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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New technology, trends to cool off the data center
Stagnant strategies for data center cooling will keep energy bills climbing ever higher, but a more modern approach can bring them back down to earth.
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Can one converged system rule them all?
The rise of converged systems has brought a new level of manageability to the data center, but these integrated offerings have a few drawbacks.
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Sizing up the best data center Linux distribution
There are many flavors of Linux, making the selection process for the best Linux distribution for your business difficult to whittle down.
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Do you have the skillset for these hot IT jobs?
With technologies such as cloud computing in the limelight, data center pros need to upgrade their skillsets to catch the latest wave of innovation.