Liquid Cooling in the Lab, Mini NVMe RAID, New Dell Servers, More...

CoolIT Direct Liquid Cooling – Seamless Efficiency for Liquid-Cooled Servers

We’ve partnered with CoolIT Systems to bring liquid cooling into our lab. As part of that effort, we put together a mini liquid cooling rig and retrofitted a Dell PowerEdge R760, converting it from air-cooled to liquid-cooled.  Check out our review for CoolIT Direct Liquid Cooling.

New YouTube Video - "Baby Graid"

The Graid SupremeRAID SR-1001 is a high-performance, cost-effective RAID solution tailored for smaller NVMe SSD configurations. It demonstrates its ability to enhance storage potential better than software RAID and more cost-effectively than hardware RAID (and faster, too). Full Video

Corsair MP700 PRO SE Gen5 SSD Review (4TB)

Corsair took their first swing at consumer PCIe Gen5 SSDs with the MP700 Pro last year, and now they’re back with a new drive, the MP700 Pro SE. This refresh brings new NAND and likely some firmware tuning to achieve higher speeds than what was available at the time of the MP700 Pro’s release.  Dylan takes an in-depth look at the Corsair MP700 Pro.

CoolIT Systems OMNI All-Metal Coldplates Unveiled

CoolIT Systems, a leader in liquid cooling solutions, has unveiled OMNI All-Metal Coldplates featuring advanced Split-Flow technology. The development of all-metal coldplates is tailored to address the rigorous demands of AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and dense enterprise workloads, providing superior performance, reliability, and scalability. Read more about the CoolIT Systems OMNI All-Metal Coldplates.

We have converted a Dell R760 to liquid cooling. Thanks to CoolIT’s CDU, manifold, and plates.

Dell Launches New Performance-Optimized Servers for Cloud and Compact Spaces

Dell Technologies has unveiled enhancements to its server lineup with the introduction of the PowerEdge R670 and R770 CSP (Cloud Service Provider) Edition servers, and the smaller PowerEdge T160 and R260 models.  Read the news for Dell PowerEdge R670 and R770 CSP servers.

NetApp AIPod Blends Storage, Lenovo and NVIDIA for Easy AI Onramp

NetApp has announced the AIPod with Lenovo ThinkSystem servers for NVIDIA OVX, a new converged infrastructure optimized for the generative AI era. It marks a significant advancement in their partnership with Lenovo.

Here's the latest for the NetApp AIPod.

IBM Power S1012 Extends AI Workloads to the Edge

As industries such as retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation increasingly harness artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance business operations, deploying workloads at the edge becomes essential to capitalize on data where it originates. In response to this growing demand, IBM has expanded its server portfolio by introducing the IBM Power S1012. Here's the latest from IBM on the Power S1012 server.

Veeam Now Supports Proxmox Virtual Environment

Veeam Software has announced the upcoming introduction of Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) support, responding to strong demand from its SMB customers and service providers. This new feature will be demonstrated live for the first time at the upcoming VeeamON 2024 conference, scheduled for June 3-5, 2024. Read more about Veeam's support of Proxmox VE.

NetApp Unveils Unified Data Storage Built For Advanced AI Workloads

NetApp has unveiled its latest AFF A-Series systems, designed to handle demanding IT workloads like GenAI, VMware, and enterprise databases. The company also enhanced its portfolio to improve operational efficiency as customers use data to spur innovation. Get the latest on NetApp's Unified Data Storage for Advanced AI Workloads.

Panasas Becomes VDURA As A New Brand Identity Announced

Panasas, a longstanding high-performance computing (HPC) and parallel file system arena provider has unveiled its new brand identity, VDURA, marking a significant shift towards a software-centric business model. Read more on Panasas brand identity change.

VMware Support Cloud on AWS Will Continue Despite Transition and Misinformation

In a rapidly evolving cloud industry, VMware continues to deliver robust cloud solutions through its VMware Cloud on AWS service despite facing challenges and misinformation in the wake of its acquisition by Broadcom. This service, which debuted nearly seven years ago in collaboration with AWS, integrates the scalability and agility of public cloud platforms with the security and performance typically associated with private clouds. Read how the changes will affect VMware AWS Support.

Social Media Highlights

Here’s a quick look at the Lenovo SR675 V3, all torn apart. The highlight is the closed-loop cooling.

Power meter rigged to the liquid-cooled R760 - report soon on the server's power AND performance!

Kioxia sent the other two SSDs so we could fill this server with 32 E1.S SSDs. Trying for 200GB/s.