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• Will water-cooled servers make another splash in the data center?

  Direct water cooling promises to keep your data center’s temperatures down with far greater energy and cooling efficiency than forced air cooling.  Continue Reading

• Revitalize mainframe storage performance with VSAM

  The traditional VSAM storage tactic sees renewed use as mainframe virtualization grows.  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

• An introduction to the ARM server

  High scalability and extreme efficiency may allow the ARM server to compete with traditional server architectures.  Continue Reading

• Accelerate the mainframe testing and application development process

  By going small, companies can lighten the application development process to roll out rapid changes and keep up with demanding market pressure.  Continue Reading

• The realities of PUE and PUE v2

  PUE calculations are getting more accurate, but require more caution and common sense when drawing comparisons.  Continue Reading

• Why monitoring data center power consumption is vital

  Monitoring data center power consumption is the first step to reducing energy expenses, but many facilities still lack key monitoring capabilities.  Continue Reading

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• Top data center technologies to watch in 2012: Advisory Board Q&A

  IT professionals should watch for a wealth of emerging hardware and facilities technologies in 2012.  Continue Reading

• Understanding and using IMS SOAP Web services

  SOA message exchange works with IMS transaction processors to keep mainframes on the leading edge of service delivery.  Continue Reading

• Swapping blade servers: What to do about vendor lock-in

  Vendor lock-in leaves organizations with few options if they are unhappy with the performance of blade servers.  Continue Reading

• Managing Red Hat using the graphical Service Configuration tool

  The Red Hat Service Configuration tool is used to start a service that hasn't been started, or to make sure a service starts automatically at the moment your server boots.  Continue Reading

• Five questions on data center outsourcing

  Understanding selection criteria and opportunities for leverage can help you get the best deal with data center outsourcing providers.  Continue Reading