DSD Custom Network Servers
In the current business environment, the market for servers has evolved into two groups; a few major manufacturers supplying standardized server configurations and independent providers selling custom built machines designed for their specific environment.
Servers from major manufacturers are designed to provide a common denominator for typical business use. This allows a single design to be sold to a large number of businesses.
DSD servers are designed and built specifically for the purpose they are built for. This ensures that unneeded features are not paid for and need features are present.
A custom machine can often be more cost effective and efficient for a particular application because it does not contain unused features. Major manufacturers build in a higher profit margin on servers to balance extremely low margins for workstations. This provides a savings opportunity when purchasing a custom built server from DSD Business Systems.
DSD business servers are designed for maximum cost effectiveness and uptime. It is possible for DSD to design and build servers that incorporate all of the needed features for the current demanding business environment for a price that compares favorably with those of the major manufacturers.
Each server that DSD builds is tailored specifically for its particular environment. For example, a server built for a corporate SQL environment can be designed with a high performance storage system that allows SQL to store data and log files on separate storage systems to optimize performance. Memory can be specified so SQL can cache large amounts of data, indices and logs, thus minimizing disk I/O.
The skill and experience of DSD's technicians results in a product that is highly engineered. For example, air management is critical to temperature control of high performance electronics and it is absolutely essential to fully understand how air moves through the interior of the computer and to take care to provide the required air channels and auxiliary fans needed for redundancy and reliability.
For this reason, the insides of DSD-built servers are very neat and organized. Cabling is carefully routed and well secured. Cables are routed so they do not exceed minimum bend radii. Components are arraigned to provide good cooling. Fasteners are used correctly and in the right number. Often, when a computer from another vendor is opened for repair, it is apparent that it was assembled without regard for many of these considerations.
Many servers that DSD currently manufactures include triply redundant power supplies and cooling systems. This allows for one subsystem to fail gracefully and permit a technician to replace the failed component without system downtime, by "hot swapping" with a replacement.