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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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QNAP TS-262 - Little hero of a small office

This model shows that even a small 2-disk desktop NAS can pleasantly surprise with storage capabilities: up to 4 NVME SSDs and up to 16 hard drives when using cards and expansion shelves. The ability to configure layer-by-layer storage and run applications in containers in a compartment with a 2.5-gigabit network makes it an excellent choice for a modern office with remote access and Wi-Fi 6. I already described the concept of a modern office in which all employees work remotely and only ...
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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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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 1: Choosing a stable platform.

... surveillance with cascading, powerful backup server and fast deployment with easy ... storage world as object storage, did not implement file-level parity ... and Huawei OceanStor), and did not a full-fledged cloud ... technologically hopelessly behind Synology and QNAP, and if they can still ... wouldn't load. The array did not rise - it was, ... and not once, the services did not start - it was, ... , as they say, "did not take off" anywhere ... N/A Native SMB/NFS/iSCSI/Rsync support Excellent Excellent Excellent ...
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Discovering the features of QNAP QGD-3014 - a hybrid of a PoE switch and a NAS

... 1/5/10, Samba/NFS/iSCSI access, installation of additional packages ... ( use the search ). Interfaces QNAP has been implementing the idea ... good 1-Gigabit Broadcom BCM5720 server controller, which are designed to ... internal network controllers, a DHCP server is running, distributing by default ... bypassing the common QNAP interface. Video surveillance Today, QNAP offers a modern ... our tests, the CPU usage did not exceed 40%. Conclusions No ... a server rack and a cooled cabinet everywhere for him, and QNAP ...
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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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QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP Review: meet the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system

... for read operations, which the server RAM perfectly copes with on ... for business class with powerful server CPUs and at least ... in each separate window, for iSCSI volumes - in the block ... I did not mention block access for nothing: recently, QNAP business ... switching from SAN to iSCSI, then using QNAP QuTS hero, you can ... switch the LUN to the iSCSI interface. HBS 3 - unified ... advanced solution with NFS and iSCSI offloading. The layout of ... data center. But the manufacturer did not save on power supplies ...
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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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Storage and backup of virtual machines on QNAP NAS

... compute servers - QNAP can work for them as iSCSI/NFS storage. ... If the site uses video surveillance, QNAP ... sacred: virtual machine reservation. QNAP recently introduced its proprietary ... writing this review, competitors did not have such a function ... Connecting to VMWare vSphere QNAP itself recommends connecting the ... 7.01. beta Windows Server 2016 NFS v3 mount Restoring ... When backing up Microsoft Windows Server, it is enough to ... Recovery to Hyper-V server takes a little less time ...
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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 ...