Acronym Soup: What is UBM?

Acronym Soup: What is UBM?

Today we are back with another “Acronym Soup” blog post, this time asking the question: what is UBM? To answer, let’s first begin with a brief history lesson on server hardware – specifically the time when 2.5″ HDDs were introduced as storage...
Today’s Acronym Soup: What is NVMeoF?

Today’s Acronym Soup: What is NVMeoF?

In today’s post on Acronym Soup, we step over to the manageability side of things and ask the question: what is NVMeoF? NVMeoF is an acronym for “NVM Express® (or NVMe™) over Fabrics” … which of course, begs the question: what is NVMe? Naturally, to make sense...
What is a Backplane Controller?

What is a Backplane Controller?

What is a Backplane Controller? Before we can explain what a backplane controller (BPC) is, we need to define what a backplane is. There are different types of backplanes. We will be discussing drive backplanes. Basically, a backplane is a board (also known as a PCB...