Synology Launches New RackStations & Expansion Units
Today Synology Inc. announced that it was launching new RackStations and expansion units. The new RackStations are the RS18017xs+ and RS4017xs+ and the new expansion units are RX2417sas and RX1217sas. The upgrade centers around delivering more processing power and higher scalability.
The RS18017xs+ uses its hardware (Intel Xeon D-1531 six-core 2.2GHz processor—burst up to 2.7GHz—with up to 128GB of DDR4 ECC RDIMM memory) to power i...
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QNAP ES1640dc NAS Review
QNAP ES1640dc NAS Review
The QNAP ES1640dc is a dual-controller NAS positioned as what the company is calling “real business-class” cloud computing data storage. In order to up its game, QNAP is going HA, leveraging better hardware, software to this device as well as deduplication and data compression. Each node inside the ES1640dc comes equipped with an Intel Xeon 6-core E5-2420 v2 Processor, 32GB of DDR3 RAM, an mSATA SSD for NVRAM cache and comes preloaded with the FreeBSD-backed QNAP QES op...
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Dell PowerEdge R630 Review
Dell PowerEdge R630 Review
At this point the Dell PowerEdge R630 isn't exactly new, but there is definitely renewed interest in the 1U server platform as the Dell EMC continues to fold together. The R630 makes for an excellent node in software-defined deployments ranging from vSAN to ScaleIO. While diminutive in rack footprint, don't let the R630 fool you; it's a full-fledged dual-socket PowerEdge supporting the latest Intel Broadwell CPUs, up to 1.5TB RAM and configurations with up to 24 1.8" ...
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Dell 24 Touch Monitor (P2418HT) Review
Dell 24 Touch Monitor (P2418HT) Review
The Dell 24 Touch Monitor (P2418HT) is a highly versatile 24-inch display equipped with 10-point touch functionality. Equipped with an articulating monitor stand, the 24 Touch is targeting graphics designers and other users that need hands-on contact for productive workflows. It also gives the display a greater level of sensitivity and dexterity with multi-touch applications, easily adapting to different positions. The Dell 24 Touch features a wide range o...
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Seagate Reports Its 2Q 2017 Earnings
Seagate Reports Its 2Q 2017 Earnings
Today Seagate Technologies reported on its financial results for the second quarter of 2017. Seagate is continuing to show some overall improvement of its stock and its earnings. Its stock has shown an upward trend in the last three months. For a company that still has major focus on spinning disks in a world where flash will soon take the throne, Seagate is doing pretty well.
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Looking at the numbers, Seagate is report...
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Dell EMC SC9000 Review
Dell EMC SC9000 Review
The Dell EMC SC9000 is Dell’s highest-performing all-flash and hybrid-storage-server solution of the SC Series, built on the legacy of the PowerEdge family and leveraging the latest Storage Center Operating System 7. During the last several months, the StorageReview Enterprise Test Lab has put the SC9000 through our application benchmark protocol to understand how it performs with real-world workloads. Our review also explores the ways that the SC9000 and SCOS 7 fit into ...
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Dell EMC Introduces New Portfolio Aimed At Education
Dell EMC Introduces New Portfolio Aimed At Education
Today at the BETT Show in London, Dell EMC announced its latest portfolio of PCs and monitors that are designed to improve education and learning opportunities in K-12 students throughout the world. The new portfolio will consist of three new laptops that are built to withstand the day-to-day wear that is expected with students. Dell EMC will also be introducing two new interactive displays, again custom built for the classroom.
As wit...
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What is IP Multicasting?
What is IP Multicasting?
IP multi-casting is a communication mechanism in which data is communicated from server to a set of clients who are interested in receiving that data. Any client can dynamically enter or leave the communication.
Though the overall concept seems very simple but the way it is implemented requires good understanding. So, in this tutorial we will cover the basics of IP multi-casting and how it is achieved.
Multicast IP address
To understand how multi-casting works, ...
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MySQL Databases and the SQL Language
MySQL Databases and the SQL Language
Welcome to my set of tutorials on MySQL. While there are loads of tutorials on MySQL (usually in combination with a scripting language) on the Net aimed at building applications etc, there are very few that want to use MySQL to teach the SQL syntax and with it a bit about databases for the novice. Thus these workshops are simply about that... seeing how a simple database can be created and manipulated by typing SQL statements. Knowledge of what is going on '...
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Thin Client
Thin Client
A thin client is a stateless, fanless desktop terminal that has no hard drive. All features typically found on the desktop PC, including applications, sensitive data, memory, etc., are stored back in the data center when using a thin client.
A thin client running Remote Desktop Protocols (RDP), like Citrix ICA and Windows Terminal Services, and/or virtualization software, accesses hard drives in the data center stored on servers, blades, etc. Thin clients, software services, an...
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