Data Center Strategies for the CIO
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Experts weigh in on data center issues, pet peeves
Our advisory board members discuss their biggest data center issues and irks — and ways to solve them — in this roundtable discussion.
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Ways to avoid arc-flash hazards in the data center
Arc-flash hazards can cause fatal injuries, equipment damage and unnecessary shutdowns in the data center.
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Best practices for a data center economizer system
A free cooling economizer system can be a cost-effective means of cutting energy use and costs for maintenance of mechanical cooling systems.
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Will SSD performance benefit your data center?
SSD performance alone may not give you the results you expect following a hardware upgrade.
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Data center virtualization efforts enable rapid growth
Business initiatives spur development of data center virtualization and consolidation thanks to added promise and efficiency of cloud technologies.
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Proper Linux DRBD setup helps sidestep common issues
Execute a proper DRBD setup in Linux to save money and avoid headaches.
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Using agile development to boost mainframe performance
Cutting the time to fix bugs and release new versions with agile development on mainframes offers a variety of benefits.
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Work from the ground up with a data center raised floor
A raised-floor design is costly, so proper planning and installation is the key to maximize your investment.
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System Center 2012 to ease data center management
Microsoft's System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Virtual Machine Manager 2012 aims to please system administrators.
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How to finesse a data center service level agreement
Doing your homework before you sign a service-level agreement will pay off in the event of an emergency.
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Analyze CMF mainframe performance data with Excel
Administrators can use DFH$MOLS and Rexx to process mainframe performance data then import in Excel to do the analysis.
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Does scale-up or scale-out fit your data center best?
A growing enterprise with the need for more computing power will have to decide whether to take a scale-out or scale-up approach.
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Five questions on monitoring data center environments
Our expert explains how to maintain ideal conditions for your server room using data center environmental monitoring tools and techniques.
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Plumb mainframe performance data through MXG, Excel
Mainframe administrators can analyze a report from the MXG software suite by importing the information in Excel.
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Microservers carve out niche in data centers
Energy-efficient petite server systems can be a cost-effective solution for basic tasks or hyper-scaling applications in an enterprise data center.
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Remote control: Managing the distributed environment
Properly manage your remote data center before it launches by assessing your WAN needs then find the right tools to keep your resources optimized.
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Punch up database performance by reorganizing data
A well-timed mainframe database reorg can result in much improved response.
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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.
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Next wave of water-cooled servers on tap
Direct water cooling promises to keep your data center’s temperatures down with far greater energy and cooling efficiency than forced air cooling.
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How to walk the virtual machine balancing act
Use these tools and techniques to improve VM management efficiency and address problems before they become a crisis.
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Strategic capacity planning in virtualized data centers
Use strategic capacity planning to future-proof your data center's virtualization efficiency and make the most of server hardware.
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z/OS 1.13 offers key mainframe upgrades
Updates to zFS, better Java performance and tweaks to z/OSMF make IBM's z/OS 1.13 a solid release for developers.
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Overhead cables untangle data center knots
As data centers move away from tangled messes under the floor, overhead cables usher in a new era of visibility and tidiness.
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Balance three-phase power and save your UPS
Apply these techniques to balance the three-phase power load and avoid unnecessarily buying a costly new UPS.