Enterprise Resource Center
Technical Resources for Enterprise IT Planning
The Tech Supply Direct Enterprise Resource Center brings together interactive planning tools and practical technical information for servers, storage, networking, workstations, virtualization, power, cooling, and data center infrastructure.
Tools, Knowledge & Technical References
Calculators & Planning Tools
Interactive tools for RAID, ZFS, power, cooling, rack space, networking, virtualization, and infrastructure planning.
Explore Calculators →Knowledge Base
Technical explanations covering enterprise hardware, storage, RAID, networking, processors, memory, virtualization, and infrastructure technologies.
Browse Knowledge Base →Buying Guides
Compare enterprise platforms, technologies, configurations, and hardware options before selecting equipment for your environment.
View Buying Guides →Compatibility Center
Research compatible processors, memory, storage devices, RAID controllers, network adapters, GPUs, rails, and other enterprise components.
Explore Compatibility →Reference Guides
Generation charts, terminology references, specification summaries, standards information, and enterprise platform reference material.
View Reference Guides →Featured Enterprise Calculators
Use our browser-based tools to evaluate storage capacity, redundancy, power, cooling, and other infrastructure planning requirements.
RAID Calculator
Calculate RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 capacity, storage efficiency, fault tolerance, estimated performance, and hardware cost.
Open RAID Calculator →ZFS Calculator
Plan mirrors, RAIDZ1, RAIDZ2, and RAIDZ3 vdev layouts, nominal usable capacity, redundancy, and free-space planning.
Open ZFS Calculator →Server Power Calculator
Estimate server power requirements, PSU headroom, electrical consumption, and deployment planning needs.
Coming Soon →Rack Power & BTU Calculator
Estimate rack electrical load, heat output, BTU requirements, and cooling considerations.
Coming Soon →Make More Informed Infrastructure Decisions
Enterprise hardware decisions often involve more than a product specification. Storage layouts, memory population, processor selection, power requirements, compatibility, redundancy, expansion, and workload requirements can all affect the final configuration.
Transparent Calculations & Practical Guidance
Where a result can be calculated directly, our tools show the underlying assumptions. Where performance or usable capacity depends on workload, implementation, or hardware, results are clearly identified as estimates rather than guaranteed figures.