Articles

  • 2/18/04
    Xinit Systems SharqServ 440 - Dave Mitchell, Techworld
    Slimline, dual processor rack servers are a popular choice for helping optimise server room floor space. However, to reduce cable-related clutter and consolidate server operations into fewer, more easily managed and maintained units, you'll find the latest Xeon MP systems have a lot to offer. In...
  • 11/4/03
    Open Source NAS with SAN possibly coming - Chris Mellor, Techworld
    Xinit , pronounced 'ex init', has produced Openfiler, NAS appliance software, which runs on a Linux, X86 platform and feeds files to Windows and Unix server clients via CIFS, SMB, NFS and WebDAV. It already has disk virtualisation, and the development roadmap is to add SAN capabilities. Then Xin...
  • 10/6/03
    Sharq Bite: NAS redefined - Paul Hudson, Linux Format
    Not so long ago, NAS was a long way from being ready for proper use in a corporate environment. Even now, many companies still rely on DLT tapes for backup and traditional servers for online storage. Now that Serial ATA ? the new hard drive format designed to carry on accelerating IDE for the ne...
  • 9/12/03
    Xinit close-up - Paul Hudson, Linux Format
    Despite reviewing Xinit?s Sharq SPS234 about six months ago, it still has the highest benchmark results of any machine we?ve reviewed, and is in fact the only server we?ve reviewed to date that scored 10 out of 10. Of course, technology has moved on, and the SPS234 model we reviewed is no longer...