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Dell explains private cloud strategy, Quest Software plans
Dell's cloud services strategy seeks to win over enterprises that want to build a private cloud first. It’s also got big plans for Quest Software. Continue Reading
Data center business plan trends
Plan a 'big data' strategy now to save headaches later
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More Internet-connected devices means a new data strategy
Virtual server backup software, best practices for the data center
The best way to learn about server virtualization backup is to try evaluation versions of software to make sure it works with your infrastructure. Continue Reading
How to find the right systems management tool for the job
Online community aims to cut data center energy costs, save planet
Want to cut data center energy costs while saving the environment? The Green Grid and its online community aim to help.Continue Reading
Two data center hosting companies, one building and Hurricane Sandy
Updated: Two data center hosting companies make their home in one building in Manhattan, which flooded Sunday.Continue Reading
Tips for DNS server setup in Red Hat Enterprise Linux shops
Whether internal or Internet-facing, DNS server setup can be a breeze with these basic tips.Continue Reading
IO uses time-shift cooling to ease its data center operating costs
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Plan for IT disruptions to continue business as usual
When plotting out your upgrades and agenda, make sure to include proper planning to save money and avoid frustration.Continue Reading
Preventing virtual resource oversubscription with capacity management
Practical steps for building an internal cloud
State of virtualization and cloud computing: 2011
Exploring remote server management options
Tactics for Managing iSCSI and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Virtualization management for VMs, networks optimization
Managing data center growth: Consolidate, colocate or move to cloud?
Managing virtual data center growth and virtualization challenges
Using virtualization for cost-effective servers
Finding the best capacity planning tool for your data center
Virtual machine backup strategies
Approaches to data center capacity planning: Advisory Board Q&A
Think before you build with data center predictive modeling
If you're thinking about a new data center for your business, data center predictive modeling can help you cover all your bases right up front.Continue Reading
Data center power consumption tips to help ease pricey energy bills
If operating costs are too high, follow these data center power consumption tips to help push them back down.Continue Reading
Choosing the best systems management tools for your virtualized servers
How do you choose the best systems management tool for your virtual environment? In this essential e-guide, learn about key considerations and criteria to keep in mind when assessing systems management tools for virtualized servers, and find out how...Continue Reading
Data Center Efficiency Metrics and Methods
Energy costs are one of the fastest-growing expenses for data center managers. The holy grail of data center efficiency is reliable, consistent metrics. Recent changes to a well-established metric, along with other measures, may help data centers ...Continue Reading
Data protection strategies for the modern data center
Data is now the fuel that drives business, so a natural disaster, a malicious hacking attempt, a systems failure or even an inadvertent it error can bring business operations to a grinding halt if critical information is lost or in a holding ...Continue Reading
New technology may shorten your next technology refresh plan
Get ready for a shorter technology refresh cycle. Unified computing, virtualization and automation are changing the timeline.Continue Reading
IT managers must prepare the next generation of data center staff
Human, not technical, challenges dog data center staff and IT managers as virtualization and UCS platforms break down traditional barriers.Continue Reading
Seven data center infrastructure tips to help you go green
Achieve green harmony with strategic data center infrastructure design. When used together, these seven techniques make a well-oiled green machine.Continue Reading
Does UPS maintenance go to IT or the facilities management team?
The UPS is the last line of defense for keeping your data center alive, but does its care fall to the facilities management team or IT?Continue Reading
Can you cut data center infrastructure costs with new analytics tools?
Leveraging new tools based on 'big data' analytics could help companies save money on data center infrastructure.Continue Reading
As data center cooling costs rise, hot is the new cool: Podcast Q&A
Data center cooling costs account for a large portion of data center budgets, but running hotter and using free cooling techniques can save money.Continue Reading
Tweak Linux swap to improve server performance
Many administrators ignore or underutilize the Linux swap settings but making the proper adjustments will make for better system performance.Continue Reading
Leverage your IT stars to build a DevOps supergroup
Don’t be afraid to embrace DevOps. At worst, things will continue as-is. At best, you will see better decision-making and improved execution.Continue Reading
IBM DB2 10 upgrade delivers improvements to all database users
IBM DB2 10 users report the upgrade can cut administration costs, boost mission-critical apps and bring other benefits to your business.Continue Reading
Optimize data center virtualization with strategic capacity planning
Use strategic capacity planning to future-proof your data center's virtualization efficiency and make the most of server hardware.Continue Reading
Resource allocation with Linux cgroups helps optimize performance
The Linux cgroups feature lets you make a profile to manage resources to keep your system under control.Continue Reading
Data center managers seek simple disaster recovery options
Egenera’s PAN Portability fixes some – but not all – of the challenges of disaster recovery for bare-metal servers.Continue Reading
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.Continue Reading
Best practices for data center outsourcing
Some benefits of data center outsourcing include reduced costs and lighter IT workload, but only if all sides are communicating properly.Continue Reading
Microsoft's System Center 2012 designed to ease data center management
