From rendering complex graphics to training neural networks, the specialized parallel processing capabilities of a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) are designed to substantially accelerate modern data center workloads. But of course, just finding a GPU that physically fits into your server isn't enough. The specific model and type of GPU should also be compatible with the server’s connectors, pow...
Ever sat around and wondered about your RAID controller’s battery? Can’t say we have either. But turns out, Reddit is full of people who are curious to know what it’s for. So naturally, we had to talk about it.
RAID controllers come with a dedicated battery, the RAID battery, that works to preserve the controller's cache memory in the event of sudden power loss. In this blogpost, we’re talkin...
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.
“For an R730, can I have a titanium 750w PSU as the primary and a 750w platinum as the ...
A quick look at the specs sheet for the Dell PowerEdge R650 reveals some pretty significant improvements from its predecessor, the R640. The two share features including Intel’s scalable processor architecture, a 12Gbps hard drive backplane, DDR4 RAM, etc, but Dell gave the R650 a few big boosts. In this blogpost, we’ll talk you through the major differences between the R640 and the R650 and di...
Every day our support techs answer questions from our customers – and potential customers – on technical questions with Enterprise servers. We thought it would be helpful to create a blog post series that summarize the common issues that come up and provide the quick-fix solutions and server troubleshooting steps that we frequently offer.
It’s our first entry in TechMike’s Quick Fix Guide – P...
When you consider data mirroring through RAID, Hot-Pluggable PSUs, and Hot Swappable hard drives, there is no question that Enterprise servers – with their mission-critical applications – are built with redundancy in mind.
To that end, we thought it would be helpful to share what we suggest to keep on hand in terms of spares and the basics of hot-swapping vs. hot-plugging; and hot spares vs....
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...
The majority of the servers that TechMikeNY sells are dual power supply unit servers, or, in other words, come with two power supplies. For the budget conscious, we do provide some configurations with one power supply and the option to add a second power supply. What is the advantage of having a redundant power supply? Simple: if one of the dual PSUs for a server should fail, the othe...
