Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThis backup and recovery audit checklist offers a comprehensive group of controls and evidence examples to get you ready for the important process of IT auditing. By Paul Kirvan To ensure that data backup activities are consistent with good practice and relevant standards and regulations, periodic audits are important. Audits ensure you’re performing backups regularly using good backup practices, your
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThis feature explores the basics of data center networks, such as how to plan for data center consolidation, the effects of cloud services and how to handle data center interconnects. By Michaela Goss Data center networking has always been a central part of enterprise network management. Data centers still play a crucial role in modern networking, yet this role has
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesInfrastructure power requirements can drive up operating costs. Data center managers can cut their utility bills if they address power needs for CPUs, storage and cooling systems. By Brien Posey Utility bills are no small data center expense. As part of the push to address IT spending, data center managers and organizations continue to look for ways to drive down
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFinding the right server operating temperature can be tricky. ASHRAE standards provide guidance for all server classes and what factors can play into temperature readings. By Jessica Lulka With rack density continuing to increase in data centers, admins must constantly keep an eye on operating temperatures to ensure their servers can run efficiently without any possibility of overheating. Instead of
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteData center services is a collective term for all the supporting components necessary to the proper operation of a data center. This includes all the implementation, maintenance and operation of a data center. As such, data center services can involve hardware, software, processes and personnel. Courtesy Post Data center services are responsible for giving IT organizations data backup and recovery, networking, website hosting, data management
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteiSER stands for “iSCSI Extensions for RDMA”. It is an extension of the data transfer model of iSCSI, a storage networking standard for TCP/IP. It uses the iSCSI components while taking the advantage of the RDMA protocol suite. By Tekmart Enterprise Support ISER is an RDMA transport for iSCSI, the link protocol could be either Ethernet or InfiniBand at any
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesFind out what data and applications are best for cloud storage, what design factors to consider and how to choose the right service to meet short- and long-term needs of remote workers. By Kurt Marko The scramble to support ubiquitous work-from-home environments has hit every corner of IT, but the effects on infrastructure operations haven’t been uniform. Organizations operating primarily
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesOvercoming data protection challenges is no easy feat, but with a comprehensive understanding of the issues, you can develop a strategy for dealing with them. By Alan R. Earls The global COVID-19 pandemic brought no relief from the problems facing data protection efforts and data protection professionals. If anything, challenges multiplied, from a security and breach prevention perspective and a
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesMicrosoft Windows Azure Active Directory (Windows Azure AD or Azure AD) is a cloud service that provides administrators with the ability to manage end-user identities and access privileges. Its services include core directory, access management and identity protection. As the name implies, Azure AD is part of the Microsoft Azure public cloud computing platform. By Wesley Chai, and Toni Boger The service gives administrators the
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCOVID-19 has changed the way many organizations view BCDR. Along with an increased interest in resilience, a pandemic-proof BCDR plan is likely top of mind for 2021. By Paul Kirvan In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, business continuity and disaster recovery planning and technology have evolved — a trend that will continue through 2021. With nearly a year of adapting
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