Web farm, Web server farm-what are these? A simple tech explanation

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 5, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, 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: < 1 minuteA server farm is a group of computers acting as servers and housed together in a single location. A server farm is sometimes called a server cluster.  By TechTarget Contributor A Web server farm can be either (1) a Web site that has more than one server, or (2) an Internet service provider (ISP) that provides Web hosting services using multiple servers.

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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,

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typosquatting-a tech explanation

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 5, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteTyposquatting is a form of Internet cybersquatting, based on the probability that a certain number of Internet users will mistype the name of a Web site (or actually its URL) when surfing the Web. By TechTarget Contributor Typically, a typosquatter will register several possible input errors for a “brand name” Web site known for its high traffic, and then monitor to see

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What is pharming?-a tech definition and explanation.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 5, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, MSPs and cybersecurity, Security

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPharming is a scamming practice in which malicious code is installed on a personal computer (PC) or server, misdirecting users to fraudulent websites without their knowledge or consent. Courtesy Post By a TechTarget Contributor The aim is for users to input their personal information. Once information, such as a credit card number, bank account number or password, has been entered

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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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