The traditional data center is undergoing many changes, if not a revolution. Hybrid cloud infrastructures, hosted servers, virtualized servers, and new methods to save energy and reduce costs in the data center create an ever-challenging array of decisions for today's data center managers.
Most of the discussion about data center sustainability is focused on the type of power and how much of it is consumed. But excessive water usage is becoming an increasingly important and controversial aspect of data center operations. Many data centers use a lot of water in cooling and humidification. Hyperscalers, in particular, are under ...
Artificial intelligence is changing the data center game. If data centers are to host AI engines that demand massively dense racks and hundreds of GPUs, things will have to change. Existing data centers and traditional designs won’t be able to cope with AI requirements. The solution emerging is to customize the data center to address ...
An increasing number of power utilities are unable to meet current data center power demands. The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence and generative AI is compounding the issue. Power availability could thwart AI’s potential. Drew Robb, writing for TechRepublic Premium, looks at how onsite power is growing in popularity as a way to address this ...
Data centers are known to be hot. They are getting hotter, and the trend is accelerating. Can the latest cooling technologies such as liquid cooling keep up? Find out in this TechRepublic Premium feature from Drew Robb. Featured text from the download: REMEMBER THE FUNDAMENTALS Those implementing liquid cooling are advised to pay attention to ...
Organizations, regardless of size, should have a disaster recovery and business continuity plan. Such a plan helps IT pros create policies that address critical elements and processes that should be considered and implemented before a crisis occurs. This plan, written by Scott Matteson for TechRepublic Premium, provides a roadmap that organizations can follow. Featured text ...
Storage news is in store. Get the latest revelations from Pure/Accelerate 2024 in Las Vegas. Pure Storage’s event ran from June 18-21 and our contributing writer Drew Robb attended in person. In this TechRepublic Premium feature, read about Pure Storage’s new products and services, the extent of artificial intelligence’s disruption of the storage industry and ...
Data centers represent a significant investment and asset to an organization, usually serving as the center of operations to enable business success via technology. While investment in cloud services remains a strong alternative to on-premises data centers, many organizations nevertheless choose to implement or retain a full or partial presence of in-house server rooms. This ...
Whether it flows through business transactions, customer activity, employee productivity or the Internet of Things, data is the lifeblood of most modern businesses. Data leads to information and information leads to better business decisions. Gathering data in a usable framework that can be accessed by decision-makers in a standardized manner is the role of the ...
Linux powers the enterprise. From the cloud to containers and to the backbone of your network, Linux is there working tirelessly to keep your business humming. Whether you use Linux in your AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or your on-premise data center, you use Linux. But what about distribution? You’ve either gone one of two routes: ...
A company’s data center serves as the veritable lifeblood of an organization. A data center houses the systems that run critical services that permit access into and out of the company’s networks and other elements the business needs to function correctly. The purpose of this policy, written by Scott Matteson for TechRepublic Premium, is to ...
The global population of internet and social media users grows each day, which means that the volume of shared data is also on a remarkable rise. Statista forecasts that the amount of data to be created, captured, copied and consumed globally by 2025 will be more than 181 zettabytes. With new capabilities rapidly emerging in ...
Choosing a vendor to provide cloud-based data warehouse services requires a certain level of due diligence on the part of the purchaser. This cloud data warehouse guide and checklist from TechRepublic Premium will help businesses choose the vendor that best fits its data storage needs based on offered features and key elements. From the guide: ...
Useful and actionable information is the engine of success that drives the modern business enterprise. Properly collecting, storing and processing business data is what provides the fuel for that success engine. The database administrator is responsible for determining how data will be collected, structured and stored so that it can be accessed and processed when ...
Natural and man-made disasters can jeopardize the operations and future of any company today. Hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist or cyberattacks are just a few examples of potentially crippling threats. As a result, the development of a disaster recovery plan is a must to ensure ongoing business processes in the wake of a crisis situation. This ...
Backup routines are the lifeblood of information technology. Protecting an organization’s data is a computer professional’s highest priority. Whether it’s hackers, disgruntled or confused users, a fire or flood, hardware failure or just thunderstorms threatening the information you’re charged with protecting, a solid backup routine is at least a best practice if not a best ...