2407, 2021

What are customer premises equipment (CPE); a history and the different types explained.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ July 24, 2021/ Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Infrastructure, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesCustomer premises equipment (CPE) is telecommunications and information technology equipment kept at the customer’s physical location rather than on the service provider’s premises. By Katie Terrell Hanna Telephone handsets, cable TV set-top boxes and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) routers are examples of CPEs. Connectivity is established through a carrier’s telecommunication circuit at a demarcation point, or demarc. The demarc point is typically a central office

1805, 2021

The different tiers of disaster recovery and their explanations.

T-Blog Editor/ May 18, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesOrganizations have used disaster recovery tiers to define the DR process for years. These key tiers can serve as a backbone to a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. By Paul Kirvan Disaster recovery focuses on the protection and restoration of IT system functions and network services, and it dates back to the 1970s. Its roots are in mainframe computing systems, and

2004, 2021

What is meant by MTBF (mean time between failures)-a tech explanation

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 20, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteMTBF (mean time between failures) is a measure of how reliable a hardware product or component is. Courtesy Post: By TechTarget Contributor For most components, the measure is typically in thousands or even tens of thousands of hours between failures. For example, a hard disk drive may have a mean time between failures of 300,000 hours. A desired MTBF can

2004, 2021

What does high availability (HA) mean?-a tech definition

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 20, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesHigh availability (HA) is the ability of a system to operate continuously without failing for a designated period of time. HA works to ensure a system meets an agreed-upon operational performance level. In information technology (IT), a widely held but difficult-to-achieve standard of availability is known as five-nines availability, which means the system or product is available 99.999% of the time. ByBen Lutkevich

1304, 2021

Pen Testing as a Service (PTaaS)-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ Cloud Security, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Network Security, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesPen Testing as a Service (PTaaS) is a cloud service that provides information technology (IT) professionals with the resources they need to conduct and act upon point-in-time and continuous penetration tests. By TechTarget Contributor The goal of PTaaS is to help organizations build successful vulnerability management programs that can find, prioritize and remediate security threats quickly and efficiently. In IT security, it

0604, 2021

array-based replication-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ April 6, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteArray-based replication is an approach to data backup in which compatible storage arrays use built-in software to automatically copy data from one storage array to another. By John Hilliard Array-based replication software runs on one or more storage controllers resident in disk storage systems, synchronously or asynchronously replicating data between similar storage array models at the logical unit number (LUN) or volume block level. The term can refer to the creation

0604, 2020

Buy server hardware with these key functions in mind

T-Blog Editor/ April 6, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesFind the right server hardware for your data center by evaluating what leading vendors offer in terms of processors, memory, storage, connectivity, hot swapping and security features. By Robert Sheldon Contributor –SearchSQLServer Published: 04 Jan 2019 When the time comes to buy server hardware, there are a lot of factors to consider, such as the number of processors, the available

0504, 2020

Different types of memory DIMMS for Dell PowerEdge servers explained.

T-Blog Editor/ April 5, 2020/ Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesTechnical differences and usage scenarios of the different server memory in Dell PowerEdge servers. Their several types of memory DIMMS for servers available: Unbuffered DIMM: UDIMM does not buffer either add, control, clock, or data I/O lines Registered DIMM: RDIMM, buffers add, control, clock lines but does not buffer data I/O lines Load reduced DIMMs: LRDIMM, buffers both add, control, clock and data

0404, 2020

Automated Dell Hard Drive updates using Nautilus Firmware Update Utility-The procedure.

T-Blog Editor/ April 4, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesDell Nautilus Firmware Update Utility: Bootable media for automatic Hard Drive updates Using the Dell Nautilus Firmware Update Utility is probably one of the easiest and most flexible ways of updating your hard drive firmware. Below, you will find instructions on how to download and create a bootable CD/DVD, ISO or USB which will automatically update all your Dell branded

0404, 2020

How to identify Dell hard drive properties and update the firmware?

T-Blog Editor/ April 4, 2020/ How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesHere you should be able to update the firmware of Dell drives; irrespective of the manufacturer How to identify hard driver properties in OMSA? OpenManage Server Administrator can be used to determine the make and model of a physical disk. The firmware version is also visible on the line labeled “revision“. 1.Launch OMSA on your PowerEdge server and navigate the menu