StorageReview

12/12/2025

We just pushed π to 314 trillion digits on a single Dell PowerEdge R7725 and treated the whole run like a long scientific experiment. Months of y-cruncher runs turned into a deep look at storage I/O, reliability, and power efficiency for the kind of workloads you see in climate, physics, and materials research.

Full story, charts, and hardware breakdown are up on StorageReview, link in bio.

12/11/2025

Lenovo Expands Enterprise Portfolio, NetApp Adds AWS Support for AI, More... -

The AMD EPYC Embedded 2005 Series is positioned for networking, storage, and industrial designs where power, thermal headroom, and board space are tightly constrained.

12/09/2025

A 4 pound ThinkPad with Blackwell graphics
We put the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 through our workstation tests, with Intel Core Ultra, RTX Pro 2000 Blackwell, and a 16 inch display aimed at engineers, developers, and creators who need real performance on the road. Full review is up on StorageReview, link in bio.

12/08/2025

Ubiquiti’s UniFi UNAS 2 - Two bays, up to 48TB, 2.5GbE, and PoE++ power so you can run it from a single Ethernet cable. Full review is on StorageReview.com, link in bio.
https://www.storagereview.com/review/ubiquiti-unifi-unas-2-review-compact-poe-nas-for-home-and-small-office

12/08/2025

We already have a long review on the DGX Spark. Now we’re on to our first clustered testing with this pair of Dell Pro Max GB10 systems. Dell even offers the networking cables as an optional set of 2.

12/06/2025

Stay cool out there with the only thermal paste we use in the lab!

12/05/2025

Vince spent the day in Poughkeepsie with IBM, getting a closer look at how they are bringing AI directly into the z17 mainframe platform.
IBM is running its own watsonx and Granite models alongside open source frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow on Z. That AI work is powered by the built in accelerator inside the Telum II processor and the Spyre Accelerator card prototype shown here.
We are looking forward to sharing more in depth coverage on IBM’s latest offerings soon.

12/05/2025

HP’s EliteDesk 8 Mini G1a takes the small form factor route for business, combining Ryzen AI, solid I/O, and quiet operation in a tiny chassis. Great for under the desk, behind the display, or anywhere space is tight.
Full review now on StorageReview, link in bio.

12/04/2025

Taking Supermicro JumpStart AI Test Drive; Intel Battlematrix Preview -

JumpStart gives qualified customers free, time-boxed, bare-metal access to a catalog of real production servers. From new X14 platforms with Intel Xeon 6 to H14 systems with 5th Gen AMD EPYC and large HGX GPU configurations.

12/01/2025

192GB of VRAM in a desktop!
We took a first look at the Intel Arc Pro B60 Battlematrix, a compact on premise AI platform built for local inference and fine tuning. Full preview and test notes are up on StorageReview, link in bio.

12/01/2025

What would you do with a week on an NVIDIA HGX B200 in Supermicro’s JumpStart lab? 👀
We just wrapped a hands on paper testing training, inference, and storage performance on this beast. Full breakdown is up on StorageReview, link in bio.

11/26/2025

New Immersion Video, Amazing Tiny Systems, Podcast, More... -

Ecolab Inc. has introduced a fully integrated Cooling as a Service (CaaS) program to optimize cooling performance in data centers and high-performance computing environments worldwide.