What is a SAN? Ultimate storage area network guide

T-Blog Editor/ December 26, 2020/ Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, 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. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Stephen J. Bigelow 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

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Fault Tolerance: Understanding and Securing Your System

T-Blog Editor/ December 24, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesSystems that cannot be allowed to fail require fault tolerance. Learn about the systems and technology of fault tolerance and how your business can achieve it. Post by Paul Rubens, Fault tolerance is a concept used in many fields, but it is particularly important to data storage and information technology infrastructure. In this context, fault tolerance refers to the ability of

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Compare VMware HA vs. DRS to prevent host failure

T-Blog Editor/ December 24, 2020/ Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesVMware HA and DRS are vSphere tools that provide high performance and continuous operability. Understanding the different use cases between these technologies is essential. By Brien Posey VMware vSphere provides IT administrators with several tools to prevent host failure, such as High Availability and Distributed Resource Scheduler. Both of these tools can help mitigate failures and ensure continuous operability of

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rack unit- a tech definition

T-Blog Editor/ December 24, 2020/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteA rack unit (abbreviated as U, less commonly seen as RU) is a unit of measurement applied to equipment racks and the servers, disk drives and other devices that they contain. One U is 1.75 inches (44.45mm); the standard rack, at 19 inches, is 42U. Posted by: Margaret RouseWhatIs.com Contributor(s): Matthew Haughn Rack servers and other hardware designed to be rack-mounted are manufactured in multiples of 1.75 inches and specified in

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Major types of server hardware and their pros and cons

T-Blog Editor/ December 24, 2020/ Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware and virtualization, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesServers protect data, centralize resources and enable remote worker productivity, but buyers must understand which server types works best for their data center. By Robert Sheldon Servers host applications, manage files, process emails, stream media and perform analytics. Any organization can benefit from the power and versatility that servers provide, but it can be difficult to know which types of server

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What is SAN zoning and what are the different types of zoning?

T-Blog Editor/ December 23, 2020/ Best practices for data center operations, Cloud computing, Cloud Storage, Computational Storage, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAN Technology and Arrays

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesZoning can be set up according to server, storage and SAN switch. Discover what type of zoning to use, how zone sets extend SAN segmentation and about the various zoning schemas. By Simon Gordon and Garry Kranz SAN zoning gains importance once your SAN includes more than a couple dozen devices. During the early days of SAN, there was debate

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

T-Blog Editor/ December 23, 2020/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

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

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Public cloud metrics and KPI tools your business should know

T-Blog Editor/ December 23, 2020/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesMetrics and KPIs for public cloud deployments can be overwhelming. Learn how cloud architects can track usage of compute, storage, database resources and more. By Stephen J. Bigelow Monitoring and management are central elements to any public cloud deployment strategy. Proper management helps an organization ensure that the utilization, performance, cost and even business benefits of the public cloud meet

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How to adopt and secure the cloud in a work-from-home world

T-Blog Editor/ December 23, 2020/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesSet up a remote work infrastructure with the cloud. This article highlights cloud adoption strategies for beginners, tips to reduce latency and the benefits of cloud backup. By Ryan Dowd Elasticity and ease of access have long been hallmarks of cloud computing and have made it an attractive option during uncertain times. The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a huge rise

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testing as a service (TaaS)- a tech definition

T-Blog Editor/ December 23, 2020/ Cloud computing, Cloud computing SLAs, Cloud computing standards and compliance, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesTesting as a service (TaaS) is an outsourcing model in which testing activities associated with some of an organization’s business activities are performed by a service provider rather than in-house employees. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Ben Lutkevich TaaS may involve engaging consultants to help and advise employees or simply outsourcing an area of testing to a service provider. Usually, a company will

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