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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
VMware provides VMUG Advantage subscribers with the best thing since Microsoft's TechNet subscriptions. Now the ball is in Microsoft's court
We benchmark the new AWS EC2 c4 instances using Linux-Bench
Our buyer's guide to getting a used datacenter SSD inexpensively - with a little patience, dual ported SAS SSDs can be had for around $0.50/GB
Lenovo RD640
A great deal on a Lenovo ThinkServer RD640 which is $453 with free shipping. The server includes a Xeon E5-2620 V2 and 8GB of ram to make the deal better
Seagate 1200 Series SAS SSD
Our quick benchmarks of the Seagate 1200 200GB SAS SSD. These SSDs have a model number of ST200FM0013 and prove to be significantly faster than the Pulsar.2
QNAP now uses an AMD G-Series SoC in new TVS-x63+ 10GbE NAS units
Supermicro X10DAi Overview
The Supermicro X10DAi motherboard is an excellent building block for high-end workstations