2104, 2021

Ease the green data storage transition in 3 ways

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 21, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center storage, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesEnergy-efficient storage promises several benefits. Finding the right approach requires carefully assessing available technology, where you keep your data and costs. By John Edwards As more organizations contemplate transitioning to an energy-efficient data center, green data storage is gaining attention. With several storage technology choices available, the main challenge green storage adopters face is finding and following their best approach

2004, 2021

Sizing a UPS unit?-How to do it correctly first time.

Staff Writer/ April 20, 2021/ Data center design and facilities, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How do i...?, Industry News and Expert Advice, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), UPS Sizing-Data center Design, UPS Systems in the Data Center

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesYour data center UPS sizing needs are dependent on a variety of factors. Develop configurations and determine the estimated UPS capacity that will meet your current and future needs. By Robert McFarlane So you need an uninterruptible power supply unit, but you’re having trouble sizing it. How do you figure it out? Some uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems are rated in kilowatts

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

1704, 2021

SAN management best practices for optimizing performance

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 17, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAN Technology and Arrays

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSANs consolidate resources and provide a high-speed network for storage traffic, but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook when it comes to performance management. By Brien Posey Storage area networks can deliver the performance required by even the most demanding enterprise workloads. Even so, there are several SAN management best practices that must be followed to achieve the optimal

1704, 2021

3 ways to approach legacy hardware maintenance

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 17, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center systems management, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Small Business Technologies, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBudget, maintenance cycles and specialized use cases are all reasons to keep legacy hardware. Minimize costs and outages with service contracts and emulation options. By Brien Posey All data center admins face legacy hardware maintenance. In a perfect world, data centers would be equipped solely with the most up-to-date generation of hardware. However, budgetary and operational requirements mean most infrastructure

1704, 2021

server hardware degradation-a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ April 17, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware strategy, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesServer hardware degradation is the gradual breakdown of the physical parts of a server. By Brien Posey and Christine Cignoli There are several general areas where server degradation problems occur, including power, temperature, management and memory. The electric components inside servers age over time, and heat sinks and fans get clogged with dust, reducing the server’s efficiency and performance. Server life-cycle

1704, 2021

The 5 principles of zero-trust security

Staff Writer/ April 17, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network application performance, Network Security, Network visibility, Zero-trust model (zero trust network)

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesZero trust is a journey, not a destination. Ensure your corporate network is safe from internal and external threats by implementing these five principles of zero-trust security. By Andrew Froehlich Perimeter security is no longer the best option for enterprise IT departments. A far more flexible architecture is needed that focuses on users, devices and services. The concept of zero

1704, 2021

5 common security authentication factors to know

Staff Writer/ April 17, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Network visibility

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesMultifactor authentication is a security system that requires two or more authentication steps to verify the user’s identity. Discover the most important terms related to MFA. By Katie Donegan Authentication is a process of confirming whether someone or something is actually who or what it claims to be. Demand for multifactor authentication in the United States has been galvanized by government regulations,

1704, 2021

Incorporating zero trust into endpoint security

Staff Writer/ April 17, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network management and monitoring, Network Security, Zero-trust model (zero trust network)

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesZero trust is a complex term, but organizations that take security seriously must know what it is and how it can support existing endpoint security platforms. By Brien Posey Zero-trust authentication is a security concept that has been around for over a decade, but the ways that IT professionals and security software vendors incorporate this strategy are consistently evolving. The