Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPower infrastructure upkeep is essential to reduce damage in an unplanned outage. UPS and generator maintenance, plus disaster planning, should be a part of regular operations. By Robert Sheldon Contributor –SearchSQLServer Published: 10 Mar 2020 A sudden loss of power can bring an entire data center operation to its knees. Power outages are harmful to IT systems because an outage
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesData centers have a lot of moving mechanical parts to maintain. It’s beneficial to leave electrical and fire system upkeep to the professionals instead of doing it all in-house. By Robert McFarlane Principal -Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC –SearchDataCenter Published: 27 Jan 2020 Maintenance is crucial to keep a mission-critical data center reliable, but any work on live equipment might
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAs the data center industry moves to improve energy efficiency, refresh your knowledge on the available cooling technology and methodologies. By Jessica Lulka Associate Site Editor –SearchDataCenter Published: 11 Dec 2019 Energy efficiency, management and cooling are complicated — but necessary — parts of data center and facility maintenance. In an effort to reach an optimal level of power usage
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs a result of the COVID-19 virus, CIOs must shift their priorities and now focus on the impact the pandemic has on the economy, employee health, staffing and technology. By Paul Kirvan Independent IT consultant/auditor –SearchDisasterRecovery Published: 30 Mar 2020 The escalating COVID-19 pandemic has moved to the top of CIO agendas in 2020, and perhaps beyond. Here, we’ll examine
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesSolid-state drives improve the performance of aging computers and turn newer PCs into speed machines. But, when you shop for one, you’re bombarded with terms, like SLC, SATA III, NVMe, and M.2. What does it all mean? An expert takes a look! Post courtesy of: Ian Paul from HowtoGeek.com IAN PAUL@ianpaul It’s All About the Cells ! Current SSDs use NAND flash storage,
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesFind the right server hardware for your data center by evaluating what leading vendors offer in terms of processors, memory, storage, connectivity, hot swapping and security features. By Robert Sheldon Contributor –SearchSQLServer Published: 04 Jan 2019 When the time comes to buy server hardware, there are a lot of factors to consider, such as the number of processors, the available
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhen comparing NAND flash memory to NOR, it’s important to examine the structural differences to understand which type of non-volatile memory is best suited for some applications. By Kurt Marko Consultant -MarkoInsights –SearchMicroservices Published: 02 Apr 2020 Whether a consumer is shopping for a PC or an IT administrator is examining SSD specifications for new servers, when most people think
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesTechnical differences and usage scenarios of the different server memory in Dell PowerEdge servers. Their several types of memory DIMMS for servers available: Unbuffered DIMM: UDIMM does not buffer either add, control, clock, or data I/O lines Registered DIMM: RDIMM, buffers add, control, clock lines but does not buffer data I/O lines Load reduced DIMMs: LRDIMM, buffers both add, control, clock and data
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesHow to change the RAID level of a Virtual Disk on a Dell PowerEdge Server An online virtual disk can be reconfigured in ways that expand its capacity and or changes its RAID level. Note: The controller changes the write cache policy of all virtual disks undergoing an RLM/OCE to Write-Through until the RLM/OCE is complete.Note: Spanned virtual disks such as RAID
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesDell Nautilus Firmware Update Utility: Bootable media for automatic Hard Drive updates Using the Dell Nautilus Firmware Update Utility is probably one of the easiest and most flexible ways of updating your hard drive firmware. Below, you will find instructions on how to download and create a bootable CD/DVD, ISO or USB which will automatically update all your Dell branded
What is COVID-19?
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, China. ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2’ (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed as the causative agent of what we now know as ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019’ (COVID-19). Since then, the virus has spread to more than 100 countries, including South Africa.
For more information on COVID-19 and government regulation: Click here
Emergency Hotline: 0800 029 999 WhatsApp Support Line: 0600-123456