p>Apple introduced Xserve, a 1U rack-mount server that’s designed to be simple to set up and remotely manage. Designed from the ground up as a complement to Apple’s UNIX-based Mac OS X Server software ...

I've got a rack at a colo where I have a NetApp FAS2020, resting on top of an IBM x335 because NetApp rails don't fit this particular rack (they extend outwards between the posts, and the rack doesn't ...

A Santa Clara, Calif.-based startup is producing the equivalent of a neutron star in the ultra-dense server market. E-Appliance Corp. this week announced an appliance with four self-contained ...

Designed for the office or for transportable rack use, the unit supports the installation of one or two Mac minis into a 1U rack space. The RackMac mini manages airflow and provides a front-panel ...

It's not uncommon to find Intel's Atom processors in NAS servers. These low power processors have dominated the 4-bay NAS market for a few years. Over the last year, Atom processors have crept into ...

Hard drives and SSDs come in pretty standard shapes at this point: there are 3.5-inch drives for desktops, 2.5-inch ones for laptops, and the newer M.2 standard that basically looks like a giant stick ...

Transactions per square foot sounds like a unit more suited to paper-and-pencil accountants than data centers. However, packing servers more densely into racks can increase the processing power that ...

We found that blade servers reduce but don’t eliminate redundant hardware components requiring electrical power, a pivotal consideration in total cost of ownership (TCO). That said, while IBM’s blade ...

Have you been trying to make the decision between a rack-mount server and a desktop? Do you even know what a rack-mount server is? These enterprise-grade servers are what run the internet, but do they ...

Any recommendations for a decent 1u rack mount that would have SFP+ capabilities, and potentially a 4 port 1000BaseT NIC? I was thinking I'd pick something up to throw on my rack as my router to run ...

[Paul Brown] wants to take advantage of off-site server colocation services. But the providers within [Paul]’s region typically place a limit of 1A @ 120V on each server. Rather than search out ...