HDD crypto farming aims for sustainability and decentralization. But with Chia rewards halved, profitability requires some farming strategy.
Cryptocurrencies aim to use blockchain technology to make transactions secure, decentralized, and efficient. Unfortunately, the first verification protocol, proof-of-work (PoW ) is …
Improving the utilization of zombie servers in the data center may prove more difficult than first meets the eye. But breathing fresh life into otherwise comatose IT equipment isn’t impossible.
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Buried deep in the recesses of data centers worldwide …
Growing momentum around green computing highlights the role that data center storage has to play in advancing sustainability.
Data centers: they’re more essential and more advanced than ever. That’s great for efficiently utilizing and storing vast amounts of data. However, …
Proponents of reuse culture like to point out that waste does not exist in nature. In the same way nature reuses resources, how can we minimize waste in data center management?
Here are some flagship initiatives, focused on the data …
Its founders herald it as the green successor to Bitcoin. But in a world where new digital currencies can feel a dime a dozen, the most novel thing about Chia may be the supercharged impact it’s having on the marketplace …
What does the open source instruction set architecture RISC-V mean