Product Guides
Product guides, specification comparisons and buying advice for enterprise IT hardware. Whether you are comparing GPUs, checking server specs or researching storage options, you will find practical guidance here to help with your next purchase.
HPE ProLiant DL Server Guide: Gen9 to Gen12 models, specs and where to find the QuickSpecs
A working reference to the HPE ProLiant DL rack line from Gen9 to Gen12: what changed each generation, which CPU...
Dell PowerEdge generations explained: how to read the model number and what each generation supports
How Dell PowerEdge model numbers encode form factor, socket count and generation, a generation-by-generation platform map from 13G to 17G,...
Server memory guide: DDR4 and DDR5, RDIMM types, population rules and how speed gets lost
How to read a server memory part number, which DIMM types can and cannot be mixed, and why a fully...
GPU server platforms compared: which rack servers take which GPUs, and how many
A guide to the server side of a GPU build: accelerator-optimised platforms versus general-purpose rack servers, how many double-width cards...
AMD EPYC generation guide: 7002 to 9005, sockets, memory channels and how to pick a SKU
A reference for the EPYC line as it appears in real quotes: which generation uses which socket, how memory channels...
Intel Xeon for servers: generation and socket guide from Xeon Scalable to Xeon 6
Which Xeon generation fits which socket, what changes between them in memory and PCIe, and how the P-core and E-core...
HPE part numbers explained: option kits, spare parts and how to avoid ordering the wrong one
HPE lists the same physical component under more than one number. This guide explains option part numbers, spare part numbers,...
Data centre GPU comparison: L40S, H100, H200 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell specs side by side
Published specifications for the enterprise GPUs we are asked to quote most often, with the memory, bandwidth, power and interconnect...
