The top data storage and management tools of 2020

Staff Writer/ March 27, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, About SDDC (software-defined data center), Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Software-defined storage, Storage management tools

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThese storage system and application software category winners all deal with the cloud, as organizations modernize their infrastructure and leave their data centers behind. By Johnny Yu Winning products in the Storage magazine and SearchStorage 2020 Products of the Year storage system and application software category focused on Kubernetes and cloud. With more workloads leaving data centers, the best data storage and

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What is cloud networking?-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ March 25, 2021/ Cloud computing, Cloud computing standards and compliance, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Security, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCloud networking is when some or all of an organization’s networking resources are located in the cloud. Hosting networking resources in the cloud means that businesses can create complex networks only with the need for an internet connection. Networking resources are normally hosted by a third-party cloud provider. By Alexander S. Gillis Cloud networking focuses on the ability for a cloud customer

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Assessing performance bottlenecks in virtualized networking

Staff Writer/ March 25, 2021/ Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network virtualization, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVirtual or soft switches can add measurable overhead to network-intensive workloads, but implementing PCI devices offers one option to reduce excess overhead. By Glen Kemp Spectre and Meltdown illuminated networking vulnerabilities that are still being assessed, but it’s obvious the attacks affected network capacity planning. While administrators hunt for ways to mitigate the effect of these attacks, one specification — single-root

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iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface)-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ March 24, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesISCSI is a transport layer protocol that describes how Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) packets should be transported over a TCP/IP network. By Dave Raffo and Rich Castagna ISCSI, which stands for Internet Small Computer System Interface, works on top of the Transport Control Protocol (TCP) and allows the SCSI command to be sent end-to-end over local-area networks (LANs), wide-area networks (WANs)

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block storage-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ March 24, 2021/ Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Software-defined storage, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesBlock storage is an approach to data storage in which each storage volume acts as an individual hard drive that is configured by the storage administrator. In the block storage model, data is saved to the storage media in fixed-sized chunks called blocks. Each block is associated with a unique address, and the address is the only metadata assigned to each block. 

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Limit the size of VMware hosts to control VM density

Staff Writer/ March 24, 2021/ Capacity planning for virtualization, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Improving server management with virtualization, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server virtualization management tools and practices, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLarge VMware hosts can be advantageous, but VM density can have unforeseen consequences during a system failure. Evaluate VM functionality to ensure you’re ready for a disaster. By Brian Kirsch Large VMware hosts can seem attractive, but the resultant VM density can reduce your ability to quickly recover from failure. It’s tempting to examine VMware hosts from a hardware perspective

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Using NAS storage devices in a virtualized server environment

Staff Writer/ March 24, 2021/ Computational Storage, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, NAS devices, Primary Storage Devices

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAre NAS storage devices a fit for a virtual server environment? We list factors in choosing these devices, and explain their impact on your storage systems. By Eric Siebert What you will learn: We’ll help you determine whether or not network-attached storage (NAS) devices are right for your virtualized server environment. In most cases, NAS performance won’t equal that of a

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7 signs a small business should shift from NAS to SAN

Staff Writer/ March 24, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices, SAN switch (storage area network switch), SAN technology and arrays, Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN)

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesTake a deep dive into seven reasons, including performance issues and scalability demands, an SMB would want to ditch NAS in favor of entry-level SAN. By Robert Sheldon Storage area networks were once limited to large organizations with the resources to deploy and maintain these complex systems. Prices have decreased, however, and SANs have become a viable option for small

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Choosing the right SSDs for your cloud: Datacenter SSDs vs. Consumer SSDs

Staff Writer/ March 23, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesDatacenter SSDs are not just higher performance and more expensive versions of desktop-grade devices. They have unique features that are critical for storage systems.  Guest Post There are a number of companies who use consumer-grade SSDs for powering their business. Usually, the story goes along the lines of “consumer SSDs are just as good as Datacenter SSDs, and they are

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Explored: Data Center SSDs in depth.

Staff Writer/ March 23, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSSDs have taken the consumer market by storm, but data centers should treat them carefully Adrien Viaud Changing consumption habits and cloud applications are having a strong impact on the demand for data centers, and impacting data center configurations as well. On top of that, storage hardware is evolving, with new technology such as U.2, NVMe and PCIe bringing lower

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