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All Virtual Data Centre Topics
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Design
Deciding where and how to build a new data centre is one of the most important decisions your organisation will make. This section covers how to build a solid data centre infrastructure, including selecting the right location to build your new facility, best practices for designing a new ...
Data centre design and site selection, Data centre cooling infrastructure, Data centre backup power and power distribution |
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Green IT
Avoid the buzz around green IT and cut straight to the facts on data centre energy efficiency, reducing your data centre footprint and complying with environmental regulations. Get equipped to build a green data centre infrastructure with advice on effective power and cooling methods and ...
Business case for green technology, Data centre energy efficiency, Data centre energy efficiency regulations |
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Virtualisation
By virtualising physical servers, you can reduce IT costs, consolidate servers, reduce data centre power consumption and improve server management and efficiency within your IT shop.
But to garner these benefits, you need to make well-informed decisions about data centre requirements, ...
Server virtualisation platforms, Desktop virtualisation platforms |
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Server and OS
Find information on choosing between x86, blade servers, or rackmount servers and the implications for energy efficiency, total cost of ownership and application uptime. Operating systems choices -- whether Windows Server, Red Hat or Novell SUSE Linux or Unix -- are also critical ...
Server hardware technology, Windows servers and management tools, Linux servers and management tools, Unix servers and management tools... More sub-topics |
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Systems management
Keep your data centre operations running smoothly and optimise system performance with this topic on data centre systems management. This section covers implementing change management processes and configuration management databases (CMDBs); troubleshooting, optimising and monitoring data ...
Configuration and change management, Performance, monitoring and optimization, Data centre capacity planning, ITIL and IT governance... More sub-topics |
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Networking
The network is essential to keeping business operations running smoothly, so don't let poor monitoring or sloppy cabling get in the way. This section drills down on important data centre network management issues, with advice on performance monitoring and testing, securing the data centre ...
Network management |
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Cloud
Find out about virtual data centre services, managed hosting and colocation services in your area and the cost of running your business in the cloud versus in-house. This section explains the difference between virtual data centre services, cloud computing and traditional hosting services ...
Cloud computing services, Colocation and managed service providers |
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DR/security
Get up-to-date news and guides on disaster recovery (DR) processes and planning to ensure that your business will stay up and running in the event of a disaster. Checks on generator testing, load testing, breaker design and fuel supply need to be taken care of long before a disaster hits ...
Data centre physical security, Data centre disaster recovery planning, Data centre IT security and compliance |
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