Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The company announced Virtual Gateway, a cross-platform keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) software development kit (SDK) that aides solution providers offer enhanced capabilities for diagnosing and troubleshooting datacenter hardware. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

KVM Hardware Overcomes Connectivity Challenges, but Introduces Others. When early versions of keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switches were introduced almost 30 years ago (initially supporting only keyboard and display functions), these hardware solutions simplified connections to managed infrastructure assets.

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Virtualized Greek

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They talked about how end users shouldn’t use their premier VDI solution XenDesktop as a disaster recovery solution. If you are using Windows Server 2012 you can actually cluster a physical server with a virtual server by leveraging Windows native clustering. Cloud Computing Virtualization'

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Virtualization Strategy Cloud Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. Networking. ” Ivan Pepelnjak attempts to answer the question, “How much do I need to know about Linux networking?” Servers/Hardware.

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Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

7 Software Defined Networking Considerations – Moving to software defined networking is not a matter of “when” but “how,” and there are seven main factors IT administrators should consider when determining whether SDN is right for their network, says Patrick Hubbard of SolarWinds. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Content delivery and security specialist CloudFlare has been growing rapidly as it builds out a global network of data centers. The updates feature Intel SSD drives and SandyBridge Xeon 2630L processors, adjustments to caching, and a shift in network cards. In the end, we settled on the network cards from a company called Solarflare.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Internap Network Services (INAP) announced that Hiring Process Management (HPM) solutions provider TalentWise is leveraging Internap’s managed hosting and route-optimized IP connectivity services for the high-performance delivery of its cloud-based hiring solution, TalentWise Hire. Networking. By: John Rath July 19th, 2013.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 30, 2022

On July 8, 2022, a botched maintenance update on the Rogers ISP network in Canada crashed internet access across the country for at least 12 hours, with some customers experiencing problems for days afterward. The impact was profound. The nationwide outage affected phone and internet service for about 12.2 Not just a domestic issue.

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Internet Backup Disaster Recovery Network 111

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

“We automate five sets of critical processes and extend authentication and other network services into the cloud, making the cloud a seamless extension of the data center. “Until today, cloud migration and cloud-enabled disaster recovery have not been viable for the vast majority of enterprise data center apps,” said Chawla.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2023

Today, the Glasgow-based firm has customers in both the public and private sectors, including businesses in virtually every industry. Some of its many additional services include Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Backup-as-a-Service, Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service, and a full portfolio designed to address enterprises’ security needs.

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Cloud Vmware Disaster Recovery Enterprise 52

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Convergence » Virtualization » White Papers. IT consumerization and BYOD are paving the way to conducting business in a new fashion and allowing users new level so of network access. IT consumerization and BYOD are paving the way to conducting business in a new fashion and allowing users new level so of network access.

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Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Policies 182

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Asking potential data center and colocation service providers’ questions uncovers important information about the facility, network access, operations, performance history and the quality of service delivery. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. The new products cut across the company’s market leading Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker and Mozy product lines. EMC NetWorker 8.1 Networking.

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Data Center Data Backup Storage 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

DreamWorks animators use HP Z800 and Z820 workstations with Intel Xeon E5 processors, a HP FlexNetwork architecture, and HP networking to simplify collaboration among artists. Networking. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. 75 million render hours. Turbo-Charging Digital Render Farms. Comments (required).

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HP Data Center Data Film 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

Deconstructing SoftLayer’s Three-Tiered Network – At the InnerLayer blog, they’re talking networking. “SoftLayer’s hosting platform features an innovative, three-tier network architecture: Every server in a SoftLayer data center is physically connected to public, private and out-of-band management networks.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Network 188

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

A look inside the network operating center for Akamai Technologies, which operates more than 127,000 servers around the globe. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Virtualization. Photo: Akamai).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

also improves data protection with automated snapshots and simplified support for existing data-center class backup and recovery software. It also adds Fibre Channel support for the virtual Granite Core that extends integration with enterprise-class storage arrays, including those from EMC, NetApp and IBM. “We Networking.

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Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 191

Galido

JUNE 27, 2018

VPN’s and remote desktop also enable a great form of accessibility, however can be limited or inaccessible if there are restrictions or ports blocked on your network connection. This includes servers and virtual machines (VMs), storage, networks, operating systems. IaaS allows you to rent IT infrastructure. Private cloud.

