Hardware

This Dell server guide will help you select the right server for your organization, which can be overwhelming. There are many factors to consider, such as the vendor, server type, scalability and much more. When it comes to vendors, there are undoubtedly a few powerhouses you are already familiar with. Dell has long been one of the biggest names in servers and for good reason,...

Businesses shopping for rack servers have fewer vendors to choose from than in years past, as market consolidation and acquisitions have left a rack server industry dominated by the few. The top three providers remain Dell EMC, HPE, and IBM, accounting for almost 43% of the server vendor market, according to Gartner. Vendors competing for a seat at the table include Lenovo, Huawei, and Inspur,...

The HPE ProLiant DL380 series has consistently been a market leader in the server space. The Gen10 released in 2017 further increased HPE's market share as one of the best-selling servers worldwide. Its performance, scalability, flexibility and improved security make it a reliable and versatile option for diverse workloads, environments and use cases. Some common key markets and uses cases for the HPE ProLiant DL380...

Some server operating systems (OS) were built to survive the test of time – the IBM AS/400 is one such system.  The AS/400 (Application System/400) was first introduced by IBM in June of 1988, and it’s a system that is still alive and well today. Though the core server operating system that constituted the AS/400 is still in use, the name AS/400 as a product...

The HPE SimpliVity 380 Server was designed to deliver the high performance required by enterprise data centers in a simplified package. One of the key differentiators made by a large majority of the new wave of IT innovators is in how they bring simplicity to the complexities of the legacy data center. With the massive amount of data that is now stored, accessed, and...

Most servers shipped from the major manufacturers today come with some type of out-of-band management tool or baseboard management controller (BMC). Two of the most popular of these are HP’s Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) or Dell’s Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC). Both the iLO and iDRAC have features that specifically address systems management as defined by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) Common Information Model...

Servers come in several different configurations. In the data center, decisions about blade server vs. rack server vs. tower server will affect performance, data center space, budgets, and scalability. This article is a quick start guide to rack servers, blade servers, tower servers: how to understand their advantages and shortcomings, and how each type fits into your server requirements. Before we go in-depth, let's look at...

Enterprise organizations have embraced blade servers for hosting increasingly large sets of mission-critical applications that rely on scaling and availability. The marriage of cloud technology and hardware in hybrid networks has proven to be a valuable infrastructure for reliably supporting these applications.  However, even with the introduction of the cloud, network hardware still consumes large amounts of space and energy. Load balancing has enabled organizations...