Approaching the task of choosing a data storage vendor can be a difficult one. From supported platforms to connectivity, company viability to disaster recovery, there are countless variables involved in deciding which company fits your business’ needs. Below are a few questions to get you started on the journey to choosing the perfect data storage vendor.
At one time, data center efficiency was a method to measure energy consumption to which many data centers didn’t pay attention. Now, however, as nearly every business has an online component, and, in turn, a data center, data centers need to pay attention. The standard use metric is Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). Here, we’ll answer some of your questions about PUE and how it can improve the efficiency of your… Read More
The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming how companies and consumers go about their days around the world. The technology that underlies this whole segment is evolving quickly, whether it’s the rapid rise of the Amazon Echo and voice assistants upending the consumer space, or growth of AI-powered analytics platforms for the enterprise market. Given all these new points of networked connection, our “old” Internet has transformed into the Internet… Read More
All electronic components generate heat, especially computer processors. Traditionally, data centers—composed of rack after rack of servers—have relied on air cooling systems to dissipate server-generated heat. However, as data centers grow and equipment becomes more powerful, air-cooling has finite limits. As Ken Brill noted in 2007, there will be an inevitable breakdown of Moore’s Law—the rate at which computational speed increases—due to the economic limitations of air-cooling capacity at data… Read More
As cloud storage and computing are becoming further entrenched in the way average technology users go about their day-to-day lives, and as millions of iPhone users purchase the iPhone 7, nearly every one of them will be using iCloud to download all of their contacts, pictures, and contents which will get them back up and running in no time.
You’ve finally decided to make the move to a new data center. Your current data center no longer meets your needs, so you decided to start planning a move. With so many factors to consider and so many options available, however, choosing a new data center isn’t always an easy task. Don’t worry, we’ve got you. Here are five questions you should consider when planning your move.
With as many styles of racks and cabinets as there are manufacturers, there are a few constants that apply to the method of racking devices in a data center. Check out the infographic below where Silverback highlights a few of them.
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