By combining a micro ATX format with the Intel Xeon processors E3-1200 V3 family & all its latest technologies, this board is a versatile solution for SMBs & independent professionals to build affordable yet high performing systems within compact rack or tower enclosures. From a mainstream intranet system performing standard tasks like file or print serving, a web server dedicated to a low traffic websites, a basic engineering or content creation workstation, to the building block of a computing grid or a render farm, the possibilities offered by this model equal its performance capabilities & make it a perfect candidate for a high value acquisition. The LAN controller built on those two motherboards feature several improvements over the previous generation that has been a long-time standard in the server market. In addition to overall performance & error correcting improvements, the power consumption has been reduced thanks to the on-chip integration of switching voltage regulators improving the efficiency of the power delivery to the controller. This controller also received audio/video bridging features, notably time-stamping & synchronization of time sensitive applications through traffic shaping, time-based transmission, & precision time-stamping. Two more management functions are also included, with the support of common transport for LAN-to-BMC / local OS-to-BMC & standards-based transport for BMC-to-adapter communication. With the support of the latest PCI Express Gen.3.0 technology directly on the CPU, the GA-6LASH is fully configured to provide users with dramatically reduced latency & enhanced data bandwidth to get the most out of its expansion accessories. Red Hat Certified Hardware GIGABYTE certifies its server hardware with Red Hat Enterprise Linux to provide its customers with the confidence of knowing that their hardware systems are supported by Red Hat when they run Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The VMware ready program allows cu