Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesOrganisations are buying more tech to keep operations running, but DRAM shortages will lead to server price increases By Cliff Saran Published: 26 Aug 2020 HPE has reported net revenue of $6.8bn for the third quarter of 2020, down 6% compared with Q3 2019. The company reported a 12% decline in revenue in its intelligent edge business to $684m, while its
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: 6 minutesSecurity teams should be used to supporting remote workers effectively by now, but what’s going to happen when people start returning to their offices? We look at the risks and how to address them. By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor The office has been deep cleaned and set up to comply with social distancing recommendations, and – against all the odds –
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 Julia Borgini, If you’re looking to replace outdated hardware — such as servers, storage drives or network switches — you must source replacement pieces, but also take care of the disposal of your old hardware. Outdated infrastructure upgrades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: 5 minutesIs your data center equipment starting to show signs of aging? These performance metrics can evaluate hardware health and help you decide if assets should be maintained or retired. Robert Sheldon Published: 13 Jul 2020 Data center assets — such as servers, network components and power equipment — should be retired on a routine basis to ensure application and operational workflows
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 minutesA logical unit number (LUN) is a unique identifier for designating an individual or collection of physical or virtual storage devices that execute input/output (I/O) commands with a host computer, as defined by the Small System Computer Interface (SCSI) standard. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Alexander Gillis SCSI is a widely implemented I/O interconnect that can facilitate data exchange between
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
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