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Review of Ocypus Iota 1200 PSU

Ocypus is a new name in the PC power supply market, and today we are testing one of the brand's most powerful models, the Iota 1200, a 1200–watt ATX 3.1 PSU. It is a fully modular model with all pluggable cables, hybrid fan mode and 80Plus Gold certification, which is an indicator that good, high-quality components are installed inside the PSU. Ocypus is a new name in the PC power supply market, and today we are testing one of the most powerful models of the brand, the Iota 1200, a 1200-watt ...
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Review of the PcCooler YN1000 power supply

The ATX 3.1 standard power supply with a new connector for a video card, 12V-2x6, with which you can not worry that the computer will burst into flames during the game. The power supply itself is assembled on Japanese capacitors and has a hybrid mode for silent operation in office tasks. A year or two ago, when choosing a power supply unit, we paid attention to the element base, manufacturers of capacitors and a fan, and as a weighty argument we looked at the warranty, which reaches a crazy ...
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Discovering the features of the Deepcool PX1000P power supply unit with an 80Plus Platinum certificate

The 80 Plus Platinum standard is gradually entering the top segment of home computers and workstations. Hand on heart, we can immediately say that there is nothing particularly new in it – both "platinum" and "titanium" have been used in server equipment almost since the appearance of the 80 Plus certificates themselves, and as a rule, such power supplies have been nursed for 10+ years without problems, even in very problematic conditions when there is dust all around, fans ...
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Testing the features of the L3 PoE switch IP-Com G5328P-24-410w

This is a 28-port switch, in which 4 ports are gigabit optics for Uplink, and the remaining 24 ports are 1-gigabit RJ45 PoE with a total power budget of 370 watts, and each of these ports can work both in 802.3af mode (up to 15.4 watts) and and in the mode 802.at (up to 30 watts). When integrating into the project, some features of this switch should be taken into account. Level 3 switches with PoE support are usually used to build enterprise Wi-Fi networks and video surveillance systems. And ...
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Setting up a free micro-cloud using the Terramaster F2-423

The free and open source software market has made a tremendous leap forward in recent years, so today thousands of companies are using FOSS instead of public clouds. You don't have to buy a huge server to run your micro-cloud, you can set up a lot even on a desktop NAS. Since about 2015, in our NAS reviews, we have focused on the fact that a modern file server for a small company is primarily the services it provides: advanced collaboration functions, file sharing via the Internet, video ...
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Let's explore the features of Zyxel XMG1930-30HP, a switch with 2.5G/10G PoE ports and licensed L3 functions

Zyxel reasoned this way: if the L3 functionality is already determined only by the firmware, 99% choose an access switch for the sake of port density, PoE, VLAN, Multicast, and less often for static routing, then here's the base model XMG1930, which is generally L2, but slightly L3. And if your network requires advanced L3 functions, then all this is also there, just buy the appropriate license and get the core-level functionality. You can do this at any time, even when buying a device, even ...
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Zyxel XGS2220-30HP - L3 Access switch for modern converged networks

This L3 layer switch has 4 x 10-Gigabit SFP+ slots, 1-Gigabit PoE+ ports for the main fleet of devices, NVR/VoIP optimized interface, support for Nebula cloud service and multi-Gigabit PoE+ ports for Wi-Fi 6 access points. That is, Zyxel has added a maximum of functions to make it the most versatile. In the Zyxel hierarchy, the XGS2220 series refers to access switches, that is, to the lowest level that serves end devices and access points. We are used to the fact that cheap maintenance-free ...
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What's new in ATX 3.0 standard power supplies - let's look at the example of Deepcool PX1200G

Of the most significant points, I would like to note the overload, which for a short time can exceed the nominal value by as much as three times! Naturally, this required completely redesigning the design of the power supply, making it more complicated and more expensive. In the spring of 2022, Intel introduced a new ATX 3.0 power supply standard, which in the next decade will become decisive for motherboards, power supplies and video cards. The introduction of new power requirements was due ...
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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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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 ...