SLAT (second-level address translation)-an expert definition

Staff Writer/ April 12, 2023/ Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definition Updates, Tech Definitions, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tech Snippets, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesSecond-level address translation (SLAT) is a hardware virtualization technology that reduces hypervisor overhead. Post courtesy of TechTarget SLAT addresses the inefficiencies associated with looking up virtualized memory addresses in software shadow volumes. The technology exists as a CPU feature: an added translation lookaside buffer (TLB) that contains a real-time updated cache of virtualized memory addresses and their corresponding physical addresses. Virtualization is a core technology for many data centers,

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What is a data lake? an in-depth expert explanation, benefits and challenges they pose.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ August 16, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definition Updates, Tech Definitions, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tech Snippets

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesA data lake is a storage repository that holds a vast amount of raw data in its native format until it is needed for analytics applications By Craig Stedman and Ben Lutkevich While a traditional data warehouse stores data in hierarchical dimensions and tables, a data lake uses a flat architecture to store data, primarily in files or object storage. That gives users more

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What is Big Tech? What do we mean when we talk about Big Tech? A simple expert explanation…

Staff Writer/ July 29, 2022/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definition Updates, Tech Definitions, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tech Snippets

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesBig Tech is a term that refers to the most dominant and largest technology companies in their respective sectors.  By Linda Rosencrance Their products and services are used globally and have become heavily relied upon by businesses and individuals alike, bringing up privacy, safety and Antitrust concerns about their influence and operations and whether strict regulations should be considered. What companies

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Understanding the circular economy

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 12, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, circular economies, CTOs Quick Reads, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT efficiency and sustainability, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWith sustainability moving up the boardroom agenda, CIOs and IT managers should look to revamp their IT procurement strategies to align with the principles of the circular economy, but why and what does this mean when it comes to managing the lifecycle of their entire IT estate? By Carmen Ene As IT spending rises to $4.4tn this year, the importance of

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How to prevent and correct server cooling failures in the data centre.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ December 31, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesAdvanced planning can prevent server cooling failures, and good practices can help to remedy them and minimize the negative impact on your data center. By Bill Kleyman Network infrastructure and design is an intricate, delicate process where every decision can affect every server in your data center. Too often, server cooling requirements are overlooked, misjudged or severely underestimated. This can happen in

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Microsoft Project Silica and its archive use: an expert overview.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ November 4, 2021/ Backup Tools' Vendors, Cloud computing, Cloud Storage, Cloud storage management and standards, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Primary Storage Devices, Storage Vendors, Timeless Articles, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesMicrosoft’s Project Silica stores data in silica glass, similar to the crystals in ‘Superman’ films. In fact, ‘Superman’ already played a major role in the forward-looking project. By Robert Sheldon The 1978 Superman movie has found a home in a piece of quartz glass that’s 2 mm thick and 75 mm square in area — about the size of a drink coaster.

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Veeam Backup & Replication; an update

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ October 26, 2021/ Archiving and backup, Backup and Archival Tools, Backup Tools' Vendors, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data protection, backup and archiving, Data storage backup tools, Data storage backup tools, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Security, Tech Definition Updates, Tech Definitions, Tech Snippets

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVeeam Backup & Replication is a software product developed by Veeam Software to back up, restore and replicate data on virtual machines (VMs). It was first released in 2008 and is part of the Veeam Availability Suite. By Erin Sullivan Veeam was among the first vendors to develop backup software tailored to VMs. Before Veeam, backup applications failed to recognize the difference between

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Amid this COVID-19 pandemic, network performance issues are IT pain point.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ October 24, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network management and monitoring, Network Security, Timeless Articles, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesNetwork performance is a top issue among IT teams and remote workers amid the pandemic and can correlate with other technical issues, such as cybersecurity and hardware problems. By Michaela Goss Reliable home network performance is a top issue IT teams have dealt with amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which further exacerbates the divide in communication between IT and remote employees,

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How to create, share and manage a LUN in SAN storage

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ October 14, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Articles, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesDespite pronouncements from some, the days of the logical unit number (LUN) are not over. We look at the LUN in SAN management: How to create, share, provision and manage a LUN By Antony Adshead The logical unit number (LUN) has been a bedrock concept in storage for decades. It’s the fundamental “soft” way in which physical media is partitioned in block access

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BGP (Border Gateway Protocol);- an expert’s explanation, their working and uses.

Staff Writer/ October 5, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is the protocol underlying the global routing system of the internet.  It manages how packets get routed from network to network through the exchange of routing and reachability information among edge routers. By John Burke BGP creates network stability by guaranteeing routers can adapt to route failures: when one path goes down, a new path is quickly

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