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Blade Servers vs Rack Servers vs Tower Servers
Servers come in several different configurations. In the data center, decisions about blade server vs. rack server vs. tower server will affect performance, data...
Using a Physical Hard Drive with a VirtualBox VM
Though it's possible to create a virtual hard disk image from the existing contents of a physical drive, you might find it useful to directly mount...
Best Server Monitoring Software & Tools for 2020
What is Server Monitoring?
Server monitoring is a complicated area with lots of overlap across multiple domains. Some analyst firms in 2019 tend to group...
Cloud Computing
Best Cloud Based Services & Companies
Any company that’s delayed introducing cloud-based software into their infrastructure needs to consider leveraging these new technologies to reap all the benefits cloud computing...
Backup
Best Virtual Machine Backup Tools & Software
If you ask any system administrator to name the top three pain points of their job, backups will almost surely make the list, which...
Guides
How to Allow Multiple Users with Remote Desktop in Windows 7
Eric Geier - 0
Microsoft offers the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in Windows Server to allow remote desktop connections for multiple users, and while most versions of Windows...
Guides
Guides
Using Netsh to Manage Remote Servers and Workstations
Eric Geier - 0
The network shell (Netsh) of Windows can be a great way to view or manage network-related settings via the Command Prompt. You can use...
Guides
Adding Users and Aliases for Postfix
Postfix is a great mailer, but if you're new to administering Postfix, finding your way around can be difficult. For example, just finding information...
Guides
Moving EC2 Instances Across Availability Zones or AWS Regions
Eric Geier - 0
As you may have already figured out, Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and most other Amazon Web Services (AWS) are region specific. If you run...
Hardware
Top Ten Rack Servers
Businesses shopping for rack servers have fewer vendors to chose from than in years past. Market consolidation and acquisition have left a rack server...
5 Simple Changes to Reduce Hard Drive Failures
Hard drive failures are a fact of life: That's why there are RAID arrays, backup systems and an entire infrastructure designed to prevent data...
Dell PowerEdge MX840C: Blade Server Product Overview and Insight
Those looking for a beefy blade that includes vast amounts of compute, memory and storage need look no further. It can handle most any...
Virtualization
What is Server Virtualization?
In the modern world of IT application deployment, server virtualization is a commonly used term. But what exactly is server virtualization and is it...
Best Server Virtualization Software for 2020
Server virtualization software burst onto the scene in the early 2000s. The meteoric rise of VMware – the market pioneer – came about as...
Oracle VM Server Review
Potential buyers considering Oracle virtualization software should answer one question: are we an Oracle shop? If so, data center managers should look at this...
Server Topics
Servers
What is Server Management?
Server management, an essential activity for data center administrators, is a challenging topic. This is because the term server management can be used to...
Servers
IBM Power System S922: Rack Server Overview and Insight
The IBM Power Systems S922 server is designed from the ground up for data intensive workloads like databases or analytics. It can support several...
Servers
The 9 Best Low-Cost RADIUS Servers
Eric Geier - 0
Need a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server for your authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) needs? You can spend thousands on RADIUS solutions,...
OS
10 Linux Server Distros That Could Save You a Bundle
Businesses require reliability, stability and compatibility. It's no wonder business owners prefer to stick with the status quo — it's what works for them.
Paying...
OS
Kenneth Hess - 0
How SUSE Organizes Its Server Linux Operating Systems
In order to enable a server, an operating system is needed to run applications and enable services. For many servers today, Linux is a...
Cygwin, the Great Linux vs. Windows Compromise
It's not unusual to hear people talk about "religious wars" taking place among operating systems. Nowhere are the opposing factions more sanctimonious than in...
OS
Kenneth Hess - 0
Storage
Best Enterprise Database Software & Systems for 2020
If you're looking for a system to store your company’s data on-premises or in the cloud, chances are you'll be considering at least one...
QNAP’s TS-1685 Blurs the Lines Between Storage and Server
It's pretty common these days to see server systems used as dual-purpose platforms for both compute and storage. That trend has also made its...
Cisco UCS C3260 Is a Storage Beast
The Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) platform has been around for quite some time and has gained traction in the blade market previously dominated...
