Posts Tagged ‘Dell’
Dirt Cheap Data Warehouse – Low Cost Database and Storage Servers
Building a Cheap Data Warehouse with really high performance. This includes low cost database & storage servers and is a great example of cheap performance
Dell C6100 XS23-TY3 Update – Community Findings
An update with some of the great community projects around the Dell C6100 XS23-TY3 that STH first featured a few months ago.
2.5″ Drives in 3.5″ Hot-Swap Drive Bays – Two Good and Three Bad Drive Adapter Options
2.5" drives in 3.5" hot swap bays - good and bad drive adapter options reviewed
Dell PowerEdge C6100 XS23-TY3 Cloud Server – 2U 4 Node 8 Sockets
If you are looking for low cost cluster nodes, look no further. The Dell C6100 XS23-TY3 combines low cost, reasonable power consumption (~1A/ node with low TDP Xeons) and hot swap everything to make for an awesome value.
Gigabyte Server Motherboard IPMI Walkthrough – Part 2
This piece is the second part of the series walking through the Gigabyte server motherboard IPMI 2.0 remote management features powered by Avocent. In the Gigabyte Server Motherboard IPMI Walkthrough – Part 1 piece, we looked...
LSI SAS 2208 RAID Controller Information and Listing
One of the most popular server RAID controller chips out there is the LSI SAS 2208. The LSI SAS 2208 is a 6.0gbs SAS 2 or SATA III based controller that features eight ports and native PCIe 2.0 connectivity. In the forums we ha...
LSI SAS 2108 RAID Controller Information and Listing
One of the most popular server RAID controller chips out there is the LSI SAS 2108. The LSI SAS 2108 is a 6.0gbs SAS 2 or SATA III based controller that features eight ports and native PCIe 2.0 connectivity. In the forums we ha...
Gigabyte Server Motherboard IPMI Walkthrough – Part 1
Gigabyte has released their new Intel Xeon E5 series server motherboards recently. As most server vendors do, Gigabyte has a IPMI 2.0 interface for the new LGA 2011 motherboards. After looking at both the Supermicro IPMI web ma...
LSI SAS 2008 RAID Controller/ HBA Information
One of the most popular server RAID controller chip and HBA controller chip out there is the LSI SAS 2008. The LSI SAS 2008 is a 6.0gbs SAS 2 or SATA III based controller that features eight ports and native PCIe connectivity. ...
Dell Silicom PEG6I – VMWare ESXi 5.0 vSphere VT-d IOMMU Passthrough of the 6x Gigabit (GigE) Intel 82571EB Network Adapter
After the initial review of the Dell/ Silicom PEG6I six port Gigabit Ethernet adapter came up, where I showed that a simple search could yield six Intel Gigabit Ethernet ports on one card for under $125 (see here for the PE...
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