Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesRAID 50 combines striping with distributed parity for reduced data loss and better performance. By Rick Cook and Erin Sullivan Much as the name implies, RAID, or redundant array of independent disks, uses redundancy to reliably protect and store data on hard disks and SSDs. There are numerous RAID options out there, and the most common is RAID 5. If you’re looking
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSLAs do no good collecting dust in an office drawer, nor are penalties effective. Make sure your SLA fits with the business’ present and future needs. By Clive Longbottom Plenty of service-level agreements (SLAs) promise the world because there’s little to no accountability. When internal IT departments accept service-level agreement metrics, the penalty for failure is usually a slap on the wrist
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesIt’s critical to business operations and your overall budget to know what a good colocation SLA covers, what it doesn’t and how to negotiate one for your organization. By Brien Posey The costs of leasing space in a colocation facility can vary greatly, depending on several different factors. Although some colocation providers are firm on their pricing, in most cases,
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesDepending on make and model, your home router/modem may be configured for basic web surfing but not for high performance. Optimizing the MTU setting may help. by Mark Kaelin As more and more of the global workforce have become reliant on home-based network communications equipment like routers and modems, it has also become much more important that the equipment be fined tuned
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesBroadband and Wi-Fi are common technical terms often used interchangeably — although they shouldn’t be. Both provide connectivity, but they do so in different ways. By Andrew Froehlich It’s not uncommon for non-network professionals to use the terms broadband and Wi-Fi interchangeably. However, although both are networking technologies, the two words are quite different. Fortunately, it’s easy to grasp key differences with a clear
Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesExplore IT infrastructure and storage-related software, hardware and services that will likely be embraced in the coming year, and how the pandemic has influenced their use. By Alan R. Earls We approached experts, analysts and industry insiders and asked them to share their observations on enterprise technology trends for 2021 as well as COVID-19’s effect on the overall technology spectrum.
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: < 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: 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
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