Recent content by yongihammer

Anyone here have any thoughts on Accton / Edgecore switches versus Arista or other more branded switches? Seeing that the hyperscalers (FB, AMZN) are using a lot of cheaper switches, but like we've seen elsewhere, these cheaper switches are actually moving up in terms of value and...

Thanks so much again! One more question if you don't mind - is there any issue with folks who end up with different BMCs across all their servers, or is it preferable to stick with the same vendor for the whole server fleet if possible? And when you upgrade or add upgraded servers, are you...

Thank you, your answers are super helpful! Anyway, just a follow-up - the multinode system pic above - is that a standard nowadays or is that something that's more for specialty / niche applications? Just wondering when I read about "worldwide server shipments" from Gartner whether the...

Hey folks, Total beginner / noob here and have a few really basic questions: 1) is a baseboard the same as a motherboard? I read somewhere that servers now come with 4 baseboards per server (up from 2 back in 2014), and this might increase further as data traffic continues to grow - anyone...