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How to Install/ Upgrade Memory and a BBU on a HP Smart Array P411
The HP Smart Array P411 is a fairly inexpensive 6.0gbps SAS 2 and SATA III controller. To enhance performance, the HP Smart Array P411 has a variety of cache options available. This is a quick guide installing a 512MB DRAM plus...
Quick Look: Silicon Image SiI3124 Based eSATA with RAID 5 and Port Multiplier Support
One question I am often asked is what do I think about port multipliers. The short story here is that I think they can be valuable and I can see that they have a place in the market. The Silicon Image SiI3124 controller is an i...
Supermicro X9SCM-F Sandy Bridge Xeon LGA1155 C204 Motherboard Review
Today we are looking at the Supermicro X9SCM-F which is going to be a very popular mATX server motherboard. One of the most popular mATX server motherboards reviewed on this site was the Supermicro X8SIL-F. It provided a small ...
Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Ethernet Adapter PCIe x1 Quick-Review
When I get asked what is the best PCIe x1 Gigabit Ethernet adapter today, I quickly answer the Intel Gigabit CT Desktop adapter without hesitation. Although it may seem disingenuous to many to recommend a desktop adapter for se...
Hitachi 5K3000 3TB 3.5″ Green Drive with SilentSpin Review with Benchmarks
After reviewing the Hitachi 5K3000 2TB SilentSpin drive earlier this year, questions have steadily trickled in around the 3TB version. One thing that was consistent in comments was a perception that the Hitachi 5K3000 3TB drive...
Intel Pro/1000 GT PCI Desktop Gigabit Adapter Quick-Review
Although Intel has been trying to obsolete the PCI bus in recent times with the Sandy Bridge desktop platforms not supporting the PCI bus natively, there are still an absolute ton of PCI slots available in the installed base an...
ASUS P8B-X Sandy Bridge Xeon LGA1155 C202 Motherboard Review
The Bromolow platform with Sandy Bridge E3 Xeons and C200 series chipsets provides a very low-power platform for small business and home servers. Starting with the new Intel Xeon E3-1230, users get both low power consumption as...
How to Fix the 746GB Available of a 3TB Hard Drive Issue
Many users have been finding themselves with brand new Sandy Bridge motherboards and the hard drive industry’s now affordable 3TB drives only to see that the new drive only has 746GB available in even 64-bit Windows. I re...
Supermicro H8DG6-F Dual AMD Socket G34 Motherboard Review
Dual AMD Socket G34 motherboards offer a lot of expandability and high core counts at competitive prices and the Supermicro H8DG6-F is no exception. With AMD’s current Opteron 6100 series Magny-cours socket G34 chips one ...
Low Cost NAS Boxes and Performance over Time
This weekend I got a call from a local business that produces highlight reels from video game footage. Admittedly, I am not a big gamer (my PS3 was purchased at launch and has played games for less than four hours over the year...
