Servers on a budget: 4 Servers tested

T&B Editor's choice Editor's Choice

XENON Radon Duo ASR
Acer Altos R300

The first award goes to XENON server for its expansion and drive/power redundancy capabilities, even though its performance wasn't the best. Servers these days need to be running 100 percent of the time.

  Servers on a budget

  Acer Altos R300
  Altech Apollo 64-R
  HP Proliant DL 320
  Xenon Radon Duo ASR

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It is far better to sacrifice outright performance for the safety of redundancy (particularly power supply and drive), than it is to sacrifice redundancy for performance. End users may not notice the difference in speed between two very similar servers, however they definitely will notice if one suddenly isn't working at all.

The second award goes to Acer. This new Acer server is a true competitor to the other tier-one brands. Its 1RU size and very shallow depth combined with its performance at this price point certainly make it a worthy consideration for anyone looking to set up a cluster of relatively fast servers.

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