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Should You Always Use Read Intensive SSDs?

Should You Always Use Read Intensive SSDs?

Posted by Ryan Brown on Feb 25, 2019

When it comes to Solid State Drives (SSDs), what does Read Intensive (RI), Mixed Use (MU), and Write Intensive (WI) really mean? Are RI SSDs the best and only option for read applications? If you’r … read more
14th Generation Comparison - R640, R740, and R740xd

14th Generation Comparison - R640, R740, and R740xd

Posted by Ryan Brown on Feb 22, 2019

xByte Technologies and ITPro.tv team-up to provide this video that covers the 14th generation Dell EMC R640, R740, and R740xd servers. Upgrades from previous generations and differences between … read more
How much bandwidth is enough?

How much bandwidth is enough?

Posted by Ryan Brown on Feb 19, 2019

How much bandwidth is enough? The instinctual answer, born from harsh experience always seems to be “more than is available”, but is this actually true? As with anything in IT, the answer is “it de … read more
xByte’s 13th Gen Server Chat

xByte’s 13th Gen Server Chat

Posted by Ryan Brown on Oct 10, 2018

Dell has now released several 13th generation servers. The 12th generation servers really pushed the envelope in terms of capacity and server density. Check out the xByte Server Chat video … read more
Using CacheCade to get 15K performance from 7.2K Drives

Using CacheCade to get 15K performance from 7.2K Drives

Posted by Ryan Brown on Aug 19, 2018

Often there is performance tradeoff between large slower drives and smaller faster drives.  SAS 15K drives provide phenomenal performance but their limited size can result in lack of usable di … read more