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Like any other asset or device, servers depreciate over time and malfunction when you least expect it. The good news: we know why and when to upgrade servers. Most upgrades can be divided into two buckets, upgrading to the newest technology and replacing existing servers for business continuity. Server complications can be anything from performance decay to limited disk space and an ended warranty. Either...

Vim is a modal text editor that allows users to alter text in different modes. These different modes determine how the alphanumeric keys on keyboards function.  Vim has an extremely powerful and flexible automatic indent option, indentexpr. Indentation may seem like an insignificant step when coding, but Vim makes it automatic with its indent option, indentexpr. This will save you time having to TAB to...

In a data-driven world, racks are where hardware modules like servers, hard disk drives, and other computing resources live. High-powered, durable frames in data centers (DC) worldwide offer scalability, protection, and accessibility to organizations' most valuable assets today: data. But what is the software that fills these racks? We look at why racks are the server storage method of choice, the range of software you...

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) software is software sold wholesale to third-party hardware and software vendors for integration into the vendor’s end product. While often used as IT jargon, OEMs have been a part of our economy since the innovation of interchangeable parts during the Industrial Revolution. When manufacturers can offer their products to other vendors for repurposing, both parties can prioritize their core competencies. By...

Network-attached storage, or NAS, has long been the industrial method for on-premises data storage. Organization networks, including authorized personnel and pertinent customers, use NAS servers as the central point for storing and retrieving data. NAS servers are specialized computers built to hold one or more storage drives and constructed in a logical, redundant method known as RAID configuration. Adopting NAS technology can mean increased service...

The "Allow Logon Through Terminal Services" Policy Explained The "Allow Logon through Terminal Services" policy is a Microsoft Group Policy Object (GPO) that defines how the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) behaves when connecting users remotely to a machine. System Administrators use this policy to grant users the rights necessary for RDP sessions. In this article, we'll cover how this GPO plays a role in establishing...

Data center owners of all types can find many advantages in Software-Defined Networking (SDN). And, if you are a cloud service provider and want to ensure customers can move their virtualized workloads without requiring much planning, the advantages of Software-Defined Networking SDN may be the answer to your prayers.SDN not only reduces the complexity seen in today’s networks but also helps Cloud service providers...

Windows Admin Center is a browser-based management tool from Microsoft that delivers functionality similar to the Azure-based Server Management Tools, a service that was retired at the end of June 2017 only to have many of the same capabilities resurrected in Windows Admin Center. To help ease of use, traditional server management tools from Microsoft have utilized the standard user interface presented by other...