Top Five Ways Ethernet SSDs Can Improve Storage Solutions

Staff Writer/ May 30, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Presentations, Partner Resources

Reading Time-approximately: 13 minutesEthernet-attached SSDs offer a simple way to boost storage performance and decrease cost. This panel discussion explores ways to connect SSDs to a network. By R. Davis, Z. Binshtock, M. Hallbery, I. Hamadi (A panel discussion, and verbatim word for word content of the same) 00:01 Rob Davis: Good morning everybody, and welcome to the Flash Memory Summit panel session on Ethernet

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Monitoring the Health of NVMe SSDs-an insightful presentation on how to also manage their status.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 30, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices

Reading Time-approximately: 22 minutesMany capabilities have been built into NVMe technology, including enhancing error reporting, logging, management, debug, and telemetry. Here are insights on how you can manage the status and health of NVMe SSDs (like notifying users when an SSD failure occurs). By  Jonmichael Hands (and for your convenience below the verbatim presentation , … word for word) 00:03 Speaker 1: Hey, guys,

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PLC flash: A solid state candidate for analytics and archives?

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 28, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWe thought flash would end at QLC, but storage media makers are working on penta-level cell, which could push capacity to double figures, but at a further performance cost. By Antony Adshead When QLC flash storage drives arrived in the market last year, it looked like the storage media makers had pushed the manufacturing process as far as it could go. But now, Intel

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Costs and best use cases of QLC flash storage

Staff Writer/ May 28, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesQLC flash brings high capacities at costs coming down close to spinning disk. So what are the use cases for QLC solid state, which make best use of its relatively low endurance. By Maxwell Cooter We are truly entering the flash era. Four or five years ago, the market for flash storage was arguably still emerging, but since then solid state has

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Role-based access control (RBAC)-a tech explanation

T-Blog Editor/ May 24, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesRole-based access control (RBAC) is a method of restricting network access based on the roles of individual users within an enterprise. By Linda Rosencrance RBAC lets employees have access rights only to the information they need to do their jobs and prevents them from accessing information that doesn’t pertain to them. An employee’s role in an organization determines the permissions

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12 Microsoft Exchange Server security best practices

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 24, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Exchange Online administration and implementation, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Messaging and collaboration, SQL and Exchange Resources

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesExchange security has come under increased scrutiny since the recent exploitation of critical vulnerabilities. Review this list of activities to best protect your enterprise. By Paul Kirvan Microsoft Exchange Server is a widely used email server application. Many utilities, as well as supporting tools and aids, have been developed for it. Considering how important email is to any organization, maintaining

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7 steps for a strong network and IT security foundation

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 24, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Cloud Security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Security, Wireless Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesEnterprises should make it a habit to review their IT security systems, following steps that include network segmentation, multifactor authentication and security education. By Terry Slattery Without a strong network security strategy, IT security will fall short — and vice versa. The National Security Agency (NSA) has identified three basic functions to form the foundation of a good IT security

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Introduction to the EMC Celerra NX4 Entry-Level Unified Storage System

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 21, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, EMC Network Storage Systems, EMC os-FLARE, EMC Technical Resources, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteWith Celerra NX4 unified storage, you can eliminate file servers and consolidate application storage with network-attached storage (NAS), iSCSI, and Fibre Channel connectivity. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team. EMC Celerra NX4 brings the big benefits of consolidation together with fully automated storage tiering (FAST) at an affordable price. Go from power-up to production in as few as 15 minutes. Simplify

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Network pen testing (penetration testing) and why they are important in organizations.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 20, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Network application performance, Network Security, Wireless Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA penetration test, also called a pen test or ethical hacking, is a cybersecurity technique organizations use to identify, test and highlight vulnerabilities in their security posture. By TechTarget Contributor and Puneet Mehta These penetration tests are often carried out by ethical hackers. These in-house employees or third parties mimic the strategies and actions of an attacker in order to evaluate the hackability of

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The different tiers of disaster recovery and their explanations.

T-Blog Editor/ May 18, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesOrganizations have used disaster recovery tiers to define the DR process for years. These key tiers can serve as a backbone to a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. By Paul Kirvan Disaster recovery focuses on the protection and restoration of IT system functions and network services, and it dates back to the 1970s. Its roots are in mainframe computing systems, and

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