Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesIs there a difference between a wireless access point vs. a router? Yes — while the two wireless devices are related, they meet different needs in a Wi-Fi network. By Alissa Irei and Lisa Phifer Significant differences exist between a wireless access point vs. a wireless router. While both support Wi-Fi network connectivity and may perform similar roles, the two devices
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesLatency is a synonym for delay. In telecommunications, low latency is associated with a positive user experience (UX) while high latency is associated with poor UX. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Alexander Gillis, Matthew Haughn and Ed Blair In computer networking, latency is an expression of how much time it takes for a data packet to travel from one designated point to another. Ideally,
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesIOPS (input/output operations per second) is the standard unit of measurement for the maximum number of reads and writes to non-contiguous storage locations. IOPS is pronounced EYE-OPS. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Erin Sullivan IOPS is frequently referenced by storage vendors to characterize performance in solid-state drives (SSD), hard disk drives (HDD) and storage area networks. However, an IOPS number is not an
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesDrive configuration, server connection and storage backplanes are all things that can affect application latency. Start with these items when looking for storage bottlenecks. By Brian Kirsch Storage is typically one of the biggest performance bottlenecks in a virtual infrastructure, simply because of the latency inherent to spinning hard disks. While storage area networks and RAID technology have reduced that
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSome of the infrastructure components behind slow performance include CPU, memory and networking. These tips will help you find and eliminate those bottlenecks. By Brian Kirsch When it comes to bottlenecks, the big four that always come to mind are CPU, memory, network and storage. Since these are typically the infrastructure pieces that make up a virtual environment, it stands
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesScaling up or scaling out is not a decision to be made lightly. Use monitoring data to determine the strategy that fits your use case and to inform future decisions. By Stephen J. Bigelow Monitoring is a crucial element of the decision to scale up or scale out a workload. VMs can easily scale up to add more processors, memory
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is legislation that will update and unify data privacy laws across the European Union. GDPR was approved by the EU Parliament on April 14, 2016 and goes into effect on May 25, 2018. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Trea Lavery GDPR replaces the EU Data Protection Directive of 1995. The new directive focuses on keeping businesses more transparent
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesIf you jumped to the cloud at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, without much long-term planning, take some time now to evaluate your current cloud strategy. By Chris Tozzi The coronavirus pandemic accelerated the pace of cloud adoption, and it’s easy to see why. Cloud platforms add flexibility and reliability, which are valuable assets in unpredictable times. They also
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhile network security focuses on solely protecting networks, cloud security provides protection for networks, servers, containers, apps and more. By Andrew Froehlich Cloud computing has been around for a while, but confusion still surrounds the correct meaning of certain terms. An example of this is differentiating between cloud security vs. network security. First, let’s look at the term network security to understand
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesOrganizations can use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning toolkit to assess a variety of aspects of their desktop environment, including hardware, resource use and more. By Robert Sheldon The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit can help administrators with inventory work and IT infrastructure assessments. At the heart of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is the MAP application, which collects data
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