0506, 2021

What is phishing? Its origins, how it happens and how to prevent yourself from being a victim

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 5, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, MSPs and cybersecurity, Security, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 9 minutesPhishing is a form of fraud in which an attacker masquerades as a reputable entity or person in email or other forms of communication. By Alexander S. Gillis Attackers will commonly use phishing emails to distribute malicious links or attachments that can perform a variety of functions. Some will extract login credentials or account information from victims. Deceptive phishing is

0506, 2021

What is pharming?-a tech definition and explanation.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 5, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, MSPs and cybersecurity, Security

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPharming is a scamming practice in which malicious code is installed on a personal computer (PC) or server, misdirecting users to fraudulent websites without their knowledge or consent. Courtesy Post By a TechTarget Contributor The aim is for users to input their personal information. Once information, such as a credit card number, bank account number or password, has been entered

0306, 2021

Device as a service set to expand for channel partners

Staff Writer/ June 3, 2021/ Cloud computing, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe device-as-a-service market is poised for growth as customers look to trim Capex, but channel partners may need to recast themselves if they want to serve as a DaaS provider. By Nicole Lewis If analyst predictions come true and the device-as-a-service market experiences significant growth over the next two years, channel partners involved in the management of PCs and mobile

3005, 2021

Top Five Ways Ethernet SSDs Can Improve Storage Solutions

Staff Writer/ May 30, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Presentations, Partner Resources

Reading Time-approximately: 13 minutesEthernet-attached SSDs offer a simple way to boost storage performance and decrease cost. This panel discussion explores ways to connect SSDs to a network. By R. Davis, Z. Binshtock, M. Hallbery, I. Hamadi (A panel discussion, and verbatim word for word content of the same) 00:01 Rob Davis: Good morning everybody, and welcome to the Flash Memory Summit panel session on Ethernet

3005, 2021

Monitoring the Health of NVMe SSDs-an insightful presentation on how to also manage their status.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 30, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices

Reading Time-approximately: 22 minutesMany capabilities have been built into NVMe technology, including enhancing error reporting, logging, management, debug, and telemetry. Here are insights on how you can manage the status and health of NVMe SSDs (like notifying users when an SSD failure occurs). By Jonmichael Hands (and for your convenience below the verbatim presentation , … word for word) 00:03 Speaker 1: Hey, guys,

3005, 2021

What is an M.2 SSD?-a tech definition

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 30, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesAn M.2 SSD is a small form factor solid-state drive (SSD) that is used in internally mounted storage expansion cards. By Alexander S. Gillis M.2 SSDs conform to a computer industry specification and are designed to enable high-performance storage in thin, power-constrained devices, such as ultrabooks and tablet computers. They are generally smaller than other, comparable SSDs, such as the mSATA. SSDs are a form

3005, 2021

Implementing NVMe power management: why you should and how to do it.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 30, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, How do i...?, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Support: Storage Systems' Implementation Tutorials, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesUnderstand how to use NVMe built-in power management features to conserve energy, manage heat and, in the case of mobile devices, extend operating times. By John Edwards Fast, reliable NVMe SSDs have revolutionized data storage. There’s a downside to NVMe SSD technology, however: high power consumption. Fortunately, the NVMe specification offers numerous power management features. Here’s what you need to know. Why

2805, 2021

4 QLC workloads and why they’re a good fit for QLC NAND flash

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 28, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesFind out about the read-intensive applications that work best with QLC NAND. Analytics, data archiving, streaming media and database workloads are all good options. By Robert Sheldon Storage vendors are constantly trying to pack more data into their NAND flash drives, often by increasing the number of bits per cell. NAND started out with one bit per cell, moved to

2805, 2021

PLC flash: A solid state candidate for analytics and archives?

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 28, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWe thought flash would end at QLC, but storage media makers are working on penta-level cell, which could push capacity to double figures, but at a further performance cost. By Antony Adshead When QLC flash storage drives arrived in the market last year, it looked like the storage media makers had pushed the manufacturing process as far as it could go. But now, Intel

2805, 2021

Costs and best use cases of QLC flash storage

Staff Writer/ May 28, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesQLC flash brings high capacities at costs coming down close to spinning disk. So what are the use cases for QLC solid state, which make best use of its relatively low endurance. By Maxwell Cooter We are truly entering the flash era. Four or five years ago, the market for flash storage was arguably still emerging, but since then solid state has