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The Intel Atom S1260 shows that it is not the fastest contender in our Linux Benchmark suite but is still an interested dedicated server node solution.
SGI Rackable SE3016
New lower pricing on the SGI Rackable SE3016 3U 16 bay SAS Expander chassis discovered by nitrobass24 on the STH forums.
Amazon AWS EC2 v Rackspace 25 Cents
Benchmarking Amazon AWS EC2 instances and Rackspace cloud servers that cost under a quarter per hour to operate.
CloudCred
An update on Team ServeTheHome on VMware's Cloud Credibility (CloudCred) site. We are already a top 10 team and climbing!
Supermicro H8DCL-6F Overview
For those users looking for a solid dual AMD Opteron 4300 series motherboard, with a built-in LSI SAS2008 controller this is a strong choice.
STH 2013 Linux Benchmarking Runs
Amazon EC2 instance benchmark results with the new Linux CPU Benchmark Suite. Specifically with first generation t1.micro, m1.small, m1.medium and m1.large
Dirt Cheap Data Warehouse Processing
Building a Cheap Data Warehouse with really high performance. This includes low cost database & storage servers and is a great example of cheap performance
AMD Opteron 3380 and 2x Opteron 4376
The AMD Opteron 4376 HE is AMD's fastest Opteron 4300 series "high efficiency part. Built on AMD's Piledriver architecture. Today we are looking at a dual-CPU configuration.
Icy Dock MB973SP-1B Hot Swap
The Icy Dock MB973SP-2B combines tray-less hot swap features and front panel USB 3.0 ports to make a compelling product for servers and workstations, especially those where 3.5" drive imaging will take place or there is a need to quickly turn off or remove backup drives
nry 2012 storage on the Forums
A quick summary of the 50TB+ VMware vSphere cluster storage server write-up in the forums. The build log by nry is very comprehensive and worth a look.