1103, 2021

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

3011, 2020

Transform your infrastructure to support parallel processing

T-Blog Editor/ November 30, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server Hardware, Server hardware and virtualization, Server hardware strategy

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesQuick, real-time data analysis is a boost to any organization’s operations. With the right hardware and software, you can support parallelization in your data center. By Jacob Roundy Parallel processing capabilities are highly sought after, and admins can apply the technology across many industry sectors. With a data center designed to handle this workload type, companies can derive insights from

1309, 2020

Upgrade considerations for a blade server vs. rack server

T-Blog Editor/ September 13, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware strategy

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesBlade servers and rack servers aren’t designed the same, which means the refresh process varies for each. Explore the different upgrade considerations for memory, storage and more. By Jim O’Reilly For most IT shops, a server farm upgrade or replacement is inevitable. But that refresh process differs depending on whether the installed base is a blade server configuration or traditional

1309, 2020

Stop zombie servers from eating up data center resources

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesZombie servers can waste precious data center resources — and are more common than many IT teams think. Fortunately, DCIM and other monitoring tools can stop them in their tracks. By Robert McFarlane Comatose servers — also known as “zombie servers” — occupy space and usurp power and cooling in a data center. In today’s data centers, 30% of servers

2707, 2020

How to prevent and recover from server failure

T-Blog Editor/ July 27, 2020/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center systems management, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Server hardware strategy

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