Dell Server Review, Legion Go for Work and Play, vSAN Max, More...

VIDEO ALERT - We're exploring Oxide's HQ and taking a first look at the underlying technology like the groundbreaking ARM system controller, which REPLACES traditional system BIOS. Check out these amazing AMD EPYC systems. Oxide gave Jordan a hands-on teardown to take a look at some of their production and development hardware. Full Video Here

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Dell PowerEdge R7615 Review

The Dell PowerEdge R7615 is a feature-rich enterprise 2U single-socket server specifically catering to those seeking a balance between cost-effectiveness and robust performance, making it a compact yet powerful choice for various data center applications. Read more on the feature-rich?PowerEdge R7615.

Lenovo Legion Go Review: Portable Blend of Work and Play

In an era where technological convenience has become an expectation of devices, the Lenovo Legion Go enters the handheld gaming market, seamlessly melding high-end gaming with the potential for professional-grade applications. With its robust architecture and innovative features, this handheld device is not just another entry in the noisy market of portable gaming consoles. It’s a statement that the future of computing is not confined to traditional desktops or laptops. Read more from Jordan on the?Lenovo Legion Go.

Synology VisualStation VS600HD Review

The Synology VisualStation VS600HD is a specialized surveillance client that offers a robust and efficient solution for monitoring and managing security feeds. Designed to work seamlessly with Synology’s Surveillance Station, it serves as a reliable and user-friendly platform for real-time video surveillance. Get the details on what the?Synology VisualStation?can do.

Bluetti AC70 and AC2A Portable Power Station Review

Bluetti has recently added two new portable power station models into their lineup, giving them more reach into the midrange and compact sizes. With a wide range of possible use cases, matching the power requirements of an off-grid project to the correct size power source can solve a lot of headaches. Kevin's back with a review of the latest?Bluetti Portable Power Stations.

VMware vSAN Max Hits GA

VMware continues its mission of building powerful enterprise virtualization and storage technologies that administrators around the globe have come to know and love. And now there’s a new twist to the popular vSAN architecture. VMware vSAN users get some good news.

Cloudflare Gen 12 Server Revealed – No Path Forward for High-TDP 1U Servers

In the current computing market, there is growing competition among companies to develop machines that are AI-capable. The challenge isn’t who can build the biggest, baddest machine; it’s who can build the most heat-efficient machine.

Read about who is bringing?efficiency to AI-capable machines.

Social Media Highlights

We never suggest that anyone stop homelabbing. Buuuut, if you found this, we think it’s okay to burn your lab down and start over. Where’s Sam Jackson when you need him?

We’ve just unboxed the HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen11 tower server, in for review. These systems are great for SMB and edge use cases, but the ML350 Gen11 doesn’t lack power with dual 60-core Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs. It also has pretty good GPU support and a variety of storage options including a new x4 U.3 NVMe drive cage and to support up to 12 EDSFF PCIe Gen5 NVMe drives.

Our entire lab uses Eaton racks, but in many non-data center use cases, a full rack is either overkill or just doesn’t fit. That’s the case with our video editor, who moved into a new place and needed a server rack with the right aesthetic appeal and feature set to coordinate his wide range of creative work. The Tripp Lite SRQ18U SmartRack Sound Proof 18U rack may just fit that bill. Check out this three-part series on Vince’s journey with this unique enclosure.?Part 1 of 3.

Playing around with HPE GreenLake PCBE and these fantastic Alletra disaggregated HCI systems. New report coming soon.

We’ve been working on a new report taking a deeper look at VMware vSAN ESA. We started out pretty excited to see how the simplified architecture would work and were not let down as we tested multiple RAID and drive configs. We used 4x Dell PowerEdge R6625 1U AMD servers, 32x WD SN655 NVMe SSDs, and a 100GbE fabric. Here’s a video of all the clicks as those SSDs get to work! The full report should be out soon.