We rounded up some of the questions we've gotten from our customers that we thought you might want to know the answers to, too. In this edition of Customer Questions corner, we covered a server that could support over 60 virtual machines, an Xbox One / NAS scenario, and more interesting questions from you.
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You asked, we answered! We recently wrote about the ins and outs of NICs and were reminded of a question we frequently receive: how on earth do you tell the difference between Dell’s various NDCs? As our friend Mike O’Dell put it,
“One thing that is daunting is the expansive list of NICs & ...
In our continuing Customer Questions Answered series, we're looking at RAM.
RAM is an incredibly nuanced hardware component. When you consider the variables such as Load-Reduced, ECC vs. non-ECC, and Registered RAM, it can become overwhelming to make sure you are taking everything into account. (And we didn't mention DDR3 vs. DDR4, Low Voltage (LV) RAM, and Rankings!)
While we have a wealth ...
Enterprise servers run on unique software applications that you don’t frequently see in the laptop and desktop consumer market. We’ve answered countless customer questions on these unique applications. We thought it would be helpful to add another installment of our “Customer Questions Answered” series: Software (SPOILER ALERT: Be prepared for a heavy dose of VMWare’s ESXi and Windows Server ...
One of the unique services we provide to our customers is sharing our deep knowledge of the subtleties of enterprise server chassis. For example, a Dell R630 can have different drive sizes (LFF vs. SFF) and a different number of bays. Even though they are all under the same model designation, these differences can dramatically impact what components you can install (and even what cables you...
Over the years, we’ve answered frequent questions on server rails. You would think that it would be a pretty straightforward topic, and, in the world of tech, metal fixtures that help you mount your server into a rack would be the simplest, least error-prone variable out there. Wrong!
Server rail compatibility can actually be quite nuanced, and we’ve seen, firsthand, customers suffer. Noth...
We often are asked by our customers for more details on our refurbished hard drives. “How long have they been running? How many bytes have been written? Are there any bad sectors?” Since we already covered the myths and misconceptions about refurbished hard drives in a previous blog post, we thought it would be helpful to share the objective metrics we use to quantify our drives before we...
A big part of Dell PowerEdge servers is the remote management tool, iDRAC (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller). We've covered the basics of iDRAC before; we thought it would be helpful to share some of the support questions we've received when it comes to iDRAC.
Editor's Note: The 14th generation iDRAC 9 came out in February 2022, several months after this article was published. Th...
One of the regular features of our blog is to share with you, our valued customer, some of the support questions we receive. Since these are questions we've researched and solved, why not share the knowledge?
In this information dispatch of TechTalk, we'll look at some of the queries that have come through our support desk regarding Hard Drives.
Hi Mike. I just realized that my server ha...
RAID: The magical configuration of physical drives into virtual disks that allow for speed and redundancy. Because RAID is such a large part of enterprise servers, at TechMikeNY, we field questions on RAID controllers and configurations daily.
In this blog post, we'll share some of the common questions we get about RAID arrays and controllers and give you the information, as well as some un...
At TechMikeNY, we get a lot of customers who are looking to build a home server lab. Servers are used for so many different tasks and applications, and we know it can feel overwhelming trying to figure out what you really need and what might be overkill. Since we've fielded so many questions on the required specs for builds, we thought it would be great to lay down some high-level questions ...
A big part of Enterprise servers are power supply units (PSU) since those servers demand a degree of mission-critical redundancy in place. In our Advantages of Dual Power Supply Unit Servers post, we answered the question of whether two PSUs will cause your server to draw more power; here are a few more questions we've tackled for our customers on the ins-and-outs of Server Power Supply Units...
We receive some interesting questions on unique configurations and server builds from our customers. At TechMikeNY, we are all about sharing knowledge, so check these out and let us know if you have a different take or anything to add!
This particular question from a customer involved the feasibility of setting up multiple monitors to a Dell PowerEdge rack server:
"Hi, Mike. I need to conne...
