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Rules and regulations for entering datacenter

twahamakau — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:41:39 +0000

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Assigning a LUN to a server in a data centre 20KM away

Armani167 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:04:35 +0000

We have two data centres about 25KM away from each other. We would like to assign a LUN to a server in data centre A to an storage array in data centre B. We are doing this because of lack of disk space in data centre A. Is this best practice ? what are the possible performance hits ?

We have dark fibre between the two sites and FCIP modules in both sites.

Facility and disaster recovery

Karenkirk — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:47:51 +0000

Our global company is interested in outsourcing the disaster recovery for our manufacturing facilities. For example, if there is a fire at a plant, we need a point person who is the expert at getting general contractor to get crews in to clean up debris, hire electricians to repair electrical, etc.

most Disaster Recovery articles that I’ve read seem to deal more with intellectual property and communications, than the actual manufacturing facility–which, if off-line can cost companies millions of dollars.

Do you know of any companies that provide this overarching service or do you know of a consultant who could advise us how to proceed?

getting in to the Data Server migration business

Acarrea — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:00:07 +0000

Hi all, I’ve been working in the telecomunication market during the last 13 years. (last 7 as PM). Now I’m moving to an IT company which is in the Data Center migration business. Where do you recomend I can get some basic information in order to undertand the process in a high level perspective. thanks in advance.

When does it make sense to choose a simplified VDI solution like Kaviza over a complicated solution like Citrix

IH8Spam — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:57:21 +0000

We are a mid-size complany with over 7,000 employees. We have large, legacy, home-grown apps that breaks whenever we apply Java upgrades. We support “Off-the-shelf” apps as well. We have a heterogenous network supporting just over 1.3 Pbytes of data in two Datacenters. Both are in Ca. (Statutory condition).

Execs say we need to move to VDI. Fine. But we have two differnet camps. One camp wants to go inexpensive with Kaviza. The other Camp wants to go Citrix. Currently, we are supporting almost 1,000 virtual servers with VMWare ESXi & Hyper-V. So we are not new to virtualization. But for the desktop, that’s a different story.

It’s a hard decision, but tomorrow’s the day to select the RFP winner. Carpe Diem and all that stuff. So, from those who have done this before, who would you choose? Or rather, who wouldn’t you choose?

Data Center certification

TRP — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:27:09 +0000

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Re-wiring a server rack that looks like spaghetti

Tomzimmerman — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:07:32 +0000

Hi, this is my first time doing something like this. I’m currently taking the beginning of my CCNA courses and I’m still a beginner at all of this. Someone has asked me to help them re-wire their server rack, since its a huge mess. I was just wondering if there where any precautions I should take while re-wring a live server.

Enterprise Solution

Dawood123 — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:18:59 +0000

I am researching the following for an all Windows Servers: I need a toolset that will enable me to quickly (within a few minute) determine the root cause of an outage AND proactively monitor performance of all applications to respond to potential service interruption issues. Some pain points are-Event log correlation-What product can help me correlate all event logs from each of the 1200 servers in my DC to a central management database to alert me and the staff 24/7 that something is wrong. Configuration Management-Over coming issue where the customer changes something on the server breaking it and then they state they did nothing to cause the outage. Since I don’t have the luxury of a fully integrated AD domain the solution would have to be able to work even in a work group environment. Thank you, _John Ingram

Colocation Data Center Information

rtopping — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:04:36 +0000

can anybody tell me what a good policy is for determining the appropriate cost model for a colocation facility? I have heard companies charging per RU and others charge per KW, and yet others charge on what sort of bandwidth you require. Just looking for some sort of guidance and maybe a range that is appropriate.

Open IT Forum: What are some of the inexpensive or high-impact green tactics for a data center today?

MelanieYarbrough — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:51:03 +0000

With power costs increasing significantly, more hardware per rack creating more heat and using more power and cooling solutions, it seems that power rather than space seems to be the limiter amongst data centers.

What are your suggestions for reducing power consumption? What are you doing to make your data center more green?
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