Author Archives: Dataram
Dataram’s DRAM Device Qualification Program
~written by Jim Hampshire, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member At Dataram, we use a “Device Qualification Program” for DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) components, as well as all other active components used on our product. In this process we place … Continue reading
Inventory Control – What is MRP and Why Do We Use It?
~written by Nick Bukaczyk, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member Often, employees throughout a company hear such words as purchase order, sales order, shortages, expediting, due dates, forecast, demand, kits, material, inventory, data and bill of material. They all come together … Continue reading
Why Should You Upgrade Your Memory?
~written by David Sheerr, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member It’s no secret that upgrading your computer’s memory most often improves performance, but have you ever stopped to wonder why that is? Before you can understand why a RAM upgrade improves … Continue reading
DDR3 Server Memory: LV 1.35V or Standard 1.5V–What Shall I Choose?
~written by Nelson Rodriguez, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member DDR3 Low voltage 1.35V RDIMMs are becoming mainstream in today’s x86 servers featuring Intel’s Xeon 5600 series CPUs—also known as “Westmere”. Standard DDR3 DIMMs run at 1.5V. DDR3 memory technology has … Continue reading
Wire Speed Storage
~written by Jason Caulkins, Dataram Storage Blog Team Member In my last blog I discussed how storage would evolve into something that looks a lot like main memory today. The challenge of storing data inside a server (for use in … Continue reading
Building a White Box Server?
~written by Bob Crane, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member Whether you’re a system integrator, OEM or in IT, when building high quality white box servers it is important to deliver a reliable system. Memory is a big part of this, … Continue reading
Storage Tiering with Flash and DRAM
-written by Tom Mayberry, Dataram Storage Blog Team Member When considering the storage hierarchy, it is important to understand why it makes sense to buffer the Flash tier with DRAM given the price, performance and properties of the various solid … Continue reading
Good Things Happen in Strange Ways – The Story of Sun Oracle M-Class Server Memory Upgrades
-written by Cecile Dagoret, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member – EMEA When discussing with server managers at large corporations I realize that a criterion of great importance to them is how scalable the server platform that they select is, and … Continue reading
Pick the right Xeon to get the best memory and application performance!
-written by Paul Henke, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member DDR3-1333 is today’s mainstream memory speed and is the fastest memory supported in today’s best selling x86 2-way servers with Intel processors. However, many users are purchasing these servers and selecting … Continue reading
Surface Mount Technology – The Future is Now
-written by Guy Corsey, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member Remember when Dick Tracy would speak to his Police chief through his wrist watch? I always thought of how cool it would to be able to do that. Well, with the … Continue reading
