Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFor IT staff to be able to work and provide support for other employees in a remote setting, organizations must first ensure they have the proper setup and infrastructure in place. By Robin Gareiss, Nemertes Research Published: 21 Jul 2020 When the COVID-19 pandemic caused work-from-home orders around the world, IT leaders and their teams acquired mounting responsibility to ensure millions of
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesRead on to learn how data center and storage administrators use cloud services, remote management and automation to overcome today’s COVID-19 challenges. By John Edwards Published: 13 Aug 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is exacting a toll on data center storage services. With many employees working from home, enterprises are finding that operating, maintaining and updating a storage infrastructure is a challenge.
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHardware, software and facility issues can lead to server failure. With the right protocol and preventive maintenance, you can reduce failure amount and troubleshoot time. By Jacob Roundy Published: 02 Jun 2020 Server failure is a common issue that affects all organization types and sizes, and the cost of server downtime can include days without system access to loss of critical
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAsset tracking, information logging and security measures should all be a part of hardware decommissioning. Don’t miss a step with these considerations. Julia Borgini, If you’re looking to replace outdated hardware — such as servers, storage drives or network switches — you must source replacement pieces, but also take care of the disposal of your old hardware. Outdated infrastructure upgrades
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteEffective IT asset disposal is essential for data center health IT hardware evaluation and procurement are necessary — and potentially exciting — parts of data center management. But aside from seeing what shiny new tech can be introduced to your infrastructure, you must also track what IT assets are due for retirement. Consistently monitoring aging hardware and replacing it at
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesThe pandemic Covid-19 has served to highlight just how dependent the world is on the datacentre community – and governments, policy-makers and investors are taking note. By Caroline Donnelly Senior Editor, UK -Computer Weekly –ComputerWeekly.com Published: 03 Jul 2020 The cloak of invisibility under which the datacentre industry operates suits enterprises and colocation providers from a security and operational scrutiny
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesComputer Weekly explores a variety of cost-effective, energy-efficient services currently using innovative methods to keep datacentres cool By Cliff Saran Managing Editor -TechTarget –ComputerWeekly.com Published: 01 Jun 2020 The volume of data stored and processed has a direct correlation to datacentre energy efficiency and cooling requirements, needed to keep equipment running optimally. Analyst IDC estimates that the amount of data
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesServers can be expensive, but there’s more to the purchase than just the price of the hardware. Learn what additional items an SMB must factor into the overall cost. By Brien Posey Microsoft MVP –SearchDataBackup Published: 03 Jun 2020 Even though many larger organizations run a significant percentage of their workloads in the cloud, there are some compelling benefits for
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesServer hardware has consistently evolved since the first web server in 1990. Here’s a look at the major advancements in form factor, management and virtualization. By Jacob Roundy SearchDataCenter Published: 04 Jun 2020 Millions of servers exist worldwide, many of which are hidden away in server farms and data centers. But have you ever considered the technology’s origins? The history
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesServer power requirements differ for each organization, but it’s still essential to monitor peak loads and track how much power your servers consume to avoid outages. By Alan R. Earls Contributor –SearchSoftwareQuality Server power consumption is a necessary component to monitor as part of comprehensive data center operations. Servers are some of the biggest power users in a data center,
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