Technical guides
Buying guidance on server memory, interconnect fabrics, storage networking, RAID controllers and AI cluster architecture — written for data center operators, integrators and procurement teams.
Used vs New Server Hardware: An Honest Buyer Guide
Used vs new server hardware …
MegaRAID 9361 vs 9500 vs 9600: Which Broadcom Controller?
MegaRAID 9361 vs 9500 vs 960…
ConnectX-5 vs ConnectX-6: Which Mellanox NIC to Buy?
ConnectX-5 vs ConnectX-6 com…
SmartNICs and DPUs for AI Data Centers
SmartNICs and DPUs explained…
Data Center Switch Speeds: 100G vs 400G vs 800G
How 100G, 400G and 800G data…
Spine-Leaf Architecture for AI Clusters: A Design Guide
How spine-leaf and Clos topo…
NVIDIA Spectrum-X: Ethernet for AI and HPC Clusters
What NVIDIA Spectrum-X deliv…
RoCE v2 vs InfiniBand: Which for AI and HPC?
RoCE v2 and InfiniBand compa…
Used Data Center Hardware: What the Secondary Market Saves
What used data center hardwa…
RAID Controller Guide: MegaRAID vs HBA
RAID controller versus HBA e…
Rack Power and Cooling for 100kW+ AI Pods
Planning a 100kW+ AI pod: ra…
QSFP28 vs QSFP-DD vs OSFP: Transceiver Guide
QSFP28, QSFP-DD and OSFP tra…