Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesEnd users don’t want their productivity interrupted by IT maintenance. With the right technology, testing and planning, you can reduce or eliminate downtime in the data center. By Brien Posey Hardware and software data center upgrades are an inevitable part of operations, but you can take measures to ensure that they do not result in any data center downtime. The
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesIT administrators can upgrade CPU, RAM and networking hardware to maintain smooth server operations and to maximize resources. By Alastair Cooke There are many server maintenance tips that can help you protect servers over their three-to-five year lifespan in the corporate data center, such as refreshing RAM and network cards and keeping software up to date. Physical cleanliness is an
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThere are a variety of factors that affect VDI storage, including system requirements and supported workloads. Evaluate these factors to ease the VDI planning process. By Robert Sheldon Published: 01 Sep 2020 IT must take a variety of factors into account during the VDI planning process, and storage is one of the most crucial components. IT should think of VDI storage
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA remote employee’s home network requires basics such as routers, modems and VPN services. For the networking novice, this glossary explains and defines these terms and more. By Michaela Goss For businesses and employees alike, it’s crucial to understand how every home network also becomes an office network amid social distancing orders and increases in remote work. Home, or residential,
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesWith a few minor tweaks, such as maximizing RAM, disabling visual effects and getting rid of unnecessary services, you can increase Windows 10 performance. By Ed Tittel As an IT professional, you can make a few Windows 10 performance tweaks to enable the OS to run faster. It’s as easy as changing a few settings and adding some hardware and
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesBackup power is essential to reduce — or eliminate — downtime. Admins can refer to industry standards, UPSes and generators to build out systems that support critical components. By Alan R. Earls Published: 26 Aug 2020 As companies must deliver ever-higher levels of uptime, data center backup power supplies gain more attention. They have also grown in sophistication, and admins can
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesYou can configure BIOS settings to get more productivity out of servers, but some high-performance settings could increase power consumption or put reliability at risk. By Brien Posey Published: 21 Aug 2020 One way to maximize server hardware is to configure the machine to deliver the best possible performance. You can adjust the BIOS settings to increase server performance. However, note that doing
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhen evaluating the cost of a hyper-converged storage system, it’s important to keep the functionality of the system in mind in addition to cost per gigabyte. By Brien Posey It isn’t entirely fair to compare the expense of a SAN or NAS system to that of a hyper-converged system because the three technologies were created for different purposes. In addition,
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesDAS can be useful for specific applications, but NAS is often the better option because it can provide a greater number of storage architecture options. By Brien Posey When given a choice, is it better to use network-attached storage (NAS) or direct-attached storage (DAS) for your environment? While there is not an answer that holds true in every situation —
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesFind out what’s new with NAS technology today, including how it differs from SAN and DAS and where a NAS device might fit into your enterprise’s storage plan. By Brien Posey Published: 24 Jun 2019 Over the last several years, storage hardware has become increasingly sophisticated. With so many new features and capabilities introduced each year, data storage administrators may have
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