3009, 2021

Transceivers: what they are, how they work and the role they play in a wireless communication network.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 30, 2021/ Computer Storage Hardware, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Mobile and wireless network technology, Partner Content, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Partner Content

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA transceiver is a combination transmitter/receiver in a single package. While the term typically applies to wireless communications devices, it can also be used for transmitter/receiver devices in cable or optical fiber systems. By Katie Terrell Hanna The main functionality of this electronic device is to transmit, as well as receive, different signals. In local area networks, the transceiver is a part of the network interface

0409, 2021

Where is QLC NAND the most useful in the enterprise?

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ September 4, 2021/ Application-aware storage, Archiving and backup, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data protection, backup and archiving, Data storage backup tools, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Solid-state storage

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesQuad-level NAND has its benefits, but is it right for enterprise-level companies? While it can be plagued by performance and durability issues, the technology still has its uses. By Brien Posey It’s at least somewhat tempting to dismiss quad-level NAND as a poor choice for use in enterprise-class organizations. After all, the quad-level cells in storage devices are far less

1308, 2021

Dell EMC VNX; features, its family of storage systems and useful terms you need to know.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ August 13, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Data Storage Hardware, EMC Network Storage Systems, EMC Technical Resources, SAN technology and arrays, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesDell EMC VNX is a family of enterprise-grade unified file and block storage systems. The Dell EMC VNX family of storage systems combines data storage scalability and flexibility with industry-leading simplicity and efficiency, reducing the total costs of ownership and operation of the storage system. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team Dell EMC VNX Storage System Features The Dell EMC VNX family of

2106, 2021

Running HPC workloads?-how long until cloud becomes the preferred environment.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 21, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Computer Storage Hardware, COVID-19: Organization Mitigation Responses, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe high-performance computing market is growing, but enterprises that have already made large investments in on-premise HPC will need to weigh up whether a move to the cloud would be worth their while. By Sooraj Shah Enterprise spending on high-performance computing (HPC) has skyrocketed over the past decade. According to Intersect360 Research, a 10-year growth streak from 2009 to 2019

0506, 2021

What is a Server? An updated definition

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 5, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definition Updates

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesA server is a computer program or device that provides a service to another computer program and its user, also known as the client. In a data center, the physical computer that a server program runs on is also frequently referred to as a server. By Brien Posey That machine might be a dedicated server or it might be used for other purposes. In the client/server programming model,

0405, 2021

EMC, Dell and NetApp top NAS storage systems satisfaction survey.

T-Blog Editor/ May 4, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Computational Storage, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, NAS devices, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Research Results and Trends

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesOur ninth annual survey collected user feedback regarding the service and reliability of NAS storage systems. By Rich Castagna The bloom may be off the rose for NAS storage systems, which enjoyed a long stretch as the darlings of data storage shops. Over the nine years we’ve been fielding Quality Awards surveys to gauge user satisfaction with storage vendors’ NAS

1704, 2021

What is SMART and how to use it to predict HDD or SSD failure.

Staff Writer/ April 17, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data backup security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Partner Content, Small business disaster recovery, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Partner Content, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesSMART is a system that monitors the internal information of your drive. Its clever name is actually an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. SMART, also written as S.M.A.R.T., is a technology found inside HDDs and SSDs. It is independent of your operating system, BIOS, or other software. Original Tutorial (Edited) By Codrut Neagu A lot of us have experienced a hard

1304, 2021

The storage that IP surveillance needs;on-premise and in the cloud

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data Center Hardware, Data storage backup tools, SAN technology and arrays, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesSurveillance is changing, with the evolution from simple streams of sequential images to the application of AI to video, as well as an increasing move to use of the cloud. By Antony Adshead Surveillance systems demands huge amounts of storage media. With most surveillance based around image capture, that will always likely be the case. That also means that input/output (I/O)

0503, 2021

SSD Raid 101: The essentials of flash storage and Raid

Staff Writer/ March 5, 2021/ Computer Storage Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesFlash storage is mainstream, but what do storage professionals need to know about Raid when used with SSDs? We look at Raid fundamentals, and supplier implementations. By Antony Adshead A fundamental keystone of data protection, Raid (redundant array of independent disks) has been around for decades. The building blocks are very simple. Multiple disk drives allow data to be distributed via striping