Intel Xeon 6 for UK server buyers: P-cores, E-cores and refresh timing
Intel Xeon 6 is the first server generation in years where the headline question is not how many cores you can buy, but which kind of core you want. The line splits into Performance-cores for latency …
Dell PowerEdge R760 buyer's guide: the 2U all-rounder for mixed workloads (UK 2026)
If the R660 is the dense default, the Dell PowerEdge R760 is the flexible one. Two sockets like its 1U sibling, but in 2U it gains what density costs: room for up to two dozen NVMe drives, riser space…
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V3 vs V4: choosing the right 2U virtualisation host (UK 2026)
The ThinkSystem SR650 is Lenovo's 2U all-rounder, and for most UK buyers it is the default virtualisation host: enough drive bays, enough PCIe, enough memory to consolidate a serious number of virtual…
Specifying a server for ERP workloads - SAP, Dynamics and Sage (UK 2026)
An ERP system is the server that runs the business, and it has a distinctive profile: it is memory-bound, intolerant of downtime, and almost never a single tier. SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Sage a…
Rack vs tower vs blade vs composable vs HCI: choosing a server architecture (UK 2026)
Before you choose a model, you choose an architecture, and that decision shapes cost, operations and how the estate grows for years. Rack, tower, blade, composable and hyperconverged are not just pack…
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN migration: the playbook for UK enterprises moving from Viptela
Cisco renamed Viptela SD-WAN to Catalyst SD-WAN in 2023 — but the platform underneath continues to evolve in two divergent directions: the long-term IOS-XE Catalyst SD-WAN platform that Cisco is inves…
SXM vs PCIe GPUs and EDSFF storage explained: AI hardware form factors
Two acronyms decide how an AI or storage server is physically built, and both confuse buyers who are otherwise comfortable reading a spec sheet. SXM versus PCIe is the question of how a GPU plugs into…
Dell PowerEdge R660 buyer's guide: the 1U workhorse for dense virtualisation (UK 2026)
The Dell PowerEdge R660 is the server most UK virtualisation estates are quietly built on: a dual-socket 1U box that packs two current Xeon CPUs, a full set of DDR5 memory channels and a row of NVMe i…
Proxmox VE and Hyper-V host hardware: what to buy when you leave VMware (UK)
Plenty has been written about whether to leave VMware after Broadcom's pricing changes. Far less has been written about the hardware question that follows the decision: the server you specified for vS…
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V3 vs V4: the 1U mainstream upgrade decision (UK 2026)
The ThinkSystem SR630 is Lenovo's flagship 1U, and for years it has been a quiet, reliable default for virtualisation and general compute. The arrival of the V4 generation puts buyers in a familiar sp…
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