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Agreed on cooling, that i9 will get hot as balls.
We ordered this config at my lab not too long ago
Lenovo ThinkStation P720
Dual Xeon CPU - Intel Xeon GOLD 5118 Processor (12 cores, 16.50MB Cache, 2.3GHz)
128 GB RAM - 4x 32GB DDR4 2666MHz ECC RDIMM
NVIDIA Quadro RTX5000
Intel VROC Premium M2.SSD RAID Controller
2x 2048GB Solid State Drive, M.2, PCIe, Opal, TLC (In Raid 0)
This setup ain't cheap, but it's worth every penny if you have the money! The NVIDIA Quadro can be dropped if you don't levrage GPUs in your casework(cracking or AI). RAM can probably be lowed to 32 or 64… you can always add more later if you need it.
We went with this setup primarily because we wanted something enterprise grade that we can get support onsite to swapéfix what's broken same day without hassle.
We installed the OS on a SATA SSD and we keep the M2.SSD for the evidence. Processing evidence goes much faster this way.
We are looking to change our workstations completely and looking for options as we speak.
Currently we are using HP Z820's with about 10TB of storage and a 250GB SSD.
We image to the server but generally work from our local machine as it is quicker so we are looking to increase our workstation capacity to about 20-40TB depending on cost with and 1TB SSD for the OS and 2TB HDD for Cache.
Intel Dual Xeon, NVidia Graphics, 128GB RAM, internal Blu-Ray/DVDR, Tableau Forensic Bridge, Hardware RAID Controller and warranty options.
Anyone recommend a supplier that has good history with forces?
What does "a good history with forces mean"
We are looking to change our workstations completely and looking for options as we speak.
Currently we are using HP Z820's with about 10TB of storage and a 250GB SSD.
We image to the server but generally work from our local machine as it is quicker so we are looking to increase our workstation capacity to about 20-40TB depending on cost with and 1TB SSD for the OS and 2TB HDD for Cache.
Intel Dual Xeon, NVidia Graphics, 128GB RAM, internal Blu-Ray/DVDR, Tableau Forensic Bridge, Hardware RAID Controller and warranty options.
Anyone recommend a supplier that has good history with forces?
This looked interesting.
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What does "a good history with forces mean"
We are looking to change our workstations completely and looking for options as we speak.
Currently we are using HP Z820's with about 10TB of storage and a 250GB SSD.
We image to the server but generally work from our local machine as it is quicker so we are looking to increase our workstation capacity to about 20-40TB depending on cost with and 1TB SSD for the OS and 2TB HDD for Cache.
Intel Dual Xeon, NVidia Graphics, 128GB RAM, internal Blu-Ray/DVDR, Tableau Forensic Bridge, Hardware RAID Controller and warranty options.
Anyone recommend a supplier that has good history with forces?
What I mean to say is, does anyone in UK law enforcement use a company that has provided a good level of customer service over a good period of time?
It might just assist when looking for our next supplier.
What I mean to say is, does anyone in UK law enforcement use a company that has provided a good level of customer service over a good period of time?
It might just assist when looking for our next supplier.
Yeah, Lenovo have worked very well with us and provided a good discount for these types of machine.
They worked with us quite a bit to get them to the price we wanted and were the only machines we could get that would fit 8 internal HDD's.
They also certify that all their parts work together, a nice bonus for when dealing with ISO 17025 jobsworths
Looking at upgrading our lab setup. What are you folks doing these days?
The new NVMe hard drives make a huge difference, even compared to a normal SSD. Since they do not have any moving parts, they are very reliable and unbelievable fast.
regards, Robin
What does "a good history with forces mean"
We are looking to change our workstations completely and looking for options as we speak.
Currently we are using HP Z820's with about 10TB of storage and a 250GB SSD.
We image to the server but generally work from our local machine as it is quicker so we are looking to increase our workstation capacity to about 20-40TB depending on cost with and 1TB SSD for the OS and 2TB HDD for Cache.
Intel Dual Xeon, NVidia Graphics, 128GB RAM, internal Blu-Ray/DVDR, Tableau Forensic Bridge, Hardware RAID Controller and warranty options.
Anyone recommend a supplier that has good history with forces?
What I mean to say is, does anyone in UK law enforcement use a company that has provided a good level of customer service over a good period of time?
It might just assist when looking for our next supplier.
We have been using Workstations purchased from Continental (https://
Looking at upgrading our lab setup. What are you folks doing these days?
The new NVMe hard drives make a huge difference, even compared to a normal SSD. Since they do not have any moving parts, they are very reliable and unbelievable fast.
regards, Robin
Don't know where to start with that! You seem very confused. NVMe hard drives don't exist AFAIK (I can't see why they would).
Any SSD obviously doesn't have any moving parts and isn't directly related to NVMe in that sense.
NVMe's just a communications standard letting you get data across the PCIe bus (and therefore faster).