“Servers for Small Business” category lists the latest server systems for small businesses, including rack and tower format products.
Dell has posted a video overview of the Dell PowerEdge R510, a new 2-socket 2U multi-purpose rack server with the option of having 12 hot-plug hard drives. It supports Intel Nehalem processors.
Buffalo Technology has announced the TeraStation ES TS-XEL/R5, a network attached storage (NAS) device for small businesses.
The TeraStation ES TS-XEL/R5 is available with capacities of 2TB, 4TB, 6TB and 8TB. It has four hard drive bays, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and two USBs 2.0, and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD.
Dell has launched the PowerVault MD1200 and PowerVault MD1220 direct attached storage.
The MD1200 and MD1220 are designed for 6Gb/s SAS environments and Dell PowerEdge servers with the new PERC H800 HostRAID adapter.
Apple has launched recently their Mac Mini small form factor computer with Snow Leopard Server OS pre-installed.
Designed to be an energy efficient server for a small business or group, the Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server features two 500GB 5,400rpm hard drives, a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. The Mac Mini server edition doesn’t include the slot loading SuperDrive DVD burner, which is present in the standard single-HDD Mini models.
The Dell PowerEdge R210 is an entry-level rack server, featuring a compact 15.5 inches deep 1U chassis and a single CPU socket.
Designed for small businesses and larger offices, the Intel 3420 chipset-based PowerEdge R210 is offered with one of Intel Xeon 3400 Series quad-core processors, up to 16GB of unbuffered DDR3 memory using 4 DIMM slots, and up to two 2.5”/ 3.5” SAS, SATA or SSD non hot-plug drives.
The Dell PowerEdge T110 is a new affordable tower server, featuring a single Intel Xeon 3400 series processor, the Intel 3420 chipset, up to 16GB of unbuffered DDR3 memory, up to four non-hot plug 3.5″ SATA or SAS hard drives for a maximum 4TB of storage capacity, and a “compact and quiet office-friendly chassis”.
The PowerEdge T110 has an onboard SATA controller without RAID functionality, but there’s a variety of optional SAS/SATA storage controllers supporting up to RAID 10, as well as additional host bus adapters for connection to other storage devices. The basic network adapter is an embedded dual Gigabit Ethernet NIC, which can be accompanied by various single- and dual-port Gigabit cards. For server management, the T110 includes a baseboard controller.
The Dell PowerEdge T310 is the company’s latest single-socket tower server.
Along with a single Intel Xeon 3400 Series quad-core CPU, the Intel 3420 chipset-based PowerEdge T310 includes up to 32GB of registered (RDIMM) or up to 8GB of unregistered (UDIMM) DDR3 memory, and up to four 3.5″ cabled or hot-swap SAS or SATA hard drives for a maximum of 4TB of internal storage.
The Dell PowerEdge T710 is the company’s new dual-socket tower server.
The virtualization oriented T710 is based on the Intel 5520 chipset and supports up to two quad-core or dual-core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors. It has 18 DIMM slots for up to 144GB of ECC DDR3 memory and supports 16 2.5-inch or 8 3.5-inch hot-plug hard drives, depending on customer’s choice. The 5U chassis, mountable in 19″ racks, also includes two media bays for optical drives or tape backup units, and optional redundant power supply.
Hewlett-Packard has released recently the HP ProLiant ML150 G6 Server series, a new 5U tower 2-socket system based on Intel’s new Nehalem CPU microarchitecture.
When compared to the Intel 5100 chipset-based ProLiant ML150 G5, the ML150 G6 (Generation 6) with the Intel 5500 chipset features newer Intel Xeon dual- or quad-core processors with integrated memory controllers, support for up to 48GB of DDR3 memory instead of up to 16GB DDR2, new controller and adapter options, a new chassis design, and other innovations.
Dell has recently introduced two new servers – the tower PowerEdge T410 and PowerEdge R410 1U rack system. Both servers are 2-socket solutions based on Intel’s Xeon CPUs.
