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Intel Xeon E5 Box Bunny
We test three generations of dual Intel Xeon E5-2620 (V1, V2 and V3) processors to see performance and power consumption differences.
SanDisk Optimus Ascend
Our SanDisk Optimus Ascend 800GB SAS SSD quick benchmarks and comparison to other enterprise SSD offerings
STH Colocation - May 2014 Update
We have a few big changes coming to STH and Linux-Bench in the next week or two. This is a preview of what is coming
pfSense Hyper-V 2.2-RC
pfsense 2.2 has been released. This is a major new version that enables a virtualized router/ firewall platform, even in Hyper-V
Backblaze Storage Pod v4 Power Supply
Backblaze has released their hard drive reliability figures for 2014. We have the short summary
Supermicro X10DRG-Q with dual Xeon Phi installed
The Supermciro X10DRG-Q is a solid platform for those looking to build high-end PCIe compute solutions with storage and network expansion capabilities
M2 PCIe x4 adapter with heatsink
Our look at a popular NGFF m.2 to PCIe x4 adapter which delivered the electrical performance we expected but the heatsink was not what it seemed
sTec HGST s480 400GB
Our quick benchmarks of the sTec/ HGST s480 400GB drive. We see this SAS SSD perform well compared to similarly sized enterprise SSDs
Intel S3700 and 710
A great deal on Intel DC S3700 800GB drives on ebay in two listings at $550/ drive
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