Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

‘Catastrophic’ Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks. ‘Catastrophic’ Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks. A “catastrophic failure” in the state of Oregon’s government data center has delayed unemployment payments to residents, the state said Tuesday. White Papers.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

In perusing some of Brian’s content, I see lots of stuff at the intersection of networking and virtualization. Joel de la Garza has a post over on the a16z site on 16 steps to securing your data (and life). A massive data leak exposing details on as many as 1.2 Virtualization. Nothing this time; sorry!

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This is the fifth in a multi-part series (read part four here) based on a white paper hands-on lab report I did compliments of Servers Direct and Seagate that you can read in PDF form here. In this post the focus looks at large and small file I/O processing.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This is the fourth in a multi-part series (read part three here) based on a white paper hands-on lab report I did compliments of Servers Direct and Seagate that you can read in PDF form here. In this post the focus expands to database application workloads that were run to test various HDD’s.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This is the sixth in a multi-part series (read part five here) based on a white paper hands-on lab report I did compliments of Servers Direct and Seagate that you can read in PDF form here. In this post the focus is around general I/O performance including 8KB and 128KB IOP sizes.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This is the second in a multi-part series (read part one here) based on a white paper hands-on lab report I did compliments of Servers Direct and Seagate that you can read in PDF form here. In this post we look at some decisions and configuration choices to make for testing content applications servers as well as project planning.

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Applications Report Enterprise Enterprise 40

Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This is the third in a multi-part series (read part two here) based on a white paper hands-on lab report I did compliments of Servers Direct and Seagate that you can read in PDF form here. In this post the focus expands to hardware and software defining as well as configuring the test environments along with applications workloads.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Director of Field Marketing at Virident , a performance leader in flash-based storage-class memory (SCM) solutions. Storage Causes the Bottleneck. We must dispel a myth about storage costs, particularly for flash.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This is the seventh and final post in this multi-part series (read part six here) based on a white paper hands-on lab report I did compliments of Servers Direct and Seagate that you can read in PDF form here.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

As usual, here’s my random collection of links, articles, and thoughts about various data center technologies. I came across this article that shows Red Hat is allowing Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) to use/leverage OpenStack Neutron networks, thus allowing OpenStack and non-OpenStack workloads to easily communicate with one another.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Intel’s “Cloud 2015″ vision recognizes there will be more users, more devices, and more data, and is shooting toward an ecosystem of open, interoperable cloud operating environments (OEs) built on open APIs and open standards. COMS002: Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure with Data Plane Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

This article by Red Hat provides a reasonable overview of various networking options available in OpenStack (specifically, Red Hat’s OpenStack distribution) to support Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The article specifically calls out SR-IOV as well as Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) support within Open vSwitch (OVS).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

colocation » Fortrust » White Papers. A Closer Look at Data Center “High Availability” and “Service Delivery”. A Closer Look at Data Center “High Availability” and “Service Delivery”. The need around the modern data center infrastructure continues to grow. By: Bill Kleyman July 23rd, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Intel is offering a new Software Development Kit for data centers that complements its Data Center Manager (DCM) product, a key ingredient in more than 80 percent of today’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) offerings. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Cloud Computing » Services » Storage. EMC Refreshes Data Protection Portfolio. EMC Refreshes Data Protection Portfolio. 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.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, discusses the company’s vision for the data center at an event Monday. By: John Rath July 24th, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. 5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. It’s not easy to stay current on the many facets of data center technology and operations. This week’s Industry Perspectives explore five hot topics for data center professionals and executives. By: Rich Miller July 28th, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Blades » Green Data Centers. Low Power Company (LoPoCo) believes high efficiency servers can save businesses more than half of what they spend to operate their data centers. Low Power Company (LoPoCo) believes high efficiency servers can save businesses more than half of what they spend to operate their data centers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 13, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 13th. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 13th. The exterior of 365 Main’s newest data center facility in Emeryville, Calif. For your weekend reading, here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week. Photo: 365 Main).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. Data is permeating everything we do. By: Jason Verge July 22nd, 2013. up-time.

