Fault Tolerance
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Hitachi SMS100
Reviews Hitachi's SMS100 is an excellent mid-range iSCSI storage system that uses RAID6 to maintain fault tolerance even when one disk has failed.
Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Controller, IP, Storage, RAID, subnet, IP Address, Built-in Web Server, RAID 6, HSNM2
Enterprise server outlook 2005
Insight Major new server technologies were afoot this year. Read CNETAsia's special report to find out how they can affect your hardware planning for 2005--and beyond.
Are supercomputers just better liars?
Insight Supercomputers may be far more powerful than ordinary machines, but that does not make their predictions infallible, says expert.
Tags: Supercomputing, R&D, Models, computer, Consulting, Jones, supercomputer, high-performance computing, modeling, food
VMware unveils its cloud OS; wants to be a bridge for the enterprise
News VMware has announced its cloud operating system, dubbed vSphere 4, aiming to bridge virtualized data centers to cloud service providers.
Tags: Cloud computing, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Storage, VMware Inc., operating system, Cloud computing, fault-tolerance
VMware adds Linux, iPhone to virtualization mix
News Taken together, the moves mark a shift away from having to rely on Microsoft Windows to host the software used to manage servers with VMware installed.
Tags: Virtualization, Linux, Mobile, Virtual Machine, Replica, VMware Inc., Server, failover, fault-tolerance, software
IBM chides security researchers
News Technology giant IBM has taken independent security researchers to task for their role in making information about unpublished computer attacks available in an undisciplined manner.
Tags: Security, Domain names, IBM Corp., Zero-day Bug, Flaw, fault-tolerance, software, Y2K, hacking, researcher
Understanding how Windows Server 2003 communicates with disk clusters
Techguide If you're thinking about deploying shared storage in your network, you need to understand the fundamentals about how Windows Server 2003 communicates with SAN devices.
VMware revamps data center tools
News The company aims for the cloud with its next generation of data center-virtualization tools called vSphere, and announces a new Intel deal.
Tags: Virtualization, Mobile processors, Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Intel Corp., Virtual Desktop, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMware Inc., Worker
VMware embraces the cloud with vSphere
Techguide VMware has modified its product portfolio to enhance its virtualization platform's capabilities and to attempt to tap into the small business market.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data backup, disaster recovery, Servers, Core, Virtual Machine, Storage, Small Business, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, VMWare ESX
Networks vs. servers: The truce has ended
Techguide Recent activity by HP and Cisco suggests the truce between networking vendors and server vendors, has ended. See why, and how it could benefit IT.
Tags: Servers, Virtualization, Data Management, Data centers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., HP ProCurve, Cisco Systems Inc., Jason Hiner, Server
Microsoft details changes to SQL Data Services
News The company's development team reveals more details of the fully hosted service option for SQL Data Services, first announced last month.
Tags: Data services, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, RDBMS, Database, SQL, database system, SDS, program manager, Microsoft Visual Studio
10 predictions for Linux and open source in 2009
Techguide The year holds a great deal of promise for the Linux OS and open source software--from an explosion in the mobile arena to widespread adoption of OpenOffice 3, says industry watcher.
Tags: Open source, Linux, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., KDE, File System, GNOME, Ubuntu, operating system, GNOME 2.24
Green your IT using power management techniques
Techguide By following a disciplined path and measuring results using metrics, IT heads can make the greening of IT using power management techniques an exercise in financial success and corporate responsibility.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, PG&E Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Green Grid, Server, energy efficiency, power management, data center, technique
Understand the differences between basic and dynamic disks
Techguide Scott Lowe looks at both types of disks and discusses how each can be used most effectively.
Tags: Storage, RAID, Microsoft Server 2003
Why are IT systems so unreliable?
Insight perspective IT systems are notorious for failing just when they're needed most. Can organizations do anything to fix this?
Tags: Virtualization, Security Management, Business security, Application Availability, Service Availability, application virtualization, Tony Lock, performance, Hardware, software
