I am trying to purchase a new server but I'm having some trouble understanding some storage concepts. The retailer seems a little confused as well trying to get info from the vendor, so I hope someone ...

Blade servers are modular, single-board computers, typically about 7 in. high, 2 in. wide and 19 in. deep. Each blade contains processors, memory, network controllers and other I/O ports; it plugs ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. — As the first generation of a new class of Web servers rolls, a standards debate is brewing over its key interconnect technology. At issue is what will become the backplane for ...

Ever-increasing volumes of traffic strain the capacities of computing and communications gear. Boosting port speeds from 100Mbps Ethernet to 1Gbps Ethernet – and now to 10Gbps Ethernet – on servers, ...

The IEEE Standards Association recently approved a standard for backplane Ethernet, to be called 802.3ap. The standard specifies how network equipment makers can transmit Gigabit Ethernet and 10 ...