Dell PowerEdge T710 review
Review Dell's PowerEdge T710 is ideal for branch office or medium-sized business use, where performance, expandability and flexibility are key attributes.
8.4 Editors' Rating
Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) servers: a group test
Group Test We evaluate 2U rack-mount servers based on Intel's latest Nehalem-architecture processor from six leading vendors.
HP ProLiant DL380 G6 review
Review The 2U rack server of choice continues to impress, and the latest G6 implementation looks set to carry the crown for some time to come.
8.7 Editors' Rating
Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5 review
Review This is a well built and very capable 2U rack server from a respected vendor that can be configured to suit a wide variety of applications. It's particularly strong on disk capacity and PCIe expansion.
8.0 Editors' Rating
Dell PowerEdge R710 review
Review Dell continues to chip away at HP's dominance of the industry-standard server market, and the 2U PowerEdge R710 is an excellent choice, although its internal storage capacity is limited.
8.4 Editors' Rating
Sun Fire X4270/4275 review
Review Better known for its RISC-based servers, Sun's Xeon 5500-based Sun Fire X4270 and X4275 look set to give the competition a good run for its money.
8.5 Editors' Rating
IBM System x3650 M2 review
Review IBM remains a solid choice of server vendor, and this IBM/Lenovo server is a good rack-mount platform, albeit not quite as good as some of the competition.
7.8 Editors' Rating
Server consolidation: a tech guide
Tech Guide Many modern datacentres are so full of equipment that it's impossible to add anything new without first making space for it. One way to free up valuable real estate is by consolidating existing servers into virtual machines or blade systems.
Stratus ftServer 6200 review
Review The ftServer 6200 VMware bundle makes an excellent platform for hosting virtual machines. As VMware servers cannot be clustered, the Stratus offering is about the only option for organisations requiring extreme high availability from their ESX Server environments.
7.6 Editors' Rating
HP BladeSystem c3000 review
Review HP's BladeSystem c3000 is a compact blade server chassis designed for small businesses and remote office deployments. It delivers all the advantages of HP's high-end blade system in a smaller chassis.
8.0 Editors' Rating
Fujitsu Siemens Primergy TX120 review
Review Fujitsu Siemens’ Primergy TX120 offers full server functionality, while also meeting the needs of smaller businesses with its compact design, quiet operation and low power consumption.
7.9 Editors' Rating
Blades and business
Tech Guide How do you juggle the competing demands for more computing power and data storage capacity with the need to keep power costs to a minimum? Blade servers may be the answer.
A guide to server efficiency
Tech Guide The cost of powering and cooling server hardware is fast becoming a critical issue for IT managers, while the demand for ever more computing muscle in the datacentre continues to grow. What can be done? We examine some of the options.
Photos: Taking the lid off Project Blackbox
Photos Sun's Project Blackbox is a working data centre that fits into a standard shipping container.
Acer Altos R520 review
Review Acer has taken standard Intel OEM components to put together a highly configurable and very scalable 1U server, capable of handling a variety of tasks. It's more than a match for similar products from the big-name vendors.
7.7 Editors' Rating