Microsoft's System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and Virtual Machine Manager 2012 aims to please system administrators.Continue Reading
AMD Opteron 3200 targets cost-conscious hosting providers
AMD’s latest server processor line is aimed at dedicated hosting providers that value price over performance and power efficiency.Continue Reading
FM-200 systems: What data center managers need to know
Get the lowdown on using FM-200 systems for data center fire suppression, and whether or not they're a good choice for your company.Continue Reading
Tune the Linux Ext4 file system for optimal performance
While Ext4 by default works fine for most people, follow these tips to tweak your servers to squeeze out even more speed.Continue Reading
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.Continue Reading
Talking with the expert: Take control with the Linux command line
Linux expert William E. Shotts Jr. wants more Linux users to discover the command line and tap the advanced functionality below the GUI.Continue Reading
Linux DRBD saves you from costly SAN deployments
Avoid pricey storage area network (SAN) devices and synchronize data with DRBD, a powerful — and free — software component available in Linux.Continue Reading
Search and replace on steroids: Do more with these sed commands
These tips can help administrators help themselves through advanced text editing with the UNIX Stream Editor (sed) utility.Continue Reading
Get more from your data center by following iSCSI best practices
Following these iSCSI best practices can enhance the performance and reliability of iSCSI deployments in enterprise data centers.Continue Reading
Server performance and benchmark testing guide
This guide includes tips from our data center experts to help you improve your testing practices and squeeze more performance out of your machines.Continue Reading
SearchEnterpriseLinux’s top five Linux tips of 2011
Popular tips for Linux administrators in 2011 included systems management tool use and management, Linux security and Linux command line shortcuts. Did you miss a hot Linux admin tip this year?Continue Reading
Get the right applications to manage your system
This guide will help administrators find the best way to provision, monitor and manage the performance of virtual workloads across the data center.Continue Reading
Approaches to data center capacity planning: Advisory Board Q&A
Solid technical knowledge, comprehensive tools and a keen business sense are all needed for solid data center capacity planning.Continue Reading
Application performance management tools for the cloud
There are many application performance management tools available that can collect and analyze metrics for organizations using distributed cloud-based applications.Continue Reading
Preventing virtual resource oversubscription with capacity management
Identify the symptoms of resource oversubscription, and learn capacity management strategies to prevent it.Continue Reading
Strategies for mainframe application modernization
Mainframe application modernization, re-engineering or distributed integration can maintain support for business-critical applications.Continue Reading
Top communication strategies when designing a data center
Although it often seems as though the IT and facilities departments are from different planets, integrating the two groups has become more important than ever for efficient and cost-effective data center operations. This expert e-book explores how ...Continue Reading
Data center design tips: What you should know about ASHRAE TC 9.9
Following the data center design and cooling standards recommended by ASHRAE TC 9.9 will help IT professionals improve facility safety and efficiency.Continue Reading
Planning for effective data center construction, design and build out
In this expert e-book from our editors, learn how to visualize each phase of your data center construction project and its energy usage. Discover topics such as: the true cost of construction, design firm selection criteria, and much more.Continue Reading
Software license management techniques for the virtual data center
Software license tracking has not kept up with virtualization, posing problems for admins who may have difficulty understanding or following terms.Continue Reading
Aisle-lighting tips for data center design
Lighting is an often-overlooked aspect of data center design, but a little bit of preplanning can make hardware, labels and color-coded wires much more visible.Continue Reading
Examining CICS TS 4.2 event processing improvements
IBM’s CICS TS 4.2 offers many improvements to event processing that can help system programmers, such as a better-quality editor and the ability to emit events for state changes.Continue Reading
Best practices for maintaining a data center CRAC unit
A CRAC unit failure could often have been avoided through preventive maintenance and correctly sizing cooling infrastructure.Continue Reading
Data center manager wants better view into energy use
Emerging energy management tools, like those from Power Assure, may be what one data center manager needs to wrangle precious power resources.Continue Reading
Best practices for setting up RAID groups
Setting up RAID groups is a simple process, but admins should know the pros and cons of various RAID levels and take steps to prevent common problems.Continue Reading
Trends in data center management and server technology
In this Q&A, an expert helps us analyze our State of the Data Center special report to identify and explain key developments in data center management and server technology.Continue Reading
Data center energy management: Tricks for backup power, distribution and conversions
Feeding the data center’s energy needs without breaking the bank is possible—if you know a few tricks. This chapter includes targeted steps for data center energy management to lower data center power consumption and strengthen the bottom line.Continue Reading
Improving facility longevity with flexible data center design
A data center design that incorporates modular or easily expanded infrastructure can improve a facility’s effective life, even as technology changes.Continue Reading
Management guide to data center facility design
Access this expert resource from our editors to discover proven strategies for maintaining a healthy and efficient data center climate, starting with how to keep IT equipment cool.Continue Reading
Strategic tips for data center facility designs
