3007, 2023

How organizations can prepare for a data storage audit.

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ July 30, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center storage, Data center storage and networking, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Storage architecture and strategy, Storage performance

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesDuring data storage audit preparation, gather documentation on storage practices, test results and storage security plans. Evidence is crucial for a satisfactory report. By Paul Kirvan To ensure that data storage activities are consistent with good practice and relevant standards and regulations, perform periodic audits of the data storage process. Audits ensure that the organization regularly performs data storage activities,

0412, 2022

What works best with solid state on RAID, flash and erasure coding?

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ December 4, 2022/ Archiving and backup, Best practices for data center operations, Cloud Storage, Cloud storage management and standards, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data protection, backup and archiving, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWe look at RAID and flash to highlight key choices when it comes to drive data protection. What RAID levels work best with solid state and when is erasure coding a good choice? By Stephen Pritchard RAID systems have been the building blocks of enterprise storage since the 1990s. But RAID – redundant array of inexpensive disks – originated the decade before that in

2310, 2022

Future of tape backup built on consistent advancements.

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ October 23, 2022/ Archiving and tape backup, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesTape still plays a key role in backup, including offline protection from ransomware. What are some key improvements that will keep tape backup relevant in the future? By Brien Posey About a decade ago, magnetic tape storage for backup started falling out of fashion. Disk-based backups became all the rage because of their ability to provide continuous data protection and, eventually, instant

1608, 2022

Breaking down the different types of data center storage

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ August 16, 2022/ Backup and Archival Tools, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center hardware and strategy, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices, Tech Partner's Curated Content

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesData centers should consider alternate varieties of storage for different uses. Explore hybrid storage arrays, virtual storage, cloud storage and on-premises architecture. By Allyson Larcom The majority of organizations have multiple types of data to store. Data size, speed of access and application priority dictate what type of storage different data needs. As a result, many organizations use multiple different

0406, 2022

Which is fastest protocol; NVMe, SATA or SAS?

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ June 4, 2022/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware and virtualization, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesThe NVMe protocol is tailor-made to make SSDs fast. Get up to speed on NVMe performance and how it compares to the SATA and SAS interfaces. By Robert Sheldon The NVMe protocol has become the industry standard for supporting solid-state drives and other non-volatile memory subsystems. NVMe speeds are substantially better than those of traditional storage protocols, such as SAS

3005, 2022

RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50 compared and explained

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ May 30, 2022/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Data Storage Hardware, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Dell Datacenter Hardware, Expert Advise and Opinion, HDD Technologies, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices, Server hardware and virtualization, Server hardware strategy, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesRAID protects data and improves storage performance and availability, but it can be confusing. Read about the different types of RAID, the pros and cons, and where they work best. By Erin Sullivan, Christopher Poelker and Stacey Peterson RAID originally stood for redundant array of inexpensive disks. Today, the acronym has been updated to redundant array of independent disks. But RAID’s purpose

3005, 2022

Nvidia has targeted datacenter memory bottleneck.

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ May 30, 2022/ Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Partner's Curated Content

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThe graphics processing unit (GPU) chipmaker has introduced its first datacenter chip, named after computer pioneer, Grace Hopper. By Cliff Saran Nvidia hopes to take graphics processing units (GPUs) in the datacenter to the next level by addressing what it sees as a bottleneck limiting data processing in traditional architectures. In general, the central processing unit (CPU) in a datacenter server would

2905, 2022

How to flash a HBA (Host Bus Adapter) to IT mode; step-by-step general guidelines using LSI SAS 3008 (IBM M1215) as an example

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ May 29, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Data Storage Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThis will make an LSI HBA card originally in “IR” mode (full RAID functionality) run in IT (Initiator Target) mode with the correct firmware revision matched to your FreeNAS software and will make it act as an HBA passthrough so the OS sees the drives. By Tekmart Africa Enterprise Support Team (portions of the original post courtesy of Patrick Kennedy)

1305, 2022

Data center archival storage-when long-term data archiving means ‘forever’

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ May 13, 2022/ Archiving and backup, Backup and Archival Tools, Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data protection, backup and archiving, Data storage backup tools, Data storage backup tools, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tape backup and tape libraries

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesStorage customers such as the German data processing service center GWDG have started to think about how they can archive data forever. It’s challenging and complex, but possible. By Paul Crocetti What do you do with data you need to archive forever? First of all, long-term data archiving for decades upon decades is not as simple as loading up tapes

1305, 2022

Quantum adds Scalar tape storage for hyperscalers, enterprises

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ May 13, 2022/ Backup and Archival Tools, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Infrastructure in the Data Centre, Partner Content, Tape backup and tape libraries, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tekmart Partner Content

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThe Quantum Scalar i6H, along with the Quantum RAIL architecture, enables hyperscalers and enterprises to use tape in a scale-out fashion like other storage media. By Adam Armstrong The unquenchable thirst for data is influencing the design of an older technology. Recently, Quantum Corporation released the Quantum Scalar i6H, a new tape storage system for hyperscalers and the enterprise that’s