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Data Center Big Data Data Storage 216

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 20, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. Racks of servers housed inside the Microsoft data center in Dublin, Ireland. For your weekend reading, here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week. By: Rich Miller July 20th, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

The interior of a container packed with servers at a Microsoft data center in Chicago. “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. . “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. 12 Million SF of New Microsoft Data Centers? You get Yahoo!

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

Savvis Announces Availability of Rebuilt Cloud Data Center. Savvis Announces Availability of Rebuilt Cloud Data Center. Savvis , the cloud hosting unit of CenturyLink, announced global availability of an infrastructure as a service offering called Cloud Data Center. By: Jason Verge July 25th, 2013. It has a new user interface.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Data Center Videos. OVH Builds Custom Servers at its Data Centers. OVH Builds Custom Servers at its Data Centers. Rows and rows of custom-built servers inside an OVH data center. When the staff at OVH’s newest data center need to install a new server, they don’t need to go far to find one. White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s extraordinary data center building boom continues to drive its spending, as the company invested a record $1.6 billion in its data centers in the second quarter of 2013. White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

As it seeks to consolidate its IT infrastructure across dozens of agencies, the government has had trouble sorting out how many data centers it has, and even more trouble adding up all the server closets, which includes rooms smaller than 100 square feet. Now Over 7,000 Data Centers. So how many “data centers” are there?

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Stream Data Centers. Stream Data Centers Building in Minnesota Market. Stream Data Centers Building in Minnesota Market. A look at one of the dedicated utility yards at a Stream Data Center in Dallas. Photo: Stream Data Centers). Photo: Stream Data Centers). By: Jason Verge July 15th, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Audit-Buddy Wants to Befriend Your Environmental Data. Audit-Buddy Wants to Befriend Your Environmental Data. Purkay Labs has a simple, elegant solution to figuring out data center temperature and humidity. Data is either displayed on the unit or transferable by USB. Management. By: Jason Verge July 17th, 2013.

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Data Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage 214

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection. Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection. Determining the location of a data center is one of the crucial decisions for a company as it is based on strategy and goals of a company. By: Industry Perspectives July 24th, 2013. PRASHANT BAWEJA.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. The concept of the software-defined data center (SDDC) rose to prominence during VMworld 2012, with VMware touting it as the next big leap forward in information technology management. Industry Perspectives.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Data Center Jobs. Data Center Jobs: Communication Supply Corporation. Data Center Jobs: Communication Supply Corporation. At the Data Center Jobs Board , we have a new job listings from Communication Supply Corporation, which is seeking a Sales Specialist – Power in Carol Stream, Illinois. White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Data Center Jobs. Data Center Jobs: CBRE. Data Center Jobs: CBRE. At the Data Center Jobs Board , we have two new job listings from CBRE, which is seeking a Project Manager – Data Center and an Associate Project Manager – Data Center in Mountain View, California. Data Center Jobs: CBRE.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2011

networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.” 10 comments: Shivan October 3, 2011 at 12:19 PM Hi Kevin - thanks for the article, and more importantly, pointing me to your white paper. Newer Post.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Hewlett-Packard » Storage. Additional HP converged infrastructure used in the making of “Turbo” included 3PAR StoreServ storage, archiving with HP StoreAll 9730 Storage, simplified network management with HP Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) and HP BladeSystem c7000. White Papers. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Data Tape: Dying a Slow Death or Already Dead? Data Tape: Dying a Slow Death or Already Dead? Yet in 2013, many data centers are still using tape. I’ve been in the data storage industry for years, and our customers STILL have some sort of tape storage lingering around. Data Tape Killers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Data Center Jobs. Data Center Jobs: Cushman and Wakefield. Data Center Jobs: Cushman and Wakefield. At the Data Center Jobs Board , we have a new job listings from Cushman and Wakefield, which is seeking a Project Engineer in Shelton, Connecticut. Are you hiring for your data center? White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Best of the Data Center Blogs for July 18. Best of the Data Center Blogs for July 18. “We created some unique tax incentives, but as a data center power guy for nearly two decades negotiating power deals and developing power plants, I saw the real potential was for clean, ‘ controllable’ power.

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