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Smarter and more efficient Network Controllers (NICs) have entered the market to enable the use of storage and servers in sophisticated new ways. One of those new uses for this new breed of NICs is to support iSCSI booting, and SanXfer 3.3 is the only product designed to help you take advantage of it, at ...
» Continue ReadingA new industry portal for the Data Center launched a few months back; DATACENTRE.ME offers data center related news, information, and an industry directory. It is fast becoming a primary information source for those working in the Data Center sector. InQuinox is pleased to recommend this outstanding resource to IT processionals....
» Continue ReadingI was asked recently if anyone actually performs Virtual to Physical (V2P) migrations, and if so why? The answer to the first question is ‘Yes’, but not it’s not as common as it probably should be. Although there may be a few stray folks who misunderstood the license requirements of their application software, and need ...
» Continue ReadingSo, you’ve just virtualized a group of servers and now you’re wondering what to do with the pile of left-over hardware you just created. If it’s leased equipment, the answer is probably “send it back”. If your company already owns the equipment, the answer may be less clear. Why not reuse that hardware to replace ...
» Continue ReadingFor mid-sized to large-sized enterprises, Disaster Recovery (DR) requirements have become paramount to ensure operational continuity. As industry insiders have reported[1], for many enterprises, no more than 37% of their servers are virtualized. This reality begs the question: “What do these companies do with the remaining 63% of these ph...
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