In this e-book, learn how cooperation between IT and facilities can improve the bottom line. Get tips on designing a data center facility and learn about innovative data center designs. Also read about effective communication strategies you can use ...Continue Reading
Modern Mainframe Management Challenges
Discover how your organization can implement the mainframe component of a service-oriented architecture. Inside, you’ll learn key tactics to incorporate into your mainframe management strategy, including how to convert mainframe applications into ...Continue Reading
Disaster recovery planning in a virtualized environment: Advisory Board Q&A
Virtualization offers many benefits to a data center, including better disaster recovery options. Read what our Advisory Board experts have to say about virtual disaster recovery planning.Continue Reading
Network infrastructure planning for a virtual environment
It is important to plan for and develop a network infrastructure that can handle the I/O demands of a virtualized network.Continue Reading
State of systems management and data center services: 2011
Systems management and outsourcing options are two keys to efficient data center operation.Continue Reading
State of the Data Center survey report
Our State of the Data Center: 2011 special report was created from data collected by our Data Center Decisions survey.Continue Reading
State of virtualization and cloud computing: 2011
IT professionals demand the increasing utilization and flexibility that virtualization and cloud technologies provide.Continue Reading
State of server technology and operating systems: 2011
As server technology continues to change, so do the buying habits of IT professionals. In this special report, we examine what type of server technology and operating systems administrators are choosing for their environments and what factors have ...Continue Reading
State of data center facilities: 2011
In this special report, we look at how IT professionals are addressing the power and cooling needs of their data centers and find out how many professionals are interested in green technology.Continue Reading
Transaction and database management on z/OS mainframe systems
Transaction and database management tools for mainframe systems, such as CICS, IMS and DB2, have been around for decades, but have evolved over the years to fit the needs of enterprise customers.Continue Reading
Ten command line time-savers for Linux administrators
Quick command line navigation and execution is the key to easy Linux system administration. Learn these 10 command line tricks to increase your proficiency and speed in Bash or other Linux shells.Continue Reading
How to install an OpenStack Nova compute cloud with Puppet
The open source cloud project, OpenStack, can be used to host private or public clouds. Learn how to install it using the Puppet configuration management tool on your Linux server.Continue Reading
Power management technology for the green data center
HP, IBM and APC are making initiatives to improve power measurement and facilitate green data center developments.Continue Reading
Choosing the right virtualization management tools
Virtualization management tools that can distinguish between physical and virtual servers give IT administrators the ability to better monitor virtual machines and allocate resources.Continue Reading
Server benchmarking tools and stress testing
Admins should turn to several tools to perform benchmark testing and compare results to verify accuracy. This tip outlines the role of stress testing and lists several tools available to engineers.Continue Reading
Best practices for server benchmark testing
Following the scientific method when benchmark testing a server will help reduce variables and produce accurate performance results.Continue Reading
What to look for when conducting benchmark tests with PerfMon
Microsoft's PerfMon benchmark tests measure a wide range of processes and server aspects, but it can be difficult for IT professionals to understand the numbers and interpret the results.Continue Reading
Mastering the Linux history command
Learning how to take advantage of the Linux history command, as well as the Bash variant, can save Linux admins a lot of time. Discover how the command works, including shortcuts, searching and settings.Continue Reading
The causes and costs of data center system downtime: Advisory Board Q&A
System downtime may be unavoidable, but planning and training can help restore operations sooner and mitigate the impact on most organizations.Continue Reading
How to use SUSE Manager for multiplatform Linux server administration
Linux administrators using both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux can take advantage of the features in SUSE Manager, a multiplatform server management tool to automate configuration and management tasks on Linux virtual ...Continue Reading
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.Continue Reading
Data storage management for virtual workloads
Understanding storage needs and keeping a close eye on how resources are allocated in a virtual environment are important parts of effective data storage management.Continue Reading
Best practices for accurately measuring data center power consumption
Knowing when and where to measure data center power consumption is important for calculating power use effectiveness and improving efficiency.Continue Reading
Signing Linux RPM files using a Gnu Privacy Guard key
Signing Linux RPM packages assures users of the package that the RPM has not been tampered with. Learn how to create a Gnu Privacy Guard key and sign your RPM packages.Continue Reading
Using low-latency network switches to improve traffic
Today's mixed traffic networks generate high traffic volume that can overburden network switches.Continue Reading
Improving server capacity planning
Allocating computing resources to changing workloads is an ongoing challenge, but proper server capacity planning can lead to more efficient use of a data center's resources.Continue Reading
X86-based private clouds offer cost savings
x86-based private clouds offer cost savings when compared to traditional mainframe systems.Continue Reading
HP shops explore Oracle exit strategies
Businesses running Oracle databases and apps atop HP-Itanium servers are plotting exit strategies.Continue Reading
Creating RPM packages in Linux
RPM software management on Linux systems truly has an advantage when you create your own RPM packages. Learn how to use the enhanced vim option to automatically generate a template file after creating a new RPM file with the .spec extension.Continue Reading