Today we are looking at a Dual Intel Xeon E5 motherboard from Gigabyte, the GA-7PESH1. Gigabyte contacted me about a year ago around the time of the Intel Xeon E3 launch inquiring as to whether or not I would like to start reviewing their server motherboards. At the time, I was extremely busy (or so I thought since these...
Today we take a look at what the EVGA SR-X Classified is all about. The EVGA SR-X Classified is a successor to EVGA's popular SR-2 motherboard. Brands usually associated with single socket mainstream motherboards (e.g. the Intel LGA 1155 for Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge and the AMD Socket AM3+ platform) are now coming out with high-end dual socket...
One of the most popular server RAID controller chips out there is the LSI SAS 2108. The LSI SAS 2108 is a 6.0gbs SAS 2 or SATA III based controller that features eight ports and native PCIe 2.0 connectivity. In the forums we have maintained a LSI Controller Mapping between LSI controllers and their OEM counterparts. This post will...
Today we are looking at the ASUS P8Z77-V Pro which is a Z77 chipset motherboard for the Intel Ivy Bridge CPU lineup. I have quite a few boards to review for Ivy Bridge but as the ASUS P8P67 Pro review was very popular with Sandy Bridge I decided to follow that with the P8Z77-V Pro review at the Ivy Bridge...
Gigabyte has released their new Intel Xeon E5 series server motherboards recently. As most server vendors do, Gigabyte has a IPMI 2.0 interface for the new LGA 2011 motherboards. After looking at both the Supermicro IPMI web management interface and the Tyan IPMI web GUI, I wanted to give a quick tour of the Gigabyte IPMI 2.0 web management implementation....
One of the most popular server RAID controller chip and HBA controller chip out there is the LSI SAS 2008. The LSI SAS 2008 is a 6.0gbs SAS 2 or SATA III based controller that features eight ports and native PCIe connectivity. In the forums we have maintained a LSI Controller Mapping between LSI controllers and their OEM counterparts....
At Intel Developers Forum (IDF) in Beijing Intel announced its new Centerton Atom SoC to combat the looming threat of ARM architectures in for cloud applications. HP, Dell and others have already announced plans to offer ARM-based server CPUs really targeting the cloud market. While some of STH's readers may wonder why Intel is worrying about the chip designer best...
Just released from ASUS is the high-end workstation dual LGA2011 Z9PE-D8 WS motherboard. When you look at the board you can't help but notice 7x PCIe 16x slots, plenty of room for expansion on this board. It is clearly a direct competitor to the EVGA SR-X Classified. Dual Intel 82574L 1GbE ports, make it an ideal choice for VMware ESXi or a...
Intel recently posted an article outlining the ECC schemes found in its Ethernet controllers. For those that do not know, Intel Ethernet controllers have small (tens of KB usually) send/ receive buffers that help performance but are another point in the memory chain. After posting the RAID Reliability Anthology Part 1 I was contacted by a few folks that...
Today we have another piece by Pieter Schaar, the author of our great LSI series. Pieter is perhaps best known as the one behind laptopvideo2go.com. He has been a regular contributor in the STH forums and has been detailing his learning, specifically in the area of LSI controllers in the forums and in series such as his IBM M1015 series pieces. Today Pieter is branching out...