Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

This is a software-defined data center discussion—compute virtualization, storage virtualization, network virtualization, and management. Next up is a customer testimonial from Columbia Sportswear, who talks about how they’ve embraced the idea of the software-defined data center. and vCloud Suite 5.5.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #35, another in my irregular series of posts that collect various articles, links and thoughts regarding data center technologies. I tend not to link to TechTarget posts any more than I have to, because invariably the articles end up going behind a login requirement just to read them.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2014

As usual, I’ve gathered a collection of links to various articles pertaining to data center-related technologies for your enjoyment. YAKA (Yet Another Kubernetes Article), this time looking at Kubernetes on CoreOS on OpenStack. There are also some decent LXC-specific articles on the site as well (see the sidebar).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. It also means the person managing the data center can more efficiently utilize resources while providing better service to the company. Industry Perspectives.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don’t Neglect Home Site Restoration. In Disaster Recovery Planning, Don’t Neglect Home Site Restoration. Michelle Ziperstein is the Marketing Communications Specialist at Cervalis LLC , which provides data backup and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical data.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

As it seeks to consolidate its IT infrastructure across dozens of agencies, the government has had trouble sorting out how many data centers it has, and even more trouble adding up all the server closets, which includes rooms smaller than 100 square feet. Now Over 7,000 Data Centers. New Focus on Optimization.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #44, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles, links, ideas, and thoughts about various data center-related technologies. VMware has a similar offering via the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service recovery-as-a-service offering. Networking. Impressive.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

The interior of a container packed with servers at a Microsoft data center in Chicago. “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. . “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. 12 Million SF of New Microsoft Data Centers?

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Stream Data Centers. Stream Data Centers Building in Minnesota Market. Stream Data Centers Building in Minnesota Market. A look at one of the dedicated utility yards at a Stream Data Center in Dallas. Photo: Stream Data Centers). By: Jason Verge July 15th, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, discusses the company’s vision for the data center at an event Monday. Photo: Intel).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. 5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. It’s not easy to stay current on the many facets of data center technology and operations. This week’s Industry Perspectives explore five hot topics for data center professionals and executives. White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

From a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) standpoint, there were a lot of observations I picked up on that are worth sharing. Data Centers are increasingly complex. Industry Perspectives is a content channel at Data Center Knowledge highlighting thought leadership in the data center arena.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection. Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection. Determining the location of a data center is one of the crucial decisions for a company as it is based on strategy and goals of a company. Industry Perspectives. PRASHANT BAWEJA.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

The move toward software defined networks (SDN) in the data center is no longer a question of “if” or “when,” but “how.” The good news is that data center networks will receive more attention and product development than other technologies (such as WANs and LANs). PATRICK HUBBARD. SolarWinds.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Blades » Green Data Centers. Low Power Company (LoPoCo) believes high efficiency servers can save businesses more than half of what they spend to operate their data centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. On Data Center Knowledge: LoPoCo Launches Low Power Server Line.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Industry Perspectives is a content channel at Data Center Knowledge highlighting thought leadership in the data center arena. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Interesting article. Here’s another article that discusses a similar topic: [link]. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 20, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. Racks of servers housed inside the Microsoft data center in Dublin, Ireland. For your weekend reading, here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s extraordinary data center building boom continues to drive its spending, as the company invested a record $1.6 billion in its data centers in the second quarter of 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Tower of Babel Invades the Data Center & NOC. Tower of Babel Invades the Data Center & NOC. Jeff Klaus is general manager, Data Center Manager (DCM) Solutions , at Intel Corporation. Jeff leads a global team that is pioneering data center infrastructure management (DCIM) technologies.

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Data Center Data Hardware Virtualization 187

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. Data is permeating everything we do. By: Jason Verge July 22nd, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 13, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 13th. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 13th. The exterior of 365 Main’s newest data center facility in Emeryville, Calif. For your weekend reading, here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

One of the new Digital Realty Trust data centers in Ashburn, Virginia. Digital Realty plans to build a 400,000 square foot data center at its Digital Loudoun campus in Ashburn, Virginia, the company said Wednesday. Digital Realty Plans Huge Expansion in Ashburn. By: Jason Verge July 11th, 2013. Photo: Rich Miller).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 197

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

The new owner, a long-time player in data center real estate, acquired the building from Hines Property Trust. The 30-story building in downtown Los Angeles has more than 300 tenants, including dozens of data center firms and telecom carriers. ” The Data Center Premium. . Longtime Partners in Sector.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Data Center Design » Green Data Centers. Some of the power infrastructure at an Equinix data center. Equinix has become the latest provider to test drive the use of fuel cells, installing a 100-kilowatt system to generate energy for its FR4 data center in Frankfurt, Germany, the company said.

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Data Center Data Energy Disaster Recovery 216

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Data Center Videos. OVH Builds Custom Servers at its Data Centers. OVH Builds Custom Servers at its Data Centers. Rows and rows of custom-built servers inside an OVH data center. For additional video, check out our DCK video archive and the Data Center Videos channel on YouTube.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 199

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

The new facility continues a major expansion for Telx in the New York market, where it now operates six data centers. The colocation and interconnection specialist also operates three data centers in northern New Jersey, with a facility in Weehawken and two data centers in Clifton, including a brand new $200 million greenfield project.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Best of the Data Center Blogs for July 18. Best of the Data Center Blogs for July 18. “We created some unique tax incentives, but as a data center power guy for nearly two decades negotiating power deals and developing power plants, I saw the real potential was for clean, ‘ controllable’ power.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 27, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 27. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 27. Servers pack the racks in a Facebook data center. The social network’s data center power usage grew 33 percent in 2012 as it added thousands of servers to support new users. Photo: Facebook).

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Energy 186

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Colocation facilities like this Equinix data center are key components of many hybrid cloud infrastructures. ” We’ll continue to track discussion of cloud deployments as colocation and data center providers report their earnings. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Over the past 10 years, numerous articles have reported that “tape is dead.” Yet in 2013, many data centers are still using tape. I’ve been in the data storage industry for years, and our customers STILL have some sort of tape storage lingering around. Data Tape Killers. The Future of Data Tape. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

Cosentry Doubles Capacity in Omaha Data Center. Cosentry Doubles Capacity in Omaha Data Center. Cosentry has doubled capacity in its Midlands data center in Omaha, Nebraska, citing increased demand as the reason for expansion. The Midlands Data Center was given Energy Star Certification in 2012.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 176

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The Peak Hosting deal is the latest in a series of announcements highlighting the expansion of Digital Realty’s operations in Ashburn, as well as the broader growth trends for the data center industry in Loudoun County. Phase two will feature 12 Turn-Key Flex data center PODs. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 206

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

About John Rath John Rath is a veteran IT professional and regular contributor at Data Center Knowledge. He has served many roles in the data center, including support, system administration, web development and facility management. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Data Center Jobs. Data Center Jobs: CBRE. Data Center Jobs: CBRE. At the Data Center Jobs Board , we have two new job listings from CBRE, which is seeking a Project Manager – Data Center and an Associate Project Manager – Data Center in Mountain View, California.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Google, IBM Team on Data Center Research. About Rich Miller Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers. White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Data center developer Digital Realty Trust has purchased a 5.3 megawatt data center, the company said today. The 15,900 square meter development at De President, Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer will feature six data halls, each capable of supporting 1.92 Digital Realty Acquires Two Data Centers in Europe.

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