HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11 buyer's guide: is the 1U workhorse still worth it in 2026? (UK)
The HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen11 has been the default 1U dual-socket server for a huge number of UK estates: dense, well-supported, and ideal for virtualisation and general compute. With Gen12 now arrivin…
Best RAID for a backup target (2026)
A backup repository is capacity-led, sequential and resilience-first — so the best RAID maximises usable space and survives failures during long retention. Size it in the RAID calculator, and remember…
TPM vs OEM hardware support: 5-year TCO analysis for UK enterprises
Third-Party Maintenance (TPM) routinely saves UK enterprises 30-60% on hardware support vs continuing OEM contracts. The headline saving is real but the decision is more nuanced — TPM doesn't fit ever…
MinIO vs Ceph vs Scality: matching host hardware to each SDS platform (UK 2026)
MinIO, Ceph and Scality are three of the software-defined storage platforms UK teams reach for when they want to own their storage, and choosing between them is usually argued on features and licensin…
Best RAID for video surveillance / NVR (2026)
Surveillance storage is a constant, sequential write from many cameras with long retention — so the best RAID is capacity-led, resilient and built on surveillance-rated drives. Size your retention in …
Best backup software UK 2026: Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, Veritas, M365 Backup, Acronis, Druva — the full picture
Most UK backup shortlists narrow to Veeam, Rubrik and Commvault — but the market now includes Microsoft 365 Backup (native, since 2024), Acronis (SMB through mid-market) and Druva (SaaS-only). This pi…
Dell PowerEdge XE9680, XE8640 and XE7745: choosing a Dell AI / GPU server in 2026 (UK)
Dell's PowerEdge XE line is its purpose-built AI and GPU range, and choosing within it is really a question about your workload, not your budget. An eight-GPU training node, a balanced four-GPU box an…
How to choose an EDR platform: a 7-question framework for UK IT teams
Most UK organisations evaluating EDR end up shortlisting CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Sophos, and Microsoft Defender XDR — the four we cover in our head-to-head. But the right answer isn't about features…
Migrating from legacy VPN to ZTNA (Zscaler or Prisma Access): 90-day UK playbook
Legacy IPSec / SSL VPN concentrators were the model for the 2000s — they don't fit a hybrid-work, multi-cloud, M&A-active 2026 estate. Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) via Zscaler ZPA, Palo Alto Prism…
NUMA explained: why server topology decides your real performance (UK 2026)
Two servers with identical core counts, identical memory and identical clock speeds can post very different real-world numbers, and the usual reason is NUMA. Non-Uniform Memory Access is the single mo…
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