JBOD vs. RAID: Which Storage Solution is Best for Data Centers?
Enterprises need to store tremendous amounts of data, and for some organizations, this can reach into the zettabytes. Sometimes, this is only the primary storage, without counting the backups and redundancies these organizations have to implement. Storage solutions not only impact performance but also dictate reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency, and the bigger the organization, the […]
Data Center Consolidation and Optimization: Exploring Strategies to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Costs
As the world leaps into the new normal, by which we now understand continuously generated extremely large volumes of data, organizations are starting to outgrow capacity. This often creates inefficiency and high costs, frequently due to server sprawl. Server sprawl is a term referring to organizations upkeeping underutilized servers, which require more resources and consume […]
Data Center Airflow Management Best Practices
In an ideal situation, when the data center is located in a cold geographical area, making free cooling possible, the need for traditional air conditioning systems is significantly reduced. Leveraging outdoor temperatures to cool equipment allows these data center facilities to be energy efficient, boast better PUE values, and have a lower environmental impact. However, […]
What is Edge Networking, and How Can Companies Leverage Its Benefits?
Almost anything we do today requires, at one point or another, a specific degree of information processing and storage. Whether it’s our personal computers, appliances, or cars, there will be some amount of information manufacturers build into these devices to enhance our experience with the product. However, as users, businesses, and applications are becoming more […]
Reducing the Risks of Power Outages in Data Centers
If we want to assess some of the biggest risks to data safety and continuity of digital services, the first thing that comes to mind is power outages in data centers. These disruptions can be responsible for substantial financial losses for businesses, topped up with data corruption risks and the costly downtime of critical applications. […]
What is PUE and Why Does It Matter For Data Centers
Data centers, powering everything from cloud services and big data analytics to IoT devices, are the backbone of everything we do in this digital world. Our entire economy depends on their efficiency. As data centers become more complex and grow in scale, energy consumption is becoming a pressing concern in the industry. Data centers require […]