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Open source systems management tools slideshow: Using Webmin for data center server management
In this ninth slide of the open source systems management tools slideshow, Webmin, a server management tool, is detailed. Slideshow
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SearchDataCenter.com Products of the Year 2010
SearchDataCenter.com invites you to participate in its annual Products of the Year award nomination process. Nominate your favorite product or your company's product. Winning products will be featured in January 2011 on SearchDataCenter.com. Products of the Year
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Monitoring your data center with Nagios: A discussion with Taylor Dondich
GroundWork Open Source senior developer Taylor Dondich discusses open source network monitoring with Nagios and the future of open source software in the data center. Expert Q&A
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Network Monitoring With Nagios
Open source expert and author James Turnbull reviews SearchDataCenter.com's library entry Network Monitoring with Nagios by Taylor Dondich. Books
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Fast Guide: Server consolidation
Don't be left in the dark! Our fast guide to server consolidation keeps you up to speed on server consolidation basics. Fast Guide
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IBM, HP share top spot for servers: News in brief
With flagging sales of Itanium systems last quarter, IBM wrested sole ownership of the number one position for worldwide server revenue from HP, IDC reported. News | 07 Dec 2011
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Data center infrastructure management on the move
At Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas this week, DCIM players talked up their latest attempts to tame the flood of data center operations information. News | 06 Dec 2011
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Airbus buys HP PODs: Data center news in brief
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus will deploy HP containerized data centers in Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany. News | 28 Sep 2011
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Data center news in brief: DCIM edition
Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) vendors like Schneider Electric, FieldView Solutions and No Limits Software have been busy updating their wares. News | 28 Jun 2011
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APC links to HP Operations Manager: News in brief
APC infrastructure management software integrates with HP Operations Manager for real-time power and cooling monitoring; and more news in brief. News | 03 Jun 2011
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HP upgrades NonStop with Intel Itanium 9300: News in brief
HP’s fault-tolerant NonStop platform now runs on a quad-core NB5400c Integrity BladeSystem running Intel’s Itanium 9300 processor. News | 28 Mar 2011
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APC ties data center management tool into VMware: News in brief
APC’s InfraStruxure 6.2 now correlates location of VMware VMs back to their physical hosts; and SIOS is promoting SteelEye Protection Suite for marooned HP Serviceguard shops. News | 15 Mar 2011
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Systems management in the virtual age: Out with the old
If you could start over, would you manage your data center with software from the Big Four? In the era of cloud and virtualization, many IT pros say no way. News | 15 Mar 2011
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Dell servers get VMware vCenter plug-in: News in brief
System administrators can now manage Dell PowerEdge servers directly from their VMware vCenter console; and other data center news. News | 24 Jan 2011
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Jon Koomey: Stopping the runaway train of server energy usage
Despite an expert's prediction in 2007, server energy consumption has not doubled. In this Q&A, Jonathan Koomey says data centers aren't the energy hogs he once predicted. Article | 12 Aug 2010
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Five questions on data center environmental monitoring
Our expert explains how to maintain ideal conditions for your server room using data center environmental monitoring tools and techniques. Tip
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How to find the right systems management tool for the job
Point tools or management frameworks? Set realistic goals and criteria before choosing a systems management tool. Tip
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Managing and monitoring server log data
See how proactive system administrators help themselves avoid a security breach by putting an effective log management policy in place. Tip
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Making the most of server performance monitoring
Performance monitoring tools can produce more accurate and valuable results by following some general guidelines. Tip
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Five questions on systems management
As reliance on systems management tools increases, administrators face varied challenges in deployment, skill sets, infrastructure support and other issues. Tip
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Data center monitoring system considerations
An effective monitoring system can track environmental variables and alert admins of a potential problem before it becomes a critical emergency. Tip
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Prioritizing alerts with server monitoring tools
Setting and prioritizing alerts with server monitoring tools can help an administrator respond quickly to critical problems without being bothered by insignificant alarms. Tip
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Weighing the pros and cons of the Trusted Computing Platform
When used as designed, trusted computing can provide a high level of security, but limitations and potential for abuse prohibits its usefulness. Tip
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Exploring remote server management options
Today's remote server administration tools give IT pros more choices to monitor and control entire data centers from across town or around the world. Tip
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Choosing remote server administration tools
There are many remote server administration tools available to IT professionals that can help reign in remote servers. Tip
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A general list of data center cost components
Data center strategy specialist Charles King offers one reader a list of questions and considerations for setting up and running a data center. Ask the Expert
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Can you recommend a product that diagnoses/analyses hardware configuration?
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Performance monitoring
Robert Harris on performance monitoring in CICS environment. Ask the Expert
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Bloom Energy Server
A Bloom box, officially known as an Energy Server, is a modular construction of fuel cells that can be used in combination to produce the amount of energy required for a given application. Each fuel cell, which consists of a metal alloy plate sandwic... Word
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data center evaporative cooling (swamp cooling)
Evaporative cooling, also known as swamp cooling, is a strategy for cooling air that takes advantage of the drop in temperature that occurs when water that's exposed to moving air begins to change to gas. You've probably experienced the effects of ev... Word
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fuel cell
A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that derives its energy from combustible substances such as hydrogen, methane, propane, methanol, diesel fuel or even gasoline... (Continued) Word
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event forwarding
Event forwarding is the transmission of information to a centralized computer concerning events that take place on remote computers or servers... (Continued) Word
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cook-off test
A cook-off test is a controlled experiment conducted to determine if or how soon a component, device or system will malfunction because of internally generated heat... (Continued) Word
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DCML (Data Center Markup Language)
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lights-out management (LOM)
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smoke testing
Smoke testing is non-exhaustive software testing, ascertaining that the most crucial functions of a program work, but not bothering with finer details. The term originated from a similarly basic type of hardware testing, in which the device passed...... Word
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on-demand computing
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z/OS
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Five questions on data center environmental monitoring
Our expert explains how to maintain ideal conditions for your server room using data center environmental monitoring tools and techniques. Tip
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How to find the right systems management tool for the job
Point tools or management frameworks? Set realistic goals and criteria before choosing a systems management tool. Tip
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Managing and monitoring server log data
See how proactive system administrators help themselves avoid a security breach by putting an effective log management policy in place. Tip
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SearchDataCenter's 2011 Products of the Year awards
SearchDataCenter.com’s annual Products of the Year awards evaluate these products on a variety of important criteria, and award gold, silver and bronze winners in each of the three categories: infrastructure, systems management and computing hardware... Products of the Year
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Systems management winners
For the purposes of this year’s awards, systems management products include any systems management appliances and software products designed to measure, benchmark, report, provision, plan and control servers and other data center devices. Entrants ma... Products of the Year
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Making the most of server performance monitoring
Performance monitoring tools can produce more accurate and valuable results by following some general guidelines. Tip
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SearchDataCenter.com Products of the Year finalists for 2011
Products of the Year judges reveal finalists for the best IT products of 2011. Feature
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SearchDataCenter’s top tips of 2011
If you’ve missed these best tips of 2011, now is a great time to catch up and end the year right. Feature
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IBM, HP share top spot for servers: News in brief
With flagging sales of Itanium systems last quarter, IBM wrested sole ownership of the number one position for worldwide server revenue from HP, IDC reported. News
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Data center infrastructure management on the move
At Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas this week, DCIM players talked up their latest attempts to tame the flood of data center operations information. News
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About Server hardware monitoring
Data center hardware performance monitoring tools, tutorials, and how to advice. Check out the latest trends in performance monitoring software.