Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don’t Neglect Home Site Restoration. In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don’t Neglect Home Site Restoration. Michelle Ziperstein is the Marketing Communications Specialist at Cervalis LLC , which provides data backup and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical data.

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Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup Business Continuity 202

Cloud Musings

MAY 28, 2018

Discussions include industry best practices for scaling your cloud environment as well as details for managing essential cloud technology service components such as data storage, security controls, and disaster recovery. About the authors: Kevin L. Mr. Jackson’s commercial experience includes being Vice President J.P.

Disaster Recovery 79

Disaster Recovery Cloud CTO Hire Architecture 79

Dataconomy

AUGUST 4, 2023

The adoption of cloud technology brings forth cost efficiency Cloud computing offers a significant advantage by reducing hardware costs. Additionally, they had to purchase on-premises hardware to establish their own data centers before developing, testing, and launching digital products or services successfully.

Cloud 36

Cloud Disaster Recovery Resources Agile 36

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

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In addition, it serves as the direct access point for more than 300 network providers, including telecommunications, terrestrial fiber, satellite connectivity, and submarine cable carriers; as well as more than 130 IT service providers, leading enterprises and financial services companies, and innumerable Internet eXchange points.

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Vmware Cloud Energy Data Center 105

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

Depending on network connectivity, this might not get published until after the keynote is finished. This leads to a talk about VMware’s 10 years of innovation, with products and features like ESX, vMotion, DRS, Storage vMotion, and more. ” This leads Pat into a discussion of VMware’s storage-focused features.

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Vmware Virtualization Data Center Storage 63

Virtualized Greek

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They talked about how end users shouldn’t use their premier VDI solution XenDesktop as a disaster recovery solution. This allows you to oversubscribe the physical virtual host with dozens of passive nodes depending on your application mix and hardware configuration.

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Virtualization Strategy Cloud Disaster Recovery 60

CTOvision

JULY 9, 2014

In the text below, I examine an on-premise Hadoop ecosystem as a general purpose Big Data solution in relation to alternative commercial purpose-built storage technologies (-e.g. Data has mass, and there is a cost to moving it around the network. Oracle, Teradata, IBM, SAP, Microsoft, EMC, etc).

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Big Data Data Analysis Fractional CTO 286

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Networking. Cisco shared some thoughts on what they termed a “software-only” approach; naturally, they have a different vision for data center networking (and that’s OK). Servers/Hardware. His follow-up article on disaster recovery of DCE VM with vCHS is also pretty good.

Vmware 60

Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With server virtualization, you can easily create, move, and delete virtual servers as needed, without the need for expensive hardware upgrades or complex reconfigurations. One of the key benefits of server virtualization is that it allows for more efficient use of hardware resources.

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Virtualization Storage Hardware Disaster Recovery 78

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And there could be ancillary costs, such as the need for additional server hardware or data storage capacity. Here are some costs that will need to be included in your analysis: Hardware: Do I need to buy new hardware, or do I have capacity to run the software on existing servers and storage?

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Software Software Enterprise Enterprise 131

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

‘Catastrophic’ Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks. ‘Catastrophic’ Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks. A “catastrophic failure” typically refers to a total failure of a system, which leaves little or no option for recovery. Networking. Disaster Recovery.

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Storage Data Center Data Disaster Recovery 221

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.

Storage 211

Storage Data Center Disaster Recovery Enterprise 211

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. A “five stack” of SolidFire’s all-SSD storage systems. ” SolidFire will supply storage for Tiers 0-3, with Guaranteed performance added to Tiers 1 and 2. By: Jason Verge July 11th, 2013.

Storage 195

Storage Cloud Data Data Center 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Cloud Computing » Storage. One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center. Whether it is redundant hardware or a private hot-site, keeping an environment up and running 99.99% (insert more 9’s here) of the time is a tough job.

Cloud 250

Cloud Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup 250

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

But we also fail to notice the complexity it creates for managing I/O, storage connectivity and other physical-world management issues. Not all High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) is solved by VM technology. But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too. cmon folks.

Data Center 100

Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

A little over a decade ago, HCI redefined what data storage solutions could be. Even though early platforms did little more than consolidate compute, storage, and networking components in a single chassis, the resulting hyperconverged node was revolutionary. cost savings with flexible, independent scaling of compute and storage.

Disaster Recovery 98

Disaster Recovery Storage Backup Resources 98

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics – There are new metrics for measuring flash costs and taking a look at them can illustrate that the return on investment (ROI) that can be achieved with this new technology, writes Walter Hinton of Virident. Networking. Disaster Recovery. White Papers. Government.

Data Center 232

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Cloud Computing » Services » Storage. 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. EMC NetWorker 8.1 Storage News: Hitachi, EMC, nScaled, NetApp.

Data Center 190

Data Center Data Backup Storage 190

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.

Data Center 208

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 208

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. Networking.

Data Center 192

Data Center Intel Tools Development 192

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. 7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. The move toward software defined networks (SDN) in the data center is no longer a question of “if” or “when,” but “how.” 2) The size of an organization’s network. Industry Perspectives. By: Industry Perspectives July 26th, 2013.

Data Center 207

Data Center Network Software Software 207

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.

Data Center 179

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 179

Galido

JUNE 27, 2018

Thumb drive and external drives enable some flexibility for people to transport essential files, however, there are limitations to storage space, as well as security, redundancy, reliability and can easily be lost or stolen. This includes servers and virtual machines (VMs), storage, networks, operating systems. Hybrid cloud.

Cloud 81

Cloud Backup Storage Applications 81

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.

Tools 205

Tools Data Center Disaster Recovery Cloud 205

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Hewlett-Packard » Storage. 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. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. By: John Rath July 19th, 2013.

HP 221

HP Data Center Data Film 221

CTOvision

JUNE 3, 2014

“Making sense” means a number of things here – understanding and remediating vulnerabilities, detecting and preventing threats, estimating risk to the business or mission, ensuring continuity of operations and disaster recovery, and enforcing compliance to policies and standards. The first thing to do to manage events is to plan!

Disaster Recovery 264

Disaster Recovery Security Enterprise Enterprise 264

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

During a media event this week Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, set the stage for Intel’s approach to re-architect the data center and journey through periods of transformation that are changing from network-centric to human-centric models.

Data Center 221

Data Center Intel Data Storage 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

software that adds support for Fibre Channel to its existing iSCSI support, enabling Granite solutions to now support over 90 percent of the current enterprise-class storage array market. also improves data protection with automated snapshots and simplified support for existing data-center class backup and recovery software.

Enterprise 191

Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 191

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Storage of this form of data is typically in an object format which differs significantly from the database norm. Object storage formats are now being used to optimize access to large amounts of non-transactional files across a growing number of vertical markets. Databases housed data grows very slowly because most of it is structured.

Industry 79

Industry Data Storage Disaster Recovery 79

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. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Disaster Recovery. You get Yahoo! Government.

Data Center 276

Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

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.

Data Center 247

Data Center Trends Data Disaster Recovery 247

CTOvision

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Mobile and embedded Agile environments – Proliferation of new device types, form factors, firmware and OS versions, and native hardware all present new complications for testers. This is accomplished using virtualisation software to create a layer of abstraction between workloads and the underlying physical hardware.

Government 301

Government Artificial Intelligence Virtualization Big Data 301

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.

Data Center 173

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 173

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

And, each will provide disaster recovery office space, redundant private telco rooms and 10,000 square feet of raised floor in a Private Data Hall. Networking. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

Data Center 200

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 200

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. Disaster Recovery.

Data Center 199

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 199

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. Disaster Recovery.

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Data Center Google Data Disaster Recovery 258