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LSI Storage Adapters

LSI Logic is the leading supplier of host-based RAID to the global PC and server markets. Boston are proud to be able to offer the complete range of LSI based SAS, SCSI, SATA2 and SATA RAID controllers...

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Supermicro 1U Twin System - Two Nodes in 1U

Two dual processor systems in a standard 1U rack supporting up to four Intel Quad-Core/Dual Core Xeon CPUs. Other benefits include front-to-back airflow, convenient cabling for easy maintenance, two...

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IPSAN/iSCSI - The iSCSI Advantage

iSCSI is a new technology that lets you build powerful network storage systems using standard Ethernet networks and low-cost hardware.

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The SAS Advantage

As the performance of traditional parallel SCSI technology has finally started to reach its limits, the evolution of SAS technology has fast proven to be a worthy successor. As a logical evolution of...

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Learn more about Virtualization

The concept of virtualization has existed in one form or another in computing since the early 1960s. In virtualization, the characteristics of a resource are abstracted, so that it may be accessed in...

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Introducing Xen

Xen is a unique open source technology invented by a team led by Ian Pratt at Cambridge University (who subsequently founded XenSource) and developed cooperatively by the world’s best engineers at over...

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Introducing Citrix XenServer v4

The inventors and lead developers of Xen, with the rest of the Citrix XenServer product team, take this powerful virtualisation engine and build out a full managed virtualisation platform around it,...

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Whisper-Quiet SuperWorkstation Solutions

Supermicro's Whisper-Quiet family of SuperWorkstations feature state-of-the-art designs demonstrating acoustically optimized thermal engineering. All major system components such as high efficiency...

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Introducing VMware

VMware has long been a dominant force in the virtualization arena and, by many, is regarded as the benchmark against which all other virtualization platforms must compare.

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VMware ESX Server - Features & Benefits

What makes VMWare ESX Server 3 the right choice for you? It brings many benefits to the table that help you on your transition to a virtual world.

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Silentium's Active Noise Control (ANC) Technology

Active noise control (ANC) is a method for reducing unwanted sound. ANC is sound field modification, particularly sound field cancellation, by electro-acoustical means.

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Introducing InfiniBand

The InfiniBand technology available today is the result of a combination of previously competing designs, Future I/O (initially developed by Compaq, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard) and Next Generation I/O...

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Migrating to new Server CPU/Chipsets - Intel vs AMD

Intel and AMD have been busy preparing launches of new multi-core CPUs for the server and workstation market, based around 45nm manufacturing technologies, delivering greater transistor density, lower...

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A move to 2.5'' HDD in Enterprise Class Computing

The Benefits of 2.5" HDD technology have been obvious to laptop users for years, however, capacity and performance demands of the Server and Storage market can now be realised using both SATA and SAS...

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SSD Performance Improvements to Challenge HDD

Boston implements SSD drives in the latest range of Fenway Virtualisation solutions. Finally this exciting technology is both mature and affordable making an excellent argument for price, performance,...

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Failover Storage in a Virtualised Environment

When designing our latest Igloo storage systems we actively encouraged the concept of integration with virtualised server environments in addition to traditional storage environments.

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Liquid Cooling For Servers

Following the recent launch of our innovative liquid cooled servers featuring patented "modular liquid immersion" technology from Iceotope Ltd, our latest technical article explains what's involved in...

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GPU Computing For Servers

Throughout the past year there has been an increased focus from GPU providers such as nVIDIA on GPGPU (General Purpose GPU) compute applications and the emergence of the personal supercomputer....

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NVIDIA Tesla Bio Workbench

The NVIDIA Tesla Bio Workbench enables bio-physicists and computational chemists to push the boundaries of bio-chemical research. It turns a standard PC into a "computational laboratory" capable of...

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Supermicro Solutions based on Intel Xeon Processor 5600/3600 Series

To equip customers with the best time-to-market advantage possible, Supermicro has provided an extensive selection of motherboards, chassis, SuperServers, Twin and GPU supercomputer systems,...

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Next generation CUDA GPU architecture codenamed "Fermi"

The NVIDIA Tesla 20-series is designed from the ground up for high performance computing. Based on the next generation CUDA GPU architecture codenamed "Fermi", it supports many "must have" features for...

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Remote Servers and 1U 3D Workstations

Our new range of remote workstations and server solutions allow users to extend the machine of their choice to their desktop - worldwide! Our approach implements the innovative PCoIP protocol to...

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Why Choose Tesla Over GeForce?

NVIDIA CUDA parallel computing architecture is enabled on GeForce, Quadro, and Tesla products. Whereas GeForce and Quadro are designed for consumer graphics and professional visualization respectively,...

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Lustre Parallel Storage Solutions

Building upon our award winning range of Igloo storage solutions, our new range of Igloo "L series" parallel storage solutions provide genuine enterprise class storage that can be scaled to suit user...

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Introducing the best Quadro ever - 5X Faster Performance

The newest NVIDIA Quadro professional solutions are true technological breakthroughs, delivering up to 5X faster performance across a broad range of design, animation and video applications. Built on...

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Combine the power of supercomputing with the ease of Windows

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Suite is the third version of Microsoft's solution for high performance computing (HPC). Built on Windows Server2008 R2 64-bit technology Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Suite...

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Why should creative professionals choose BOXX?

With the number of workstation choices available to animators, VFX artists, designers, architectural visualization experts, and film editors, why should these creative professionals choose BOXX? Here...

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CERN Installation

Boston Limited and strategic partner Viglen (a leading British manufacturer and provider of IT solutions) have been selected by CERN laboratory, one of the world’s leading research organisations, for...

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Nexenta - Enterprise Class Open Storage

NexentaStor provides enterprise class unified storage capabilities via a software solution that ends vendor lock-in while delivering superior storage management functionality with a particular focus on...

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Nexenta NexentaStor 3.0

This new version of NexentaStor pushes past legacy storage solutions with massive savings and superior functionality.

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SAS Switch - Solve Problems by Efficiently Connecting Multiple Servers to...

The LSI® 6Gb/s SAS6160 Switch is an easier-to-use storage networking problem-solver for direct attached storage (DAS), storage area networks (SANs), and virtualized environments. The Switch helps...

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NVIDIA - Learn about Cuda in 5 minutes

The first in a series of new CUDA educational videos is now ready for viewing. You have been invited to view a presentation titled "Intro to CUDA" by Cliff Woolley, NVIDIA. Its length is 00:05:33.

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LSI MegaRAID® CacheVault™ Technology

With the exponential growth of storage requirements each year, the need for reliable and high-performing data protection increases in tandem. It's a challenging balancing act trying to satisfy all your...

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LSI Cachecade 2 Evaluation - The benefits of caching

LSI Cachecade™ 2.0 promises to be answer to some of the IT manager's serious pain points with storage, specifically those related to performance and random I/O. This new functionality is injected into...

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Explore new collaborative ways to find oil easier

The main goal of the VRGeo Consortium is the development and evaluation of interactive hardware and software technologies for visualization systems in the oil and gas industry. They have developed a...

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Building a 85TB cheap storage server with Solaris OpenIndiana

Juho Makinen just recently built a storage server based on Solaris OpenIndiana, a 2U SuperMicro server and a SuperMicro 45 disk JBOD rack enclosure. The current configuration can host 84 TB of usable...

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Accelerate Your Scientific Code with OpenACC

Based on the OpenACC standard, GPU directives are the easy, proven way to accelerate your scientific or industrial code. With GPU directives, you can accelerate your code by simply inserting compiler...

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Supermicro IPMI - What is it and what can it do for you?

Intelligent Platform Management Interface - (IPMI) has been around since 1998 when the specification was launched. The standard; led by Intel and has since been adopted by numerous system vendors...

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MegaRAID CacheVault Technology

Providing access to write-back cache is one of the many benefits of a hardware RAID controller card. Write-back cache improves application performance by storing write data to high performance cache...

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3rd Generation Intel Core Processor Family For Home-Desktop

A new PC can provide you with unique and expanded capabilities. And when it is powered by a visibly smart 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processor, it can deliver amazing performance.

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Intel Solid-State Drives

A robust and high-performance alternative to traditional hard drives. Intel SSD contain no movable parts, which results in quiet operation and high shock-resistance.

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New Intel Xeon E5 series server processors

If you want to offer the best and the newest server on the market, make sure it's based from Intel Xeon E5 series processors. The latest technology provides optimum combination of performance,...

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BIOS Upgrade Guide

BIOS Upgrade Guide

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Supermicro IPMI - What can it do for you?

Supermicro IPMI - What is it and what can it do for you?

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MegaRAID 8100 series evaluation

Over the past few weeks the team at Boston Labs have been evaluating the new MegaRAID 8100 series. Find out what they thought of it...

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Supermicro IPMI - What is it and what can it do for you?

Intelligent Platform Management Interface - (IPMI) has been around since 1998 when the specification was launched. The standard, initially led by Intel, has since been adopted by virtually all server...

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Introducing the Boston Syncro Series

Avago's Syncro product line is now available in a SAS3 (12Gbit/s) flavour, supporting the latest generation of SAS hard disk and SSD's.

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Supermicro IPMI

Intelligent Platform Management Interface - (IPMI) has been around since 1998 when the specification was launched. The standard, initially led by Intel, has since been adopted by virtually all server...

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MegaRAID CacheVault Technology

Write-back cache improves application performance by storing write data to high performance cache memory during periods of heavy use. When there is a break in user requests the data is then written...

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BIOS Upgrade Guide 2016

The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is the first code which automatically runs when the system is switched on. It initially performs a power-on self-test to check the basic hardware components in your...

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