Physical network infrastrcture design question

Concerning the physical network design in Data Centers which have quite a mix of high density blade centers, small 1-U servers, storage, mainframe, etc., I'd like to hear what standards are being followed. Are you using fiber fed switches to each rack, patch panels in each rack, cat5 or cat6 e,...

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Data Center monitor reviews

Does anyone know of a good "Consumer Reports" type review of 40" + LCD displays that would be suitable for use in a Data Center environment? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

UKDC10 pointsBadges:

The future of data center operators

Will data center operators be needed in the future? Will cloud computing eliminate the need for data center operators?

ever1270515 pointsBadges:

Technical College vs. University

Hello all- Would it be more beneficial to attend a technical college or university? A certain technical college, ECPI (www.ecpi.edu) in VA, has sparked my interest because they advertise 'they meet with some industry experts to discuss tech trends and what education needs to be put out to keep up...

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Inergen release associated with acute hard drive failure rate. What effect causes the damage?

From at least three incidents in different parts of the world over the last two years, it is clear that Inergen fire suppression release, whether event driven or maintenance misshap; causes some effect that kills hard drives. Who has done testing to determine what effect is at fault? The agent...

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How to generate a listing of security information of Win 2003 server folders

Does somebody know if there is a way to query the Directory database to obtain a listing that includes security and other settings (shares, permissions, etc) of all folders and subfolders of a machine running Win 2003 Server ? Any help or comment will be appreciated.

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Average response time for a job in AS/400

What "WRK' command displays the average response time for a job?

Alexmuir0 pointsBadges:

Monitor Internet bandwidth

Good day, We are using Windows 2000 Small Business Server in our organization with Exchange, DNS and ISA server configured. 1. I want to monitor the internet usage by the users. 2. I want to take a report on monthly or daily basis how much MB/GB utilized by each user. Thanks for your reply in...

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What is your biggest data center concern? (Sponsored Question)

Which of the following problems do you face in the data center? Too little bandwidth for data replication/backup/disaster recoveryToo much data and too little storage capacityThe need to reduce the number of data centers currently used to host dataProblems with remote application access/application...

SilverPeakExpert25 pointsBadges:

Is server/application virtualization a solution here?

The current architecture contains Sun servers with a 3DC (active, DR, replicate & backup) framework. Few applications hosted on main data center (say DC1) need to be virtualized and other DCs (say DC2 and DC3) also need to participate in server virtualization and use their resources for live...

ITKE1,067,690 pointsBadges:

connecting the 5th and 7th floosr of a building

Hi, Everybody My network covers the 5 th floor of an office building, and now we expanding to the 7th floor (a half-dozen users. All the servers and telecom closet are on the 5th floor and I have to provide network services to the users on the 7th floor. I would like to have the opunion of this...

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Open IT Forum: What data center fads should be avoided?

There's always something new and improved, especially in something as complex as a data center. What are some recent technologies you've seen that strike you more as fads rather than essential additions to the data center? Share your opinion, and we'll share 75 Knowledge Points!

MelanieYarbrough6,345 pointsBadges:

Scheduling defrags and chkdisks across data centers

Can we schedule defrags and chkdisks across our datacenters on a central schedule using a central server? What software will allow for this?

NewnanIT1,110 pointsBadges:

VIRUS Scan

Using the command line prompt in windows (the black box) which command i can use to scan my machine for viruses without using any virus scan tools ?

Majedhamad0 pointsBadges:

Slow boot-up in win xp home edition

My notebook(40gb HDD, 256mb RAM)with win xp home edition has become dramatically slow in last 1-2 months. It takes more than 5 minutes to boot even after I removed everything from startup group using msconfig. The initial screen (win XP home) stays atleast 2-3minutes. How can I manage this? Is...

BinooDas123410 pointsBadges:

reusedlt *yes

Hi, Has reusedlt *yes behavior changed with V5R3? When I add a record to a PF that is reusedlt *yes in V5R2 is uses a record that has been deleted, however when i do the same thing on a V5R3 system it adds a new record rather than re-use one. Anyone run into this before? Thanks, Luis

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Oracle Database Monitoring

Hi, Are there any specific tools/products you would recommend for proactive monitoring of Oracle databases. Is this restricted on the number of databases e.g. <10, 10-20, 20+ Thanks FC

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Data Center Relocation Planning Resources

I'm looking for Data Center Relocation planning resources; books, white papers, WBS, project plans, etc. can I get some recommendations?

Pain&Progress5 pointsBadges:

What are people using for IP KVM?

What is everyone using for IP KVM's? Can they work anywhere on the LAN? How about over the WAN? Is their a client to install?

Troubleshooter24755 pointsBadges:

Open IT Forum: Where do you fall in the data center buy v. build dilemma?

Building a data center in response to overwhelming data growth comes as an easier decision to some, but what about the rest of us? What are the pros and cons you've experienced when either buying servers through a service or building your own data center from the ground up? We love lists and...

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