Data Center

Archive: 02-2013

• Look inside the Backblaze data center and its Pod 3.0 architecture

  Scott Lowe takes a look at the architecture of an online backup service. How do they offer storage at such competitive prices? Here are some of the building blocks.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | February 26, 2013, 11:00 AM PST

• First look at grid storage with Gridstore

  There is no shortage of new and different ways of housing data today. In this blog post, IT pro Rick Vanover takes a look at one of the new grid storage architectures.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | February 25, 2013, 10:22 AM PST

• How to configure Hyper-V VM boot order

  How a Hyper-V VM boots up will dictate a lot, especially if optical media are interchanged. IT pro Rick Vanover shows a few ways to manage boot order for Hyper-V virtual machines in this post.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | February 19, 2013, 11:48 AM PST

• Make sure BYOD doesn't mean Bring Your Own Disaster

  Scott Reeves takes a look at the security gaps that BYOD can open up for the corporate network. Create a policy and cover these basic points.

  Posted by Scott Reeves | February 15, 2013, 9:00 AM PST

• Find detail storage measurement for virtual machines: IOPs

  Virtualization requires everyone to become a bit of a storage expert. But what do we look for? IOPs is the key, Rick Vanover explains.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | February 12, 2013, 12:00 PM PST

• How to add roles to a Windows Server 2012 computer

  Scott Lowe illustrates the steps to adding roles to servers in Windows Server 2012.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | February 11, 2013, 6:00 AM PST

• Five ways to upgrade to ESXi 5.1

  Keeping a virtualization platform up to date should be a top priority. In this blog post, Rick Vanover shows a few ways to go about upgrading ESXi.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | February 5, 2013, 7:00 AM PST

• Set bandwidth limits with VMware traffic shaping

  Networking isn’t usually the most contended resource, but you do have the ability to configure very granular throughput rules. Rick Vanover explains how in this blog post.

  Posted by Rick Vanover | February 1, 2013, 11:00 AM PST