third-party cookie -definition

T-Blog Editor/ February 24, 2020/ How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Simple definitions to know, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minutePosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Matthew Haughn A third-party cookie is one that is placed on a user’s hard disk  by a Web site from a domain other than the one a user is visiting. As with standard cookies, third-party cookies are placed so that a site can remember something about you at a later

Read More

LTO-8 (Linear Tape-Open 8)-definition

T-Blog Editor/ February 20, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesLTO-8 is a tape format from the Linear Tape-Open Consortium released in late 2017. It succeeded the LTO-7 version, which launched in 2015. Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Paul Crocetti and Ed Hannan An LTO-8 cartridge offers 30 terabytes (TB) of compressed storage capacity and 12 TB of uncompressed capacity. Sustained data transfer rates are 750 megabytes

Read More

Pin down these hardware service contract details

T-Blog Editor/ February 19, 2020/ Contracting and Legal, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWhat are some tips you can share for a solid hardware support agreement? A server warranty won’t do much good when every second of downtime counts. Here’s how to hammer out a support agreement that addresses the particular needs of your company. Brien Posey Microsoft MVP – SearchDataBackup Published: 06 Apr 2018 The process of purchasing a server is relatively

Read More

service-level agreement (SLA)

T-Blog Editor/ February 19, 2020/ CIO Resources, Contracting and Legal, Engage the experts, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 9 minutesHow do you resolve service-level agreement issues with your customers? A service-level agreement (SLA) is a contract between a service provider and its customers that documents what services the provider will furnish and defines the service standards the provider is obligated to meet. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Stanley Louissaint, Kate Brush What is a

Read More

What’s the difference between SLO vs. SLA?

T-Blog Editor/ February 19, 2020/ CIO Resources, Contracting and Legal, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWhat are the most important criteria to include in an SLA? Often used interchangeably, the terms SLO and SLA are not the same. Find out the key attributes of each and why each is important for managing service providers. By Steven Kirz Managing Director – Pace Harmon – SearchCIO Published: 14 Dec 2018 A service-level agreement is a contract between

Read More

How to replace a Failed Dell EqualLogic Controller

T-Blog Editor/ February 16, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWhat to do when an EqualLogic Controller Fails The procedures may vary when a control module (member) is removed or fails depending on the number and type of control modules, the network cabling configuration, and the cache mode settings. Please see the Hardware Maintenance manual for your array model for detailed information about array-specific control module and network failover behavior. Use

Read More

Decoding EMC Hard Drive specs using the Part Numbers

T-Blog Editor/ February 15, 2020/ EMC Technical Resources, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAs your EMC CLARiiON, VNX, and AX series grow older, sourcing the exact part number replacements for hard drives can get harder and harder. This guide aims to educate you on how to determine the part number and see compatible part numbers for your system. Determining EMC Hard Drive Part Numbers There is a good chance that there are many

Read More

What is FLARE? A simple explanation of EMC Hard drive Flare?

T-Blog Editor/ February 15, 2020/ EMC os-FLARE, EMC Technical Resources, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhat is FLARE? FLARE (Fibre Logic Array Runtime Environment) OS is a custom Windows Operating System which runs the EMC CLARiiON and VNX Storage Systems. To function properly, disks in an EMC CLARiiON system require that each storage processor run minimum revisions of the FLARE Operating Environment. The EMC Celerra products use a different version, called DART. EMC Symmetrix / DMX use

Read More

Tip on restarting Navisphere Management Server on EMC CLARiiON CX-x Series DAE

T-Blog Editor/ February 15, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteIt may be necessary to restart the Navisphere management server on an EMC CLARiiON CX, CX3, CX4 if any of the problems below present: A Fatal Event icon (red letter “F” in a circle) is displayed for some physical element of array, but Navisphere CLI reports no faults. Host displays a “U” icon even after rebooting host. Navisphere User Interface

Read More

How to upgrade Flare code on EMC CLARiiON CX4 DAE

T-Blog Editor/ February 15, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, EMC os-FLARE, EMC Technical Resources, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 9 minutesIntroduction The following is a series of simple documents aimed at providing visual guidance on the process required upgrade the FLARE code on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 array. These documents assume that: A version of FLARE 30 is already installed on the array (although the steps for FLARE 29 and below are not significantly different) You have access to EMC’s

Read More