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Dell PowerEdge R810

Dell PowerEdge R810

Dell has shoehorned 4-way processing into the 2U PowerEdge R810, bringing all the benefits of Intel's latest Nehalem EX processors and adding Dell's unique FlexMem Bridge memory-access technology. Read more

25 June, 2010 by Alan Stevens
Photos: Dell PowerEdge R815

Photos: Dell PowerEdge R815

The Dell PowerEdge R815's core density is impressive, setting it up neatly for virtualisation duties. Using AMD's 6000 series processors, it hits 48 cores across only four sockets, all in a 2U chassis. Read more

2 September, 2010 by Craig Simms
Dell PowerEdge T110 II and R210 II

Dell PowerEdge T110 II and R210 II

...in a tower casing (the T110 II), the other a compact 1U rack server (the R210 II). Despite the different formats the two servers have... Read more

28 October, 2011 by Alan Stevens

IBM rolls out PowerLinux systems for Red Hat and SUSE

...options.The other is the IBM PowerLinux 7R2 System, a two socket rack server that has 16 Power7 chips.For more on this ZDNet UK... Read more

26 April, 2012 by Larry Dignan

System x gets Xeon E3

...for more advanced RAID configurations, just as on the tower. The 1U rack server has just two PCI Express slots for further expansion, while the... Read more

30 September, 2011
The New IBM System x® M4 servers:  A Microsoft Exchange case study

The New IBM System x® M4 servers: A Microsoft Exchange case study

...new IBM System x M4 servers, including the new System x3650 M4 rack server. This paper examines a typical midsize business and how updating their... Read more

30 April, 2012
Dell PowerEdge R710

Dell PowerEdge R710

Dell continues to chip away at HP's dominance of the industry-standard server market, and the 2U PowerEdge R710 is an excellent choice, although its internal storage capacity is limited. Read more

20 August, 2009 by Alan Stevens

Dell PowerEdge 2850

It may have been around for a while, but with its dual-core processors the PowerEdge 2850 is still bang up to date and ready for just about anything. Read more

15 June, 2006 by Alan Stevens
Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: a group test

Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: a group test

...for the Editors' Choice award in ZDNet UK's Xeon 5500 2U rack server group test Read more

20 August, 2009 by Alan Stevens
HP ProLiant DL380 G6

HP ProLiant DL380 G6

The 2U rack server of choice continues to impress, and the latest G6 implementation looks... Read more

20 August, 2009 by Alan Stevens
Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5

Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5

This is a well built and very capable 2U rack server from a respected vendor that can be configured to suit a... Read more

20 August, 2009 by Alan Stevens
Sun Fire X4270/4275

Sun Fire X4270/4275

Better known for its RISC-based servers, Sun's Xeon 5500-based Sun Fire X4270 and X4275 look set to give the competition a good run for its money. Read more

20 August, 2009 by Alan Stevens
IBM System x3650 M2

IBM System x3650 M2

IBM remains a solid choice of server vendor, and this IBM/Lenovo server is a good rack-mount platform, albeit not quite as good as some of the competition. Read more

20 August, 2009 by Alan Stevens

SGI's midrange Unix server gets an update

Aimed at broadcasting or military customers, the Origin 350 can accomodate up to 64GB of memory Read more

16 April, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

New chassis for Dell rack server

Rack-mount servers are a great invention but, by their very nature, suffer from a lack of space. Even with the advent of... Read more

15 January, 2010

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