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Cloud Backup Storage Applications 81

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Alan McMahon works for Dell in enterprise solution design, across a range for products from servers, storage to virtualization, and is based in Ireland. A private cloud is your own virtualized environment, while a public cloud is one that another company provides for you. Networking. By: Industry Perspectives July 15th, 2013.

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Data Center Cloud Data Storage 242

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Networking. To move into a hybrid packet-optical circuit switch network, optical circuit switches (or photonic switches) can be aided by SDN scripts to redirect data flows from one network to another. RELATED POSTS: Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switch Networks are New Data Center Standard. Networking.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 173

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

That’s the message today from Rackspace Chief Technology Officer John Engates, who says recent price cuts on dedicated virtual machine instances from rival Amazon Web Services have led to confusion about “dedicated” products. In many cases, dedicated hardware will play a key role.”. Networking. Virtualization.

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Cloud Data Center Disaster Recovery CTO 198

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

A “catastrophic failure” typically refers to a total failure of a system, which leaves little or no option for recovery. The description of the Oregon outage suggests a hardware failure for a storage unit. Networking. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge.

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Storage Data Center Data Disaster Recovery 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Interxion, known for its rich network of interconnects, recently announced it is housing the London Internet Exchange’s IT hosting infrastructure out of its London data center. Networking. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Video runs 4:14. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge. White Papers. Infrastructure.

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Data Center Video Cloud Data 184

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. Networking. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Government.

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Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Data 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

The term “Cloud Management” is nebulous, but typically refers to a distinct set of tasks related to managing the infrastructure level (IaaS) cloud layers, typically comprised of the physical and virtual infrastructure, as well as the cloud orchestration layer – whether inside a corporation or a Service Provider cloud. Networking.

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Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Networking. If you’re not really a networking pro and need a “gentle” introduction to VXLAN, this post might be a good place to start. Servers/Hardware. ” Virtualization. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

Storage 60

Storage Intel Disaster Recovery Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Networking. To help resolve this issue, Cumulus Networks (and possibly Metacloud, I’m not sure of their involvement yet) has release an open source project called vxfld. I’d love to hear from more networking pros (please disclose company affiliations) about their thoughts on this matter. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Google says the majority of its capital investments are for IT infrastructure, including data enters, servers, and networking equipment. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Virtualization.

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Data Center Google Data Disaster Recovery 258

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Rather, new demands require the data center to be a geographically distributed network of resources. Many data centers produce information about hardware reliability or facility security, but often geography as a measure of a facility’s ability to competently serve its clients is neglected. Networking. Virtualization.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

So the number of companies that really understand the network topology, the data center construction, the server requirements to build this public cloud infrastructure is very, very small.” Networking. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Amazon is a little bit smaller. You get Yahoo! Comments (required).

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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

It’s completely new and rebuilt (when compared to previous offerings like Virtual Private Data Center). Savvis offers a complete portfolio of IT solutions including managed hosting, colocation, consulting services and CenturyLink’s global network services. Networking. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery.

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Data Center Cloud Data Fractional CTO 187

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

Depending on network connectivity, this might not get published until after the keynote is finished. From there, she launches into a discussion of the “customer virtualization journey”; it’s the same 3-step journey of IT production, business production, and IT-as-a-Service that we’ve heard about for several years.

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Vmware Virtualization Data Center Storage 63

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

The latest price drops are for dedicated instances, which are different from regular EC2 instances in that they run on single-tenant hardware. They are isolated from other instances belonging to other customers at the host hardware level. Networking. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Comments (required).

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Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 207

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

“Amsterdam is ideally located at the heart of the demand we are seeing for today’s networked data centre requirements across Europe,” said Bernard Geoghegan, Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa of Digital Realty. Networking. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Comments (required).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

For sourcing, they make decisions, and thus own the hardware budgets. In regards to sourcing, the more efficiently you refresh your hardware, the better off you’ll be, and having a strong DCIM system manage changes in the data center due to hardware / technology refreshes can make all the difference. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge. White Papers. Infrastructure. Modular Data Centers. Cloud Computing.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 188

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

” “Cisco’s acquisition of Sourcefire will help accelerate the realization of our vision for a new model of security across the extended network,” said Martin Roesch, founder and chief technology officer of Sourcefire. Networking. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Comments (required).

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