Dell Launches 5 New PowerEdge Servers With Intel For SMBs

Staff Writer/ October 7, 2021/ Data center systems management, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Dell Datacenter Hardware, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Presentations, Research Results and Trends, Server Hardware, Small Business Technologies, Tekmart Partner Content, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesHere’s what you need to know about Dell Technologies’ five new PowerEdge rack and tower servers with Intel processors launched today. By Mark Haranas 5 New Dell Servers Targeting SMBs, Edge Computing   After selling well over 500,000 servers last quarter, Dell Technologies is launching five new PowerEdge servers today targeting small-and-medium businesses (SMBs) and edge computing use cases. All of the new Dell

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What are DPUs and what do they do?

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 29, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center server infrastructure and OSes, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLearn the basics of data processing units: What they are, what they do, who’s making them and who’s adopting them. Then decide whether your data center might use one someday. By Allyson Larcom A data processing unit is a hardware accelerator specifically geared toward data processing and data-centric computing. It differs from other hardware accelerators such as the CPU and

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Exploring the evolution of Intel and AMD server processors.

Staff Writer/ August 20, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Converged Infrastructure, Converged Infrastructure Management, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Management, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesIntel and AMD server processors are used in a variety of systems, including converged and hyper-converged infrastructure. Explore the improvements in their technologies. By Kurt Marko Research and development at competitors Intel and AMD ensures that x86 users will have products to counter burgeoning competition from Arm licensees like AWS. In the last year, Intel and AMD have released product

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Which is better for performance:AHCI or RAID?

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ July 27, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center capacity Planning, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe Advanced Host Controller Interface and RAID are fundamental concepts for running an efficient data management and storage infrastructure. Learn the AHCI and RAID basics. By Scott D. Lowe and Brien Posey Even in this age of SSDs, IT still works with technologies developed in the last century. These techs include the Advanced Host Controller Interface and redundant arrays of

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Some answers to top server lifecycle management questions

Tekmart Data Center Team/ July 12, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware strategy, Timeless Articles

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesUnsure when to maintain, upgrade or ditch a server? Here’s a look at your hardware — and software — care options. By Jessica Lulka Healthy servers are essential for smooth data center operations. But if you just install the hardware and let it run, you’ll eventually face downtime or poor processing performance.  It can be tricky to determine when to

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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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3 ways to approach legacy hardware maintenance

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 17, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center systems management, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Small Business Technologies, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBudget, maintenance cycles and specialized use cases are all reasons to keep legacy hardware. Minimize costs and outages with service contracts and emulation options. By Brien Posey All data center admins face legacy hardware maintenance. In a perfect world, data centers would be equipped solely with the most up-to-date generation of hardware. However, budgetary and operational requirements mean most infrastructure

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server hardware degradation-a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ April 17, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware strategy, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesServer hardware degradation is the gradual breakdown of the physical parts of a server. By Brien Posey and Christine Cignoli There are several general areas where server degradation problems occur, including power, temperature, management and memory. The electric components inside servers age over time, and heat sinks and fans get clogged with dust, reducing the server’s efficiency and performance. Server life-cycle

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Spinning disk hard drives: Good value for many use cases

Staff Writer/ March 11, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server Hardware, Server hardware strategy

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhen it comes to storage media, all talk is of flash, but there are plenty of use cases where – far less costly – spinning disk can do a perfectly adequate job in the enterprise. By Stephen Pritchard Over the last few years, much of the enterprise storage market has focused on flash technology, but the hard disk drive (HDD) format has

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Enterprise technology trends for 2021 shaped by COVID-19

Staff Writer/ February 23, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Converged Infrastructure, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Management, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesExplore IT infrastructure and storage-related software, hardware and services that will likely be embraced in the coming year, and how the pandemic has influenced their use. By Alan R. Earls We approached experts, analysts and industry insiders and asked them to share their observations on enterprise technology trends for 2021 as well as COVID-19’s effect on the overall technology spectrum.

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