1202, 2021

data center services-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ February 12, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

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

0302, 2021

Optimize a BCDR strategy for 2021 and beyond

Staff Writer/ February 3, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

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

0202, 2021

virtual storage area network (VSAN)- a tech definition

Staff Writer/ February 2, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, SAN Technology and Arrays, Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA virtual storage area network (VSAN) is a logical partition in a physical storage area network (SAN). VSANs enable traffic to be isolated within specific portions of a storage area network, so if a problem occurs in one logical partition, it can be handled with a minimum of disruption to the rest of the network. By John Edwards The use of multiple,

0102, 2021

memory leak: what is this?

Staff Writer/ February 1, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre performance troubleshooting, monitoring and optimisation, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteA memory leak is the gradual loss of available computer memory when a program (an application or part of the operating system) repeatedly fails to return memory that it has obtained for temporary use. By Tekmart Enterprise Support As a result, the available memory for that application or that part of the operating system becomes exhausted and the program can no longer function. For a

2901, 2021

Optimal architectures for intelligent storage systems

Staff Writer/ January 29, 2021/ Application-aware storage, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesExplore the best, most optimal architectures for intelligent storage and how these systems improve storage performance/utilization to help get more bang out of your data set buck. By Dan Sullivan Brute force has been the critical lever to achieving advances in storage technology for much of its history. Making storage devices bigger, faster and denser has worked well and will

2401, 2021

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives-a brief explanation

Staff Writer/ January 24, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data Center Hardware, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesBy Tekmart Africa Enterprise Support Hard drives that come with the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface are designed to handle high-performance enterprise requirements. These drives offer the benefits of backward compatibility with SCSI interfaces. They also offer interoperability with SATA drives. This allows them to bring a perfect mix of flexibility and cost-effectiveness to enterprises. SAS 6Gbps hard drives are suitable

2201, 2021

NVMe (non-volatile memory express)-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ January 22, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Data center storage, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, NVMe storage, Primary Storage Devices, Research Results and Trends, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesNVMe (non-volatile memory express) is a host controller interface and storage protocol created to accelerate the transfer speed of data between enterprise and client systems and solid-state drives (SSDs) over a computer’s high-speed Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Rich Castagna; Carol Sliwa As solid-state technology became the preferred medium in the storage market, it quickly became clear that existing interfaces

1901, 2021

It’s a new age for hot site disaster recovery

Staff Writer/ January 19, 2021/ Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHot sites are a viable disaster recovery strategy, but high costs and changing DR risks have made alternatives like disaster recovery as a service a more appealing option. By Alan R. Earls Not too long ago, the gold standard for IT preparedness was having a dedicated facility for hot site disaster recovery. Now, at a time when bullet-proof, interruption-free IT

1901, 2021

Where disaster recovery strategy stands post-2020

Staff Writer/ January 19, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPredictably, some 2019 forecasts of what disaster recovery might look like in 2020 didn’t quite hit the mark. However, funding and cybersecurity were evergreen concerns. By Alan R. Earls Disaster recovery strategies have had to change drastically from expectations in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic presented many disaster recovery challenges for teams in 2020, as remote work became the norm. At

1601, 2021

Storage virtualization terminology

Staff Writer/ January 16, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAN technology and arrays, SAN Technology and Arrays, Tekmart Partner Content, Tekmart Support: Storage Systems' Implementation Tutorials

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesAlthough storage virtualization is a term that is used extensively throughout the storageindustry, it can be applied to a wide range of technologies and underlying capabilities. Inreality, most storage devices can technically claim to be virtualized in one form or another. Tekmart Support Team Therefore, we must start by defining the concept of storage virtualization as used in this tutorial.