Category: Data Center

Many of today’s cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing, edge computing and microservices, owe their start to the concept of the virtual machine—separating operating systems and software instances from the underlying physical computer. What is a virtual machine? A virtual machine (VM) is software that runs programs or applications without being tied to a physical… Continue reading What Is A Virtual Machine, And Why Are They So Useful? | Network World

Hyperconvergence is an IT framework that combines storage, computing and networking into a single system in an effort to reduce data center complexity and increase scalability. Hyperconverged platforms include a hypervisor for virtualized computing, software-defined storage, and virtualized networking. They typically run on standard, off-the-shelf servers and multiple nodes can be clustered to create pools… Continue reading What Is Hyperconvergence? | Network World

As temperatures in the UK reached a record-breaking 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, data centers belonging to Oracle and Google Cloud reported cooling-related failures, causing issues for customers trying to access services. Multiple Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services were disrupted, including networking, storage and object compute resources, all of which are powered by… Continue reading Uk Data Centers Can’t Handle The Heat | Network World

Major chip vendors including Intel are telling customers that they’re set to begin hiking chip prices in the fourth quarter as they deal with increasing costs and supply shortages. The rumor initially started with Intel. Now Qualcomm and Marvell Technologies have also begun informing customers of price increases, according to a report from Taiwanese publication… Continue reading Intel, Other Chipmakers Warn Of Price Hikes | Network World

Data center operators are weighing new approaches to thermal management as they deal with growing compute requirements and strive to achieve sustainability goals. They’re not alone in prioritizing sustainability: Enterprise IT buyers are increasingly looking for data centers with sustainability credentials and are making purchasing decisions based on the presence of practices that reduce greenhouse… Continue reading Sustainability Goals Drive Data-Center Purchases | Network World

If you purchase a server in the next few months featuring Intel’s Sapphire Rapids generation of Xeon Scalable processor or AMD’s Genoa generation of Epyc processors, they will come with a notable new function called Compute Express Link (CXL)—an open interconnect standard you may find useful, especially in future iterations. CXL is supported by pretty… Continue reading What Is Cxl, And Why Should You Care? | Network World

CPU prices may be headed north, but thanks to an oversupply of NAND flash, SSD prices across the board are declining. The cause is an oversupply combined with the threat of a recession, according to Taiwanese market research firm TrendForce. The firm said a combination of slowing demand across all segments of the NAND memory… Continue reading Enterprise Ssd Prices Are In For A Drop | Network World

Aruba is adding AIOps features to its Edge Services Platform (ESP) to help customers automate everyday tasks, shrink the time needed to find and fix problems, and increase edge security controls. Rolled out in 2020, Aruba ESP analyzes telemetry data generated from Aruba Wi-Fi or network switching gear and uses it to automatically optimize connectivity,… Continue reading Aruba Boosts Ai Capabilities To Help Enterprises Manage, Troubleshoot The Edge | Network World

Dell is detailing hardware and software updates to its midrange unified file and block PowerStore storage architecture. The upgrades come two years after Dell launched the PowerStore platform, which it claims has seen 12,000 deployments in that time. That’s a pretty good showing considering it competes with NetApp, HPE, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, and Pure Storage… Continue reading Dell Upgrades Powerstore Hardware, Software | Network World