1310, 2020

Work-from-home infrastructure HCI tips for VDI, remote desktops

T-Blog Editor/ October 13, 2020/ Converged Infrastructure, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Management, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesBest practices, tips for designing a hyper-converged infrastructure to support virtual desktops for remote workers in today’s coronavirus-accentuated, work-from-home environment. By Kurt Marko HCI and VDI have historically gotten along well together. In fact, one of the first and still popular use cases for hyper-converged technology is as a work-from-home infrastructure platform for serving virtual desktops to remote users, the

1210, 2020

Make remote SAN management work in the age of COVID-19 pandemic.

T-Blog Editor/ October 12, 2020/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAN technology and arrays

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSANs usually aren’t configured to allow remote management. Find out what storage admins can do during the COVID-19 crisis to ensure their organization’s SAN can be managed remotely. By Brien Posey When an organization’s workforce needs to go remote, such as during the current coronavirus crisis, storage administrators must be ready to work from home, too. After all, businesses are

1210, 2020

Ultimate storage area network (SAN) guide

T-Blog Editor/ October 12, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices, SAN technology and arrays

Reading Time-approximately: 18 minutesA storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated high-speed network or subnetwork that interconnects and presents shared pools of storage devices to multiple servers. The availability and accessibility of storage are critical concerns for enterprise computing. Traditional direct-attached disk deployments within individual servers can be a simple and inexpensive option for many enterprise applications, but the disks — and the

1210, 2020

zombie server (comatose server)-what is this?

T-Blog Editor/ October 12, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteA zombie server is a physical server that is running but has no external communications or visibility and contributes no compute resources; essentially, it consumes electricity but serves no useful purpose. Posted by: Margaret Rouse Contributor(s): Matthew Haughn Zombie servers are often created because user-requested applications end up getting no use or almost no use (typically defined as under six percent). Other causes include redundant or legacy applications and services that have been replaced. An estimated one in three

1210, 2020

How to implement simple server monitoring with PowerShell

T-Blog Editor/ October 12, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Enterprise infrastructure management, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAdministrators who build a server monitoring framework with PowerShell can develop their own customized checks for deeper insights into their environment. By Adam Bertram As your server inventory expands, you will need assistance to ensure you can head off any problems. There are many server monitoring and reporting options in the market, but certain situations may call for a lightweight

1210, 2020

CPaaS platform-breaking down the parts.

T-Blog Editor/ October 12, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Understanding UC, Unified Communications Architecture and Service Models

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCloud-delivered communications are the backbone of many organizations. Review the key terms around CPaaS platform features and development tools with this glossary. By Micah Levine Every organization relies on communication tools, such as voice, messaging and video, but building a communications platform from the ground up takes a lot of time, resources and maintenance. For organizations that don’t wish to

1110, 2020

Seagate and Micron launch SAS SSD with capacity, endurance choice.

T-Blog Editor/ October 11, 2020/ All-flash arrays, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBy Carol Sliwa Seagate Technology LLC and Micron Technology Inc. today unveiled a 12 Gbps Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) that offers capacity options of up to 4 TB and endurance choices to suit write-intensive, read-intensive and mixed-use application workloads. The SAS SSD, which ships this month, is the first product resulting from the strategic alliance that Seagate and Micron forged in

1110, 2020

SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive)-a tech definition

T-Blog Editor/ October 11, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesA SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive) is a NAND flash-based storage or caching device designed to fit in the same slot as a hard disk drive (HDD) and use the SAS interface to connect to the host computer. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): James Alan Miller and Carol Sliwa The most common drive form factors for a SAS SSD are 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch. SAS SSD bandwidth

1110, 2020

disk array-a tech definition

T-Blog Editor/ October 11, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices, SAN technology and arrays

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA disk array, also called a storage array, is a data storage system used for block-based storage, file-based storage or object storage. The term is used to describe dedicated storage hardware that contains spinning hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state drives (SSDs). Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Dave Raffo and Sonia Lelii Arrays combine a series of drives into one system that can store

0910, 2020

Remote office backup best practices and options

T-Blog Editor/ October 9, 2020/ Backup and Archival Tools, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Remote data protection, Remote data protection, Working Remotely

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHow can organizations ensure backup of data generated from employees’ remote offices? Explore two top options and guidance to help protect your critical data. By Brien Posey With much of the world working from home as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic, proper data backup is more essential than ever. Depending on your organization’s architecture, however, it might struggle