Supermicro BigTwin and GrandTwin multi-node servers: maximum density per rack U (UK 2026)
When you need many servers in as few rack units as possible, discrete 1U boxes start to waste space, power and money on duplicated infrastructure. Supermicro's multi-node Twin families answer that by …
SaaS vs IaaS vs PaaS for UK workloads: choosing the right cloud model
The cloud "as-a-service" stack — SaaS, PaaS, IaaS — gets thrown around in UK IT discussions without much rigour. The right choice for each workload depends on operational responsibility, customisation…
How to get an enterprise server quote in the UK (and what to send us)
The fastest way to get an accurate enterprise server quote is to send the right information up front - and the slowest is a one-line email asking for a price on a server. A good quote depends on a han…
RAID 0 vs RAID 1: speed vs safety
RAID 0 and RAID 1 are opposites: RAID 0 is all speed and capacity with zero safety, RAID 1 is a safe mirror at half the capacity. Size both in the RAID calculator (0 vs 1).…
Dell PowerEdge 16G to 17G: the generation jump UK buyers should understand (2026)
Dell PowerEdge generations move in steps, and the jump from 16G to 17G is a meaningful one: a new processor platform, faster memory and interconnect, updated cooling for denser and accelerated builds,…
HPE Synergy in 2026: is composable infrastructure still the right bet?
Composable infrastructure was pitched as the answer to rigid hardware: pools of compute, storage and fabric that software carves into whatever a workload needs, then reclaims. HPE Synergy is the most …
Redfish and firmware lifecycle: automating and hardening out-of-band management (UK 2026)
Most estates treat firmware as something you touch once at install and then forget until a vendor advisory forces a panic. That habit leaves a fleet running mixed BIOS and BMC revisions, with out-of-b…
HPE Apollo as a Ceph and scale-out SDS node: a hardware selection guide (UK 2026)
Ceph and other scale-out software-defined storage platforms turn ordinary servers into a single, resilient pool, but the cluster is only ever as good as the nodes underneath it. Get the per-node hardw…
Supermicro vs tier-1: when open standard servers beat Dell, HPE and Lenovo (UK 2026)
Most UK buyers reach for Dell, HPE or Lenovo by default, and for good reason: tier-1 vendors bundle support, lifecycle tooling and a known quantity. But there is a credible alternative in Supermicro, …
RAID is not a backup: what RAID does and doesn't protect
RAID keeps your data online through a drive failure — but it will happily mirror a deletion, a corruption or a ransomware encryption to every disk instantly. RAID is availability, not backup. Size you…
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