Guides Library

Every guide we have published, in one place. These are written for the people who actually specify and buy this hardware, so each one sticks to what a part number, a specification or a configuration genuinely tells you, and says plainly where it does not tell you enough.

Use the sections below to jump straight to a category, or work through a category in full.

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Label Printers (111)Barcode Scanners (33)POS and Receipt Printers (18)Mobile Computers (8)Hard Drives (130)SSDs and Enterprise Storage (45)Server Memory (32)Servers (87)Networking (18)Data Centre (11)Compatibility and Troubleshooting (7)Procurement and Buying (27)Other Guides (17)

Label Printers

Desktop, industrial and mobile thermal label printers, printheads, media and the command languages that drive them.

111 guides

Barcode Scanners

Handheld, presentation, rugged cordless and fixed mount scanners, and how to match one to the codes you actually read.

33 guides

POS and Receipt Printers

Point of sale and receipt printing hardware for retail, hospitality and counter service.

18 guides

Mobile Computers

Rugged handhelds and enterprise Android devices for warehouse, field service and retail floor work.

8 guides

Hard Drives

Enterprise SAS, SATA and nearline drives, capacities, interfaces and how to specify a replacement correctly.

130 guides

SSDs and Enterprise Storage

Solid state drives, NVMe, endurance ratings and the wider storage architecture decisions around them.

45 guides

Server Memory

Registered, ECC and load reduced memory, population rules and matching memory to a platform.

32 guides

Servers

Rack, tower and blade servers, processors, generations and how to read a server configuration.

87 guides

Networking

Switches, transceivers, cabling and the network hardware decisions that sit behind them.

18 guides

Data Centre

Power, cooling, racking and the operational side of running hardware at scale.

11 guides

Compatibility and Troubleshooting

Cross reference guides, compatibility checks, error conditions and routine maintenance.

7 guides

Procurement and Buying

How to specify, source, verify and buy enterprise hardware, new and refurbished.

27 guides

Guides that sit outside the main hardware categories.

17 guides