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Dell PowerEdge R670 buyer's guide: a single-socket 1U for edge and core roles (UK 2026)
Server Infrastructure · Dell PowerEdge

Dell PowerEdge R670 buyer's guide: a single-socket 1U for edge and core roles (UK 2026)

The default server purchase is a dual-socket box, and for a great many workloads that default now costs more than it should. The Dell PowerEdge R670 is a single-socket 1U built on Xeon 6, and modern s

Servnet Editorial10 min read
How many CPU cores does your server actually need? (UK 2026)
Server Infrastructure · Explainer

How many CPU cores does your server actually need? (UK 2026)

More cores is the default instinct when speccing a server, and it is frequently wrong. Core count is one variable - and on its own it tells you very little about whether a server will be fast for your

Servnet Editorial10 min read
What is RAID? A plain-English guide (2026)
Storage · RAID

What is RAID? A plain-English guide (2026)

RAID combines several disks into one array so they go faster, survive a drive failure, or both. Here is what it means in plain English — then size any level in the RAID calculator.

Servnet Storage Team6 min read
Storage servers for media and entertainment: spec'ing for 4K and 8K video editing (UK 2026)
Server Infrastructure · Storage

Storage servers for media and entertainment: spec'ing for 4K and 8K video editing (UK 2026)

Post-production storage is a bandwidth problem wearing a capacity problem's clothing. A 4K or 8K edit suite does not just need somewhere to keep enormous files, it needs to stream many of them, at onc

Servnet Editorial12 min read
DORA Article 30: what UK financial services firms need in their ICT third-party contracts
Compliance · DORA · Financial Services

DORA Article 30: what UK financial services firms need in their ICT third-party contracts

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into force across the EU in January 2025. UK-headquartered firms with EU subsidiaries, EU-licensed entities or EU client-facing services are in scope

Servnet Editorial9 min read
HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen11 buyer's guide: four-socket 2U for in-memory and consolidation (UK 2026)
Server Infrastructure · Buyer Guide

HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen11 buyer's guide: four-socket 2U for in-memory and consolidation (UK 2026)

There is a specific moment when scaling out stops making sense: when one workload, or one dense consolidation target, would rather live on a single large host than be spread across a cluster. The ProL

Servnet Editorial11 min read
Lenovo ThinkSystem ST650 tower buyer's guide: datacentre-grade power for the office (UK 2026)
Server Infrastructure · Buyer Guide

Lenovo ThinkSystem ST650 tower buyer's guide: datacentre-grade power for the office (UK 2026)

Not every organisation has a rack, but plenty still need serious server capability. The ThinkSystem ST650 is Lenovo's senior tower: a dual-socket, expandable server that delivers rack-class compute, m

Servnet Editorial9 min read
BIOS/UEFI power & performance profiles: tuning servers for throughput or efficiency (UK 2026)
Server Infrastructure · How-To

BIOS/UEFI power & performance profiles: tuning servers for throughput or efficiency (UK 2026)

Most servers ship on a balanced firmware profile that is nobody's optimum - it leaves latency on the table for performance workloads and burns watts you do not need on idle ones. With UK electricity a

Servnet Editorial11 min read
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 buyer's guide: 4U mission-critical, GPU-capable scale-up (UK 2026)
Server Infrastructure · Buyer Guide

Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 buyer's guide: 4U mission-critical, GPU-capable scale-up (UK 2026)

Some workloads need both a large coherent system and room for accelerators or extensive I/O, and that combination is hard to deliver in a dense 2U. The ThinkSystem SR860 is Lenovo's four-socket 4U ser

Servnet Editorial10 min read
Dell PowerEdge R770 buyer's guide: next-gen Xeon 6 density and liquid-ready design (UK 2026)
Server Infrastructure · Dell PowerEdge

Dell PowerEdge R770 buyer's guide: next-gen Xeon 6 density and liquid-ready design (UK 2026)

The Dell PowerEdge R770 is the generation step, the 2U built around Intel Xeon 6 with the memory bandwidth, PCIe Gen5 lanes, EDSFF storage and liquid-cooling provisions that the previous generation di

Servnet Editorial11 min read
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