals have been going on in the world of server hardware, the most famous of which is the purchase by Nvidia chip maker of the Israeli Mellanox, the process of buying the ARM architecture developer by it. Intel is buying up technology developers in batches ...
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Threadripper vs. EPYC: testing three AMD 32-core processors in server applications

32 cores is where you can still get by with a 1 VMware socket license, and therefore the processor must be the fastest in the world! We will test 6 server applications, including 1C Enterprise, MySQL and NGINX, to choose the best! After the recent decision by VMware to change the licensing policy of Its ESXi hypervisor by accepting a limit of 32 physical cores per 1 processor socket, the 32-core milestone has become the front line where AMD reigns Supreme, and if today you choose a 32-core ...
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Guide to buying used servers

... more. 7. Forget AMD, UltraSparc and Itanium - only Intel Xeon! If you don ... can be more difficult and more expensive. 12. RAID/BBU If you ... caching, may not support RAID 5, 6 and higher configurations. In some ... key. If a RAID battery is present and you are not looking ... for each part, while HP and Dell list the model as “P ... can go to the RAID controller menu and see the status of ... 5-6 such HDDs and combine them in RAID 5 than to ... battery on a RAID controller, two processors and SAS hard drives with ...
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EPYC hosting: exploring how AMD is changing the VDS hosting market

... by brands such as HPE, Dell, and Cisco is not even covered ... modern server processors Model Intel Xeon 8380HL AMD EPYC 7742 Number of ... have such technologies, and even the top-end Xeon Scalable of the ... Turbo Boost mode Model Intel Xeon 8380HL AMD EPYC 7742 Number of ... = 2 innodb_flush_method = O_DIRECT transaction-isolation = READ-COMMITTED default-storage-engine = innodb ... 7742 8 x AMD EPYC 7742 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 ... processors, be it AMD EPYC 77x2 or Intel Xeon Platinum, work at ...
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How Good Is The AMD EPYC 3251? Review of ASRockRack EPYC3251D4I-2T Mini-ITX motherboard

... SSD. There is no hardware RAID on the board, so if ... monitoring and the ability to record POST tests. Compared to Dell iDRAC ... , HPE iLO and Lenovo XClarity management systems ... article " Migrating from Intel Xeon to AMD EPYC , avoiding pitfalls" ... as fast as the Xeon D-2143, and at the same time ... a gateway, NAS, and domain controller. The dual-channel memory controller is ... because the 4-channel Xeon is slower and the only thing worth ...
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What factors should be used to choose the server processor?

Why when choosing a processor, do not pay attention to the price per core or the price per Watt, but rather use the cost of a Megahertz with HT disabled and using Turbo Boost? Here's how it used to be good: for servers, there was a single Pentium Pro processor, which you didn't need to choose. With the advent of multi-core processors, it became clear that the more computing blocks, the better, but only until marketers stepped in and pided one CPU into ten sockets with ten cache options and ...