Check out these developments in the data center world:
Facebook now has 30,000 servers
Google’s Belgian data center spurns chillers in favor of free cooling
Amazon Web Services’ December outage
Showing posts with label servers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label servers. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
10 Common Network Security Design Flaws
Brian Posey’s article on TechRepublic highlights 10 common network security design flaws. The list has clear headings, with practical advice on how to fix these flaws.
Read more about each one to get the full story, but here is the short list:
1. Set it and forget it
2. Opening more firewall ports than necessary
3. Pulling double duty
4. Ignoring network workstations
5. Failing to use SSL encryption where it counts
6. Using self-signed certificates
7. Excessive security logging
8. Randomly grouping virtual servers
9. Placing member servers in the DMZ
10. Depending on users to install updates
You don’t need to do a public mea culpa, but take a look at your network – is your company at risk as a result of any of these practices, or are these flaws so basic that only a novice would find them on his or her network?
Read more about each one to get the full story, but here is the short list:
1. Set it and forget it
2. Opening more firewall ports than necessary
3. Pulling double duty
4. Ignoring network workstations
5. Failing to use SSL encryption where it counts
6. Using self-signed certificates
7. Excessive security logging
8. Randomly grouping virtual servers
9. Placing member servers in the DMZ
10. Depending on users to install updates
You don’t need to do a public mea culpa, but take a look at your network – is your company at risk as a result of any of these practices, or are these flaws so basic that only a novice would find them on his or her network?
Monday, November 02, 2009
Red Flag: No Money = Server Failure, According to Gartner
Read Gartner’s doom and gloom predictions about how not replacing servers could result in increased server failure over the next two years.
According to the article:
“In round numbers, the scheduled replacement of some three million servers worldwide, or about 3% of all servers, has been delayed, Peter Sondergaard, Gartner's global head of research, said today at the research firm's Symposium/ITxpo 2009 conference here. He added that the number of delayed replacements should reach 10% of all servers by 2010.”
The general tone of the article is that even though this past year was the worst in terms of IT budgets, things will not stabilize for a few more years.
If your servers are nearing the end of their run, will you make noise to get what you need, or will you accept that shrinking budgets mean less than optimal data center equipment?
According to the article:
“In round numbers, the scheduled replacement of some three million servers worldwide, or about 3% of all servers, has been delayed, Peter Sondergaard, Gartner's global head of research, said today at the research firm's Symposium/ITxpo 2009 conference here. He added that the number of delayed replacements should reach 10% of all servers by 2010.”
The general tone of the article is that even though this past year was the worst in terms of IT budgets, things will not stabilize for a few more years.
If your servers are nearing the end of their run, will you make noise to get what you need, or will you accept that shrinking budgets mean less than optimal data center equipment?
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Extra Server, anyone?
Unused Servers Cost Businesses $25B Annually: Study
The numbers here sounds pretty serious. One in six servers - about 4.7 million worldwide - is sitting idle, according to a global survey of IT managers.
Take a peek at your server room – does this sound right to you? Is this consistent with your experience?
The numbers here sounds pretty serious. One in six servers - about 4.7 million worldwide - is sitting idle, according to a global survey of IT managers.
Take a peek at your server room – does this sound right to you? Is this consistent with your experience?
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