Mark Thiele of Switch writes that PUE was created to help provide a common, standardized metric for determining the relative “effectiveness” of your use of power across the data center and associated IT systems; however, the use of PUE does come...
While many numbers are tossed about, Haseeb Budhani of Infineta writes, taking a hard look at WAN optimization metrics will lead you to the facts about real reduction.
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) has been called "The Holy Grail" of data center energy metrics. But Performance per Watt measures the actual energy efficiency of every device in the data center and how it is used. Mark Davidson of JouleX writes...
Data center service providers are not only delivering the facilities’ ability to deliver redundant and reliable critical power, cooling and network services, but also performing in ways that minimize environmental impact and carbon footprint...
Bob Deutsche of Intel explains how cloud technology—and, by default, any of our business systems and related data hosted in the cloud—must contend with policies and standards that are framed by location and related geopolitical considerations.
Can you really know the value of a disaster recovery service before a disaster hits? The lessons of Hurricane Irene demonstrate the value of a fully tested disaster recovery plan.
As we enter 2012, data center and enterprise managers are faced with an array of storage choices—some highly publicized like flash storage, and some, such as WAN optimization—that have become more staid and entrenched. Doug Rainbolt of Alacritech...
An increasingly popular option is to put both primary production and disaster recovery instances into the cloud and have both handled by a managed service provider. By doing this enterprises can get all the benefits of cloud computing - from usage...
Backup is now required to do more than just “back up.” A data backup plan must provide reliability, recoverability, and value like never before, especially in light of new e-discovery requirements, server virtualization, and tighter budgets...