Industry measurements for server operating systems are based what OS people buy bundled with hardware, not what is being used.
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With virtual servers on almost every enterprise's road map, backup-related issues are increasingly on the radar.
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The new NAS server offers enterprise-class features.
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Exchange 2010 hardware requirements vary on the size of the environment, but it still requires significant resources, including a large amount of RAM and disk space.
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Server Snapshot: Dell has pushed Sun out of the No. 3 server spot. Given the OEM's new array of products, will it be long before Dell's ascendancy places it at IBM's and HP's backs?
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Hard-Core Hardware: The age of solar power is fast arriving, and it may be keeping the lights on in a data center near you. The former downsides, chiefly cost constraints, no longer apply.
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Hard-Core Hardware: Disk fragmentation is a significant problem for many data centers. Virtualization only makes it worse. Find out what steps you can take to mitigate it.
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Server Snapshot: Penguin Computing has always, as its name implies, focused on developing best practices for Linux-based systems, software and services, particularly in the HPC space.
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NEC's new server addition delivers constant uptime and improved disaster recovery for less than $20,000.
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Few technologies last 30 years, let alone become more dominant with each passing one, but the x86 architecture has done just that.
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Server Snapshot: Stratus' fault-tolerant servers are designed to fill a clearly defined niche. Its positioning as the "availability company" has set it apart from the OEM Rat Pack and resulted in steady growth.
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IDC and Gartner report a second quarter that was beyond dismal for server sales. Have we hit the bottom yet, and is there any light in this long, dark tunnel?
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Cover Your Assets: Do you really need all those servers? Could you do just as well with half of them, or as few as a third?
Tags : virtualization, data center, hardware, consolidation, frugality

Building a data center from scratch doesn't just mean getting the latest in gear. It also brings with it the latest power, cooling and data center design. Here's what one company did.
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Put a new lease on that infrastructure and get a new leash on your finances.
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Hard-Core Hardware: It isn't often a data center gets to install the latest in servers, blades, storage and networking gear from Day One. Yet the Emerson data center in St. Louis, Missouri had just that opportunity.
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Server Snapshot: In the past year, Lenovo launched its second generation of ThinkServers, equipped with more memory and storage capacity, the latest Intel processors, and virtualization capabilities. Yet the company remains in the "other" category in the various server measurement surveys.
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Cover Your Assets: When you convert from a physical to a virtual infrastructure, is the money you save real or virtual?
Tags : virtualization, VMware, hardware, frugality, virtual machine

Repurposing old computers instead of buying new machines can make sound financial sense, especially when trading conditions are tough and the economy is in a bad way.
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