Enterprise
Since the announcement of AMD’s Zen 3 core microarchitecture, we’ve been expecting three series of products to be announced: desktop Ryzen, mobile Ryzen, and enterprise EPYC. So far the desktop parts are now launched and at retail (if you can find them), and the mobile Ryzen processors are part of AMD’s CES disclosures this week for retail in February. That only leaves Zen 3-based EPYC, which AMD has decided to preview as part of its CES keynote presentation today. As far as the design of Zen 3 EPYC ‘Milan’ processors go, we are expecting an almost seemless transition from the previous Zen 2 EPYC ‘Rome’ ecosystem, with pin-compatible processors offering up to 64 cores and with 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes. For performance, if the desktop...
The new Opteron 6300: Finally Tested!
AMD unveiled their Opteron 6300 series server processors, code name Abu Dhabi, back in November 2012. At that time, no review samples were available. The numbers that AMD presented...
55 by Johan De Gelas on 2/20/2013Fusion-io Launches ioScale for Hyperscale Market
We haven't even had time to cover everything we saw at CES last week, but there are already more product announcements coming in. Fusion-io launched their new ioScale product...
15 by Kristian Vättö on 1/17/2013ADATA Shows Off Enterprise SSDs, RAM, NAND, etc.
ADATA invited us to their suite to show us some of their latest and greatest offerings. Most of the items on display have been previously launched, but they did...
5 by Jarred Walton on 1/11/2013QNAP Unveils TS-x70U-RP NAS Line Up and Turbo NAS 3.8.1
QNAP is one of the NAS vendors known for providing affordable 10 GbE ready solutions, and they are continuing the trend with the TS-x70 series. At CES 2013, they...
2 by Ganesh T S on 1/10/2013Lenovo and EMC Stir SMB NAS Market with LenovoEMC Joint Venture
News of the Lenovo - EMC joint venture, LenovoEMC crossed the wires last week. We met with Iomega yesterday at CES and discussed what this means for the storage...
2 by Ganesh T S on 1/9/2013Mushkin Unveils Enterprise ProSpec SSD Line
Like many memory companies, Mushkin has also added a selection of flash memory and SSD products to their portfolio. Their current Chronos and Chronos Deluxe lines cater to the...
0 by Jarred Walton on 1/9/2013Asustor 6 Series: A Fresh Approach in the NAS Market
We had the chance to meet up with Asustor at CES yesterday. Reviews of some of their offerings had popped up on various websites, and my initial impression was...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/9/2013LaCie 5big NAS Pro Review - Part I
We have looked at LaCie's 5big offering before in late 2010. In that product, the only LaCie signature was the industrial design and choice of hardware components of the...
31 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2013Lenovo ThinkStation D30 Workstation Review: 16 Cores and 32 Threads Under Your Desk
This month is a massive rush of new hardware. Users fond of high-powered portables are probably losing their minds; while Windows 8 and RT are of questionable value to...
68 by Dustin Sklavos on 11/15/2012HP's ElitePad 900 Windows 8 Tablet: No Short Skirt, But a Couple of Long Jackets
The major vendors have been doing the rounds out here in sunny California, gearing up a series of product launches to go hand-in-hand with Windows 8's launch later this...
31 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/1/2012Dell's Enterprise Windows 8 Rollout Begins
While today we already have a review up of Dell's enterprise all-in-one, the OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One, our meeting with them in San Francisco bore fruit with two additional pieces...
21 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/19/2012Lenovo ThinkCentre M92 Tiny System Review: Pint-Sized Power
It's hard not to notice the direction computing is going, both in the enterprise and at home. Notebooks are getting thinner and lighter, tablets are taking off, and on...
62 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/17/2012Dell Precision T1650 Workstation Review: Ivy Bridge Xeons Bring Performance
This year has seen a revitalized Dell aggressively attacking HP on the enterprise workstation front. While HP has been content to recycle last year's models, Dell has made substantial...
38 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/31/2012Boston Releases Servers Based on Calxeda's ARM SoCs
Calxeda EnergyCore SoC Boston has released its Viridis server which uses Calxeda's ARM System-on-Chips (SoCs). Each SoC consists of four ARM Cortex-A9 cores and up to 48 SoCs can be...
4 by Kristian Vättö on 7/9/2012SanDisk Releases Lightning PCIe SSDs for Enterprises
Computex is now running at full power and announcements are coming from everywhere. SanDisk just launched their latest addition to their enterprise storage portfolio: the Lightning PCIe SSA. SanDisk...
3 by Kristian Vättö on 6/4/2012HP Updates Workstations with Ivy Bridge
In a move sure to come as a surprise to approximately no one, HP is updating several members of their workstation lineup with new Ivy Bridge-based processors, including Ivy...
3 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/4/2012Micron Announces 2.5" PCIe SSD for Enterprise
Micron has announced the first 2.5" SSD which utilizes PCIe interface instead of the more common SATA interface. The 2.5" form factor allows for easy serviceability because the drives...
12 by Kristian Vättö on 3/7/2012HP Compaq 8200 Elite Ultra-Slim: The Littlest Desktop
If you've been following along for a while, it should be pretty clear that around here, we're fans of doing a little computing. Awkward turns of phrase notwithstanding, we...
42 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/29/2011HP Z210 SFF Workstation: Serious Power in Cramped Quarters
We're taking our second excursion into enterprise-class desktop territory with the kind of machine that should be of interest both to IT management and enthusiasts alike: HP's Z210 SFF...
26 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/29/2011Dell Precision T1600: Workstation Class
We've spent a lot of time dissecting boutique gaming desktops, but there's another class of hardware that we only rarely get to discuss. Today that changes with the first...
29 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/2/2011