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Switching from VMware to Proxmox? What You Should Know in 2026

Posted by Konstantin Protasov, PCSP on Jun 10th 2026

Since Broadcom closed its acquisition of VMware, the rules of on-premise virtualization have changed: perpetual licenses are gone, per-core subscriptions have replaced per-socket pricing, and renewal quotes for small and mid-size environments are routinely coming in at 3– … read more

Best Local LLM Hardware 2026: Servers, Workstations & GPUs

Posted by Konstantin Protasov, PCSP on May 26th 2026

The open-source LLMs released in 2026 — Llama 4, Qwen 3.5, DeepSeek V4, Gemma 4, Mistral Medium 3.5, Kimi K2.6 — are now genuinely competitive with closed-API models. Teams are bringing inference in-house faster than at any point since ChatGPT launched. The questio … read more

Lenovo ThinkSystem vs Dell PowerEdge: SR630 vs R640

Posted by Konstantin Protasov on Sep 2nd 2025

Put a Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 and a Dell PowerEdge R640 side by side with the lids off and you will struggle to build a case for either one on hardware grounds. Both are two-socket 1U servers from the same 2017–2021 window, both take the same Xeon Scalable processors, bo … read more

Best AI Server for Business 2026: Dedicated On-Prem Guide

Posted by Konstantin Protasov, PCSP on Mar 13th 2025

The AI bill arrives from two directions at once. Per-seat assistants multiply across the org chart — ChatGPT Business alone runs $25 per user per month on monthly billing, so twenty employees is $500 a month before anyone touches an API. And the workloads you would most l … read more

What Is an Edge Server? And Which to Buy in 2026

Posted by Konstantin Protasov on Feb 13th 2025

"Edge server" is one of those terms that means two unrelated things depending on who says it, which is why searching for it returns such a strange mix of results. To a web developer it means a machine in a content delivery network, sitting in a facility somewhere near the user. … read more

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