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Open Access Jul 21, 2026

A server fleet is a power, cooling, firmware and spare-parts system

A LibreInfra field note on physical infrastructure control planes, BMCs, firmware baselines, spares and hardware recovery.

Jose

Abstract line-and-node server fleet artwork showing power, cooling, firmware, management and spare-parts paths.

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Open Access Jul 20, 2026

GPUs run LLMs because memory movement is the real workload

A LibreInfra field note on accelerator sizing for LLM inference, memory capacity, KV cache, interconnect and software support.

Jose

Abstract line-and-node AI hardware artwork representing model memory, bandwidth and accelerator interconnects.

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Open Access Jul 19, 2026

The R730 generation is still useful—inside a deliberate boundary

A LibreInfra field note on using R730-class hardware responsibly for labs, backup targets and recoverable internal platforms.

Jose

Abstract line-and-node legacy hardware artwork representing controlled reuse, spares and recoverable service boundaries.

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Open Access Jul 17, 2026

A server type is a workload decision, not a chassis preference

A LibreInfra field note on choosing server types from workload shape, serviceability, power, cooling and failure boundaries.

Jose

Abstract line-and-node hardware artwork representing workload shape, chassis constraints and lifecycle trade-offs.

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Open Access Jul 16, 2026

A historian, a broker and a data lake are different systems

A LibreInfra field note on brokers, historians, data lakes, archives, time, asset identity and recovery contracts.

Jose

Abstract line-and-node industrial data artwork connecting gateways, brokers, historians and analytical stores.

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Article Open Access Jul 21, 2026

A server fleet is a power, cooling, firmware and spare-parts system

A LibreInfra field note on physical infrastructure control planes, BMCs, firmware baselines, spares and hardware recovery.

Jose

Abstract line-and-node server fleet artwork showing power, cooling, firmware, management and spare-parts paths.
Abstract line-and-node AI hardware artwork representing model memory, bandwidth and accelerator interconnects.
Article Open Access Jul 20, 2026

GPUs run LLMs because memory movement is the real workload

A LibreInfra field note on accelerator sizing for LLM inference, memory capacity, KV cache, interconnect and software support.

Jose

Abstract line-and-node legacy hardware artwork representing controlled reuse, spares and recoverable service boundaries.
Article Open Access Jul 19, 2026

The R730 generation is still useful—inside a deliberate boundary

A LibreInfra field note on using R730-class hardware responsibly for labs, backup targets and recoverable internal platforms.

Jose

Abstract line-and-node hardware artwork representing workload shape, chassis constraints and lifecycle trade-offs.
Article Open Access Jul 17, 2026

A server type is a workload decision, not a chassis preference

A LibreInfra field note on choosing server types from workload shape, serviceability, power, cooling and failure boundaries.

Jose

Abstract line-and-node industrial data artwork connecting gateways, brokers, historians and analytical stores.
Article Open Access Jul 16, 2026

A historian, a broker and a data lake are different systems

A LibreInfra field note on brokers, historians, data lakes, archives, time, asset identity and recovery contracts.

Jose

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Abstract line-and-node server fleet artwork showing power, cooling, firmware, management and spare-parts paths.
Article Open Access Jul 21, 2026

A server fleet is a power, cooling, firmware and spare-parts system

A LibreInfra field note on physical infrastructure control planes, BMCs, firmware baselines, spares and hardware recovery.

Jose

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