Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteEnd of life (EOL), in the context of manufacturing and product lifecycles, is the final stages of a product’s existence. By Ivy Wigmore The particular concerns of end-of-life depend on the product in question and whether the perspective is that of the manufacturer or the user. For the manufacturer, EOL concerns involve not only discontinuing production but also continuing to address
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesMany businesses are jumping off the new-equipment merry-go-round and turning to the secondary market, keeping their infrastructure alive for up to a decade. Find out how resellers in the secondary market have emerged to meet end-user tech needs, growing their resale businesses and meeting a variety of challenges. By Stephen J. Bigelow The adage that a new car loses 20%
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteThe IT aftermarket (also called the tech secondary market) is an industry segment of tech resellers and active consumers that are buying and selling IT equipment outside of the channel endorsed by manufacturers. Tekmart Africa Enterprise Sales Team Secondary-market resellers are perhaps best known for providing used, refurbished tech equipment at a fraction of retail cost. Like traditional vendors, secondary-market resellers also deal
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs they seek to increase the efficiency and performance of data storage systems in 2021, administrators should keep these four emerging technologies in mind. By Marc Staimer There were significant changes within the data storage ecosystem throughout 2020. And, in 2021, that trend is set to continue. In 2020, storage admins saw advancements and updates related to storage class memory
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThis backup and recovery audit checklist offers a comprehensive group of controls and evidence examples to get you ready for the important process of IT auditing. By Paul Kirvan To ensure that data backup activities are consistent with good practice and relevant standards and regulations, periodic audits are important. Audits ensure you’re performing backups regularly using good backup practices, your
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThis feature explores the basics of data center networks, such as how to plan for data center consolidation, the effects of cloud services and how to handle data center interconnects. By Michaela Goss Data center networking has always been a central part of enterprise network management. Data centers still play a crucial role in modern networking, yet this role has
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesInfrastructure power requirements can drive up operating costs. Data center managers can cut their utility bills if they address power needs for CPUs, storage and cooling systems. By Brien Posey Utility bills are no small data center expense. As part of the push to address IT spending, data center managers and organizations continue to look for ways to drive down
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFinding the right server operating temperature can be tricky. ASHRAE standards provide guidance for all server classes and what factors can play into temperature readings. By Jessica Lulka With rack density continuing to increase in data centers, admins must constantly keep an eye on operating temperatures to ensure their servers can run efficiently without any possibility of overheating. Instead of
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteData center services is a collective term for all the supporting components necessary to the proper operation of a data center. This includes all the implementation, maintenance and operation of a data center. As such, data center services can involve hardware, software, processes and personnel. Courtesy Post Data center services are responsible for giving IT organizations data backup and recovery, networking, website hosting, data management
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteiSER stands for “iSCSI Extensions for RDMA”. It is an extension of the data transfer model of iSCSI, a storage networking standard for TCP/IP. It uses the iSCSI components while taking the advantage of the RDMA protocol suite. By Tekmart Enterprise Support ISER is an RDMA transport for iSCSI, the link protocol could be either Ethernet or InfiniBand at any
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