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Real estate/floor space. Data centers, particularly in the United States and Western Europe, are starting to run out of floor space. For IT buyers concerned about floor space, System z packs a lot of processing power into a relatively small... More... Jun 9, 2009
for and operations, true for or), at which point find moves on to the next file name.
Example: This command searches for all the files and directories in a given directory and sends them to standard output. # find ./ -depth 19. ftp ftp allows for the copying of files back and forth on different host... More... Jun 3, 2009
their IT operations and some had sat unfulfilled for nearly 18 months. This was a very easy way to recoup space and power -- and extra equipment for lower-tier workloads.
The best way to avoid power disasters is to put in place metrics to monitor the power growth trends at all points in the power... More... Mar 30, 2009
and operations levels. Resources are limited and must be deployed with precision. Process improvement must be architected to yield real benefits -- not hoped-for benefits.
Companies with challenged ITSM implementations need to ensure that planned processes indeed help the... More... Mar 17, 2009
Data center operations managers are challenged with finding additional capacity to meet their needs, and must either bring more power into their data centers or decommission existing systems to make capacity available for newer, more efficient systems.
Be smart about space. Examine... More... Mar 9, 2009
data center operations should be established as part of an ongoing initiative. A best practice is to establish a program management office (PMO) to focus on delivering a comprehensive chargeback solution to enterprise. Step 1b: Initiate conversations and interaction among data center...
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Mar 2, 2009
emergency operations. They can be indispensable in a disaster. A typical colocation can house one or more of the following technologies: Cable and fiber optic connections to the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), such as AT&T, Qwest or Verizon. Connections to all major long-distance...
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Feb 27, 2009
and IT operations. He is a prolific author and speaker and has consulted and conducted training on regulatory compliance, IT governance and process improvement.
What did you think of this feature? Write to SearchDataCenter.com's Matt Stansberry about your data center concerns at ... More... Feb 13, 2009
Web-based operations have some kind of Web or database cluster, and even cloud computing is a result of massive server clusters. More advanced virtualization technologies, such as VMware, also make use of clustering -- the virtualization hosts act as appliances as virtual machines (VMs) migrate...
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Jan 28, 2009
based operations may have complex IT infrastructures that demand automated management tools. Conversely, I've talked to some large manufacturing organizations that have relatively simple IT systems that can be managed without complex automated systems management. However, where DR...
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Dec 18, 2008
and IT operations discussion. Send any comments, questions or rants to jnoel@ptaknoelassociates.com. In order for IT administrators to meet the demands of today's businesses, the effort required to access the information needed needs to be minimized. While CMDB is a good source of accurate...
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Sep 30, 2008
data center operations in two directions: For those with many data centers the pressure is to consolidate for increased efficiency and lower costs. For those with just one, or maybe two data centers, attention has been focused on ensuring disaster preparedness, especially in light of the damage...
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Sep 17, 2008
operations can bring the rest of the LPAR's up to the new release while the systems programmers sleep snugly in their beds.
System versioning is where one of the mainframe's strengths, fewer maintenance points and system instances, becomes a weakness. I also know this idea won't always... More... Sep 3, 2008
facility operations as much as possible. Lastly, utilize technology instead of people wherever practical.
Follow these practices and you will be on your way to designing a cost-effective data center. The total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers gives every owner a case of sticker shock... More... Aug 22, 2008
business operations and process are also prepared.
This same CEO equally grilled the non-IT aspects of the business about their continuity plans and testing. She would ensure that each business unit and corporate support organization had harmonized their plans and testing. The rigor of her... More... Aug 18, 2008
business operations but must be available for regulatory or other reasons can be restored later. Let's look at an example. A data volume holding unstructured data typically has only up to 20% of its data in active use. Eighty percent of the data has not been accessed for six months or longer...
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Aug 1, 2008
costs as operations staff build expertise using a common set of base functions and interfaces. They cause operations staff to concentrate their efforts on developing new applications and services to achieve business goals, and not focus on becoming integration experts.
In early... More... Jul 30, 2008
on business operations means enterprise IT faces increasing pressures to deliver business services that are more reliable, adaptable, faster and innovative in function and delivery to keep existing customers, while attracting new ones.
On the down side is the business risk of catastrophic... More... Jul 18, 2008
at the file's operations flags (e.g., readable, browsable, addable) or CICS statistics. The CICS statistics will be able to tell you if the file is mostly read even if the file definition allows updates.
Another qualification is dataset size. Naturally you will derive the most benefit from small... More... Jun 24, 2008
in disk operations (input or output) per second. Up to four disks will have their activity shown.
Following disk activity is CPU usage, shown as us (user time), sy (system time), and id (idle time). If you have multiple processors, the numbers shown are an average across all of the CPUs. High CPU usage is not a... More... Jun 24, 2008
Group and operations director for its Critical Facilities Group, adds another dimension by which to examine the suitability of a GC for your project: Find out who the GC's MEP coordinator is.
"GCs that build data centers employ a specialist that not every general contractor has -- it's called an MEP... More... Jun 5, 2008
and operations the main effects are in extending applications' end users and the data afforded to them. Thus, the effects on TCO (more cost to implement data integration) and ROI (more revenues from a more useful application) are typically minor. However, while difficult to measure, the...
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Jun 3, 2008
Group and operations director for its Critical Facilities Group, has a very specific warning in this regard.
"A lot of people were in this business before the dot-com bubble burst back in 2001, and got away from it," says Coe, who works out of Syska's Atlanta, Ga., office. "Now they're slowly working their... More... May 28, 2008
cooling operations. Some states, such as Washington, have energy codes that require use of air economizers for data center facilities. Furthermore, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in its Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency, recommends the development of...
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Apr 25, 2008
disrupting operations.
Facilities and IT Like the many other groups, IT people and facilities people do not see things the same way. Facilities personnel are usually the ones you call to address any cooling systems projects. They are primarily concerned with the overall cooling requirements...
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Apr 21, 2008
business operations. They only have about 20% of their business processes covered. I have found that this is the case in many small to medium-sized businesses, especially those that have been growing rapidly.
What I found surprising is that for the past 10 years, this small manufacturing company... More... Apr 16, 2008
Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Data Protection Manager V2, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
For the first time, Windows PowerShell is included as part of the Windows operating system and is one of a slew of new manageability features in Windows Server 2008... More... Feb 29, 2008
see the CICS Operations and Utility Guide.
The bridge refers to the symbolic map as an Application Data Structure (ADS). In addition, with the proper call, the bridge can provide an Application Data Structure Descriptor (ADSD). The ADSD provides a list of map field names (the real ones), lengths... More... Feb 26, 2008
data center operations can take steps to prepare, protect and manage its obligations with respect to virtual servers. First and foremost, understand the current state of virtualization in your data center. How many virtual servers are in your environment? How they are being used/maintained...
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Feb 19, 2008
data center operations relate to the health of their organizations. This DR/BC runbook not only discusses why data center and IT operations are worth protecting, but also outlines strategies for doing disaster recovery and business continuity well.
Table of contents Disaster recovery... More... Feb 13, 2008
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