Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesData center outages continue to plague IT. Perform data center commissioning or an audit and have a solid power design to protect your organization from a crash. By Robert McFarlane Principal -Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC –SearchDataCenter Published: 03 Jul 2017 United, Delta and Southwest Airlines — on top of a host of other well-known companies — have recently suffered
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPower infrastructure upkeep is essential to reduce damage in an unplanned outage. UPS and generator maintenance, plus disaster planning, should be a part of regular operations. By Robert Sheldon Contributor –SearchSQLServer Published: 10 Mar 2020 A sudden loss of power can bring an entire data center operation to its knees. Power outages are harmful to IT systems because an outage
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesData centers have a lot of moving mechanical parts to maintain. It’s beneficial to leave electrical and fire system upkeep to the professionals instead of doing it all in-house. By Robert McFarlane Principal -Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC –SearchDataCenter Published: 27 Jan 2020 Maintenance is crucial to keep a mission-critical data center reliable, but any work on live equipment might
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAs the data center industry moves to improve energy efficiency, refresh your knowledge on the available cooling technology and methodologies. By Jessica Lulka Associate Site Editor –SearchDataCenter Published: 11 Dec 2019 Energy efficiency, management and cooling are complicated — but necessary — parts of data center and facility maintenance. In an effort to reach an optimal level of power usage
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs a result of the COVID-19 virus, CIOs must shift their priorities and now focus on the impact the pandemic has on the economy, employee health, staffing and technology. By Paul Kirvan Independent IT consultant/auditor –SearchDisasterRecovery Published: 30 Mar 2020 The escalating COVID-19 pandemic has moved to the top of CIO agendas in 2020, and perhaps beyond. Here, we’ll examine
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesSolid-state drives improve the performance of aging computers and turn newer PCs into speed machines. But, when you shop for one, you’re bombarded with terms, like SLC, SATA III, NVMe, and M.2. What does it all mean? An expert takes a look! Post courtesy of: Ian Paul from HowtoGeek.com IAN PAUL@ianpaul It’s All About the Cells ! Current SSDs use NAND flash storage,
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
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhen comparing NAND flash memory to NOR, it’s important to examine the structural differences to understand which type of non-volatile memory is best suited for some applications. By Kurt Marko Consultant -MarkoInsights –SearchMicroservices Published: 02 Apr 2020 Whether a consumer is shopping for a PC or an IT administrator is examining SSD specifications for new servers, when most people think
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
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteBefore you scratch your head out, note the meaning of the LED indicators on Dell Enterprise drives. On hotswap drives, the backplane provides two LED indicators per drive that transmit light to the top of their respective caddies. The light on the left is managed by the drive itself and indicates activity on the drive. The indicator on the right
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