Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesVMware ESXi is an operating system-independent hypervisor based on the VMkernel operating system that interfaces with agents that run on top of it. ESXi stands for Elastic Sky X Integrated. ESXi is a type-1 hypervisor, meaning it runs directly on system hardware without the need for an operating system (OS). Type-1 hypervisors are also referred to as bare-metal hypervisors because they run directly on
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAlthough domestic spring cleaning seems to have faded somewhat, perhaps we should consider whether a datacentre spring clean is a good idea By Clive Longbottom In olden days, when the winter weather abated, the days got longer and the warmer weather of spring appeared, people’s thoughts turned to spring cleaning. Carpets were taken outside and beaten, furniture was given an
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesPosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Garry Kranz An SDDC (software-defined data center) is a data storage facility in which all infrastructure elements — networking, storage, CPU and security — are virtualized and delivered as a service. Deployment, operation, provisioning and configuration are abstracted from hardware. Those tasks are implemented through software intelligence. Former VMware CTO Steve Herrod is widely credited with coining the term around 2012. An SDDC
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesPosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Stephen J. Bigelow Data center as a service (DCaaS) is the provision of offsite physical data center facilities and infrastructure to clients. Clients rent or lease access to the provider’s data center, using the servers, networking, storage and other computing resources owned by the DCaaS provider. A DCaaS provider is typically engaged by a business that can
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesPosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Ben Lutkevich; Mary K. Pratt; Francesca Sales Outsourcing is a business practice in which a company hires a third-party to perform tasks, handle operations or provide services for the company. The outside company, which is known as the service provider or a third-party provider, arranges for its own workers or computer systems to perform the tasks or services either
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesPosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Ed Hannan LTO-6 is a tape format from the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Consortium released in 2012. It was preceded by LTO-4 in 2007 and LTO-5 in 2010. LTO-7, LTO-8, LTO-9 and LTO-10 formats are scheduled, but not yet available. According to the Consortium, LTO-6 offers 2.5 terabytes (TB) of native capacity (6.25 TB compressed) capacity, native sustained data transfer rates of
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesPosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): John Edwards A virtual storage area network (VSAN) is a logical partition in a physical storage area network (SAN). VSANs enable traffic to be isolated within specific portions of a storage area network, so if a problem occurs in one logical partition, it can be handled with a minimum of disruption to the rest of the network. The
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minutePosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Stephen J. Bigelow 1. In information technology, a tier 1 vendor is a large and well-known vendor, often enjoying national or international recognition and acceptance. Tier 1 vendors may be both manufacturers and value-added resellers (VARs). For example, Cisco Systems Inc. is regarded as a tier 1 vendor in storage area network switching equipment
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesBy Tekmart Enterprise Support Here is a brief definition of AOC: This is a cabling technology that accepts same electrical inputs as a traditional copper cable, but uses optical fiber “between the connectors”. AOC uses electrical-to-optical conversion on the cable ends to improve speed and distance performance of the cable without sacrificing compatibility with standard electrical interfaces. Who invented AOC
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesPosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com -TechTarget –WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Stephen J. Bigelow Data center as a service (DCaaS) is the provision of offsite physical data center facilities and infrastructure to clients. Clients rent or lease access to the provider’s data center, using the servers, networking, storage and other computing resources owned by the DCaaS provider. A DCaaS provider is typically engaged
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