What does all that add up to? Support for massive virtualization. With minimal fanfare, Dell over the summer unveiled the PowerEdge R815, a 48-core 2U server touting four Opteron processors (with 12 cores each) and another four Gigabit Ethernet adapters to service them.
Entries Tagged as 'Consolidation'
This server is a virtualization power house!
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Managed Hosting, Servers, Switches, Virtualization
Tags: Cloud Computing·Dallas Data Center·Dell·Managed Hosting·Server·Virtualization
Documenting and Assessing Your IT Needs
December 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Security, Servers
Documentation and assessment of your IT needs might expose the fact that your IT environment is not as efficient as you thought it would be. This may explain why you are experiencing problems such as a weak internet signal or a web browser that won’t load.
Today’s businesses rely heavily on computers. That’s why most entrepreneurs [...]
Tags: Backup·Internet·IT Environment·Managed IT Services·Recovery·Web Browser
Dallas Data Center Partners With The Planet to Deliver “Colo By The U”
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Green IT, Linux, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Routers, Security, Servers, Storage, Switches, Uncategorized, VMware, Virtualization
HOUSTON, September 7, 2010 – The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that Dallas Data Center (http://www.DallasDataCenter.com), a provider of Colo By The U, is the company’s newest referral partner, and joins its growing portfolio of referral agents within the Partner Plus program. Through the partnership, The Planet provides colocation services from its wholly [...]
Tags: Cloud Computing·colo by the u·Colocation·Dallas Data Center·Disaster Recovery·Managed Hosting·The Planet·Virtualization
Green Workplace Equals A Cost-Effective Workplace
September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Green IT
Running an environment-friendly business may seem like too much of a hassle, but in truth, you can save money.
There’s been a lot of buzz about environmental issues such as climate change, and with the effects reaching everyone around the world, we all need to do our part to help. The good news is that going [...]
Tags: Budget·Consolidation·Green Dallas Data Center·Green IT·TCO
VMware Migration
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Routers, Security, Servers, Storage, Switches, VMware
Our Dallas Data Center team recently took over IT management for a customer who was experiencing poor VM performance in an environment which consisted of ESX 3.5 Enterprise with two hosts and an iSCSI SAN which was, for all practical purposes, homemade. The performance issues appeared to reside primarily in the SAN which only had [...]
Tags: 10Gb Interfaces·Business Continuity·Consolidation·Dallas Data Center·Data Centers·Database Performance·Dell EqualLogic PS610X iSCSI SAN·Dell PowerConnect 8024F 10Gb Switches·Dell PowerEdge R710·ESX 3.5 Enterprise·ESXi 4·High Disk Queue Lengths·I/O Capability·iSCSI SAN·IT Management·LAN·LUNs·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·NIC Ports·Palo Alto Networks PA-500 Firewalls·Poor VM Performance·Routers·Security·Servers·Single Gigabit Connections·Storage·Storage vMotion·Switches·vCenter·Virtual Machines·VM·vMotion·VMware·vSphere·Xeon Quad-Core Processors
10 GbE Throughput with iSCSI SAN? Wow!
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, Storage, Virtualization
An exciting new product to check out is the Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS6510 series of EqualLogic iSCSI SAN storage with supporting 10GbE technology. As stated by a recent article from Dell™, the products versions PS6510E and PS6510X integrate “intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless [...]
Tags: Backup·Business Continuity·Business Critical Applications·Data Protection·Dell·Dell EqualLogic·Dell R710·iSCSI SAN·PS6510·Storage Consolidation·Streaming Workloads·Virtualization
IT Asset Management
October 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Consolidation, Dedicated Servers, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Uncategorized
Did you know….?
• IT Assets comprise the 2nd largest operational expense, next to employees in a typical company?
• IT Capital Expenditures represent a significant and in many cases majority share of annual capital expenditures for many companies?
IT Asset Management has been around for a long time in large Fortune 500 businesses and is now gaining [...]
Tags: Budget·Business Continuity·Colocation·Consolidation·data center·Dedicated Servers·Disaster Recovery·Green IT·Implementations·Managed Hosting·Management·Microsoft·Project·ROI·TCO·Virtualization
Living in an HA World
April 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
Today’s business can’t afford to be down. If you have a web presence, your business is on 24/7. If you don’t treat your infrastructure as if you are open around the clock, you could be losing opportunity. Many people think that in order to get HA (High Availability) in their hardware that they have to [...]
Tags: Budget·Business Continuity·catastrophic·Colocation·Consolidation·Dedicated Servers·Disaster Recovery·IBM·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Virtualization·VM·VMware
Dedicated Servers Now on Sale
March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Colocation, Consolidation, Dedicated Servers, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Virtualization
Trying to grow your business but don’t have the technology to move forward? Dallas Data Center’s dedicated servers provide you with the hardware for only $249 per month with no term commitment and only a $100 set up fee.
Dallas Data Center’s dedicated servers are configured with the following specifications:
· Dual Xeon 3.2Ghz Processors
· 4 [...]
Tags: Budget·colo by the u·Colocation·Consolidation·Dedicated Servers·disaster·Disaster Recovery·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·Microsoft·ROI·TCO·utility computing·Virtual·Virtualization
Backup–Plain and Simple!
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Backup, Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Storage
Ever wonder why you see an advertisement on TV and they tell you it is only $29.99, but then when you get to the part about shipping and handling it costs another $20.00 to get it and if you want it faster than 8 weeks, it is another $10.00. Whether it is TV or a [...]
When to Virtualize
March 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Virtualization
In the IT arena, fads come and fads go, but when the concept makes bottom-line sense, then it stays and becomes part of our infrastructure. This is what has happened with virtualization. Now the question is not if you should virtualize, but when. There are some things to consider such as justifying to the financial [...]
Managing Your IT Implementations
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, Colocation, Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Storage, Virtualization
Technology isn’t a one size fits all situation. Seems the more we try to fit our environment into a box, the more expensive the box becomes. There are ways to avoid this, IT consultants and Project managers. Both of these skill sets are necessary to have a successful IT implementation.
IT consultants can offer valuable insight [...]
Tags: Implementations·IT·Management·Project
Rent-a-Server
March 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Colocation, Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Managed Hosting, Managed Services
Renting space in a cloud or renting a physical server, either way allows for you to easily develop your application or get a presence on the web. There is a difference between the options. A cloud server is a virtual server. A virtual server can have issues with performance. These servers are great for low [...]
Tags: Budget·Business Continuity·Dedicated Servers·Host·Managed Hosting·Managed Services·ROI·TCO·utility computing
Virtualization Strategy
February 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Green IT, Storage, Virtualization
Several things in today’s market trigger an organization to think about virtualization: The lack of space in a data center and the cost of acquiring more space and equipment, after analyzing your servers and finding that 80 percent of the servers are underutilized and only carrying a load of 5-10 percent or maybe your time [...]
Tags: Consolidation·EMC·Equal Logic·IBM·Left Hand·Virtualization
Server Consolidation = Green, Money Saving, Easier to Manage
January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Consolidation, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Virtualization
In the last several weeks more than 75,000 layoffs have occurred. The jobs didn’t go away, just the people who did them. Server consolidation and job layoffs can be compared for the fact that the servers and people that are left, still have to carry the original load. The difference is that the servers were [...]
Tags: Consolidation·Green IT·Managed Hosting·utility computing·Virtualization
Green IT
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Consolidation, Green IT, Managed Hosting, Virtualization
Green IT doesn’t mean that little greens guys from light years away are providing IT, although sometimes we wonder about that. Green IT is creating an infrastructure that is more efficient in power consumption, consolidating your servers for maximum utilization, and choosing the right location for your gear.
Most manufactures are creating “green” servers. These [...]
Tags: colo·Colocation·Consolidation·Green IT·Managed Hosting·utility computing·Virtualization