All posts by Patrick Kennedy

Ubiquiti UniFi USW-Pro-XG-8-PoE Review A 10Gbase-T Standout Product

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/ubiquiti-unifi-usw-pro-xg-8-poe-review-a-nice-10gbase-t-switch/

In our Ubiquiti UniFi USW-Pro-XG-8-PoE review, we find a nice 10Gbase-T switch (with PoE) and test it using a high-end traffic generator

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ASRock Rack 4UXGM-GNR2 CX8 Review Featuring a New NVIDIA PCIe Architecture

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/asrock-rack-4uxgm-gnr2-cx8-review-featuring-a-new-nvidia-pcie-architecture/

In our ASRock Rack 4UXGM-GNR2 CX8 review, we see what one of the coolest new AI servers offers with high-end NVIDIA ConnectX-8 networking

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10GbE in 2026 is Finally Hitting the Tipping Point

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/10gbe-in-2026-is-finally-hitting-the-tipping-point/

Why 2026 will be the tipping point for 10GbE networking at the edge, and what we are doing about it at STH

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Supermicro SYS-E403-14B-FRN2T Review The Super Cool 1P Edge Server

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-sys-e403-14b-frn2t-review-the-super-cool-1p-edge-server/

In our Supermicro SYS-E403-14B-FRN2T review, we take a look at what might be the coolest edge server featuring Intel Xeon 6 and NICs or GPUs

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This is the Xsight Labs E1 DPU A 64-core Arm Neoverse N2 800G DPU

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/this-is-the-xsight-labs-e1-dpu-a-64-core-arm-neoverse-n2-800g-dpu/

We take a look at the Xsight Labs E1 DPU 1U server that exposes the new 64x Arm Neoverse N2 core 800Gbps networking chip and more

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Building Our Office Storage for the NVIDIA GB10 Agent AI Cluster

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/building-our-office-storage-for-the-nvidia-gb10-agent-ai-cluster-apple-amd-solidigm-qnap/

We built an office storage solution for our growing cluster of small AI systems and wanted to share some key experiences

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ASRock Rack AMPONED8-2T BCM Motherboard Review with Ampere AmpereOne A192-32X Arm CPU

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/asrock-rack-amponed8-2t-bcm-motherboard-review-with-ampere-ampereone-a192-32x-arm-cpu/

In our AMPONED8-2T/BCM review, we see how this motherboard fares with plenty of PCIe Gen5 connectivity and up to 192 AmpereOne Arm cores

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Touring the Center of the Internet and an AI Data Center at Equinix Silicon Valley

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/touring-the-center-of-the-internet-and-an-ai-data-center-at-equinix-silicon-valley-sv1-sv11-nvidia-dgx-superpod/

We tour the “Center of the Internet,” Equinix SV1, and a new modern AI data center SV11, where an important NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD is based

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NVIDIA ConnectX-8 C8240 800G Dual 400G NIC Review This is a SuperNIC

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/nvidia-connectx-8-dual-400gbe-400g-nic-review/

In our NVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNIC review, we show full next-gen 800G performance from the C8240 dual 400GbE card in PCIe Gen5 servers

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A Quick Look at Kaytus KSManage Used to Manage Clusters of Servers

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/a-quick-look-at-kaytus-ksmanage-used-to-manage-clusters-of-servers/

We had the opportunity to look at Kaytus KSManage, used to manage servers, but also integrated AI racks and data center infrastructure

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Dell Pro Max 18 Plus Review a HUGE Laptop with a NVIDIA RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell GPU

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/dell-pro-max-18-plus-review-a-huge-laptop-with-a-nvidia-rtx-pro-5000-blackwell-gpu-intel/

In our Dell Pro Max 18 Plus review, we see how this huge system with lots of performance through its NVIDIA RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell performs

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Hyper-scalers Are Using CXL to Lower the Impact of DDR5 Supply Constraints

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/hyper-scalers-are-using-cxl-to-lower-the-impact-of-ddr5-supply-constraints-marvell-arm/

We see the Marvell Structera CXL accelerators that hyper-scalers are using to add memory capacity, memory bandwidth, and even Arm cores to servers

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