The next milestone: Quantum data centers
There is a high possibility that colocation facilities will become some of the first existing data centers to house this new generation of machines
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Making all-flash commoditization work in the long run
When it comes to selecting a flash storage vendor, it’s wise to understand some of the age-old sales tricks and techniques
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From Fibre Channel to an Ethernet Storage Fabric
Evaluated on the metrics of performance, flexibility, reliability, scalability and security, Ethernet surpasses Fibre Channel on every count today
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Why the data center needs a new architecture
Composable disaggregated infrastructure complements virtualization and SDI technologies to provide the efficiency and agility that today’s hyperscale data centers demand
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Building for exascale - lessons learned from the data center
Exascale-capable storage systems exist, and can teach us about the future of computing
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Intel Rack Scale Design: Just what is it?
Data centers remain significantly underutilized despite ever-rising demand. A composable disaggregated data center infrastructure resolves this paradox
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The answer to data center bottlenecks? FPGA-based NICs
In my opinion, the world of data center acceleration is moving to FPGA-based solutions
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How to choose high performance storage for your organization
There are, today, some very specific applications where using flash and tape is by far the most cost-effective storage setup
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UPS terminology 101: Transformerless technology
Here’s why static, double-conversion online UPSs use transformerless technology
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Are undetected thermal issues lurking behind your rack door?
It’s time to think inside the box - an alternative take on the results of Ekkosense’s ASHRAE survey
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The supercomputing race depends on network security
The world’s superpowers are locked in a fierce battle, but they must keep an eye on security
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The true cost of a data center becoming HPC compliant
Understanding what it takes to embrace high performance computing
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OpenStack's private route to market
It may have lost the public cloud fight, but OpenStack’s strength in private cloud will stand it in good stead
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Get with the software-defined program!
Transitioning to software-defined infrastructure brings operational efficiency, improves agility and cuts costs. What are you waiting for?
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Open19: OCP's little brother?
Now there’s another open standard at the data center rack level. Will Open19 get on with the Open Compute Project?
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The beauty of standard IT pods
Standardized IT pod architectures can offer many advantages to hyperscale and colocation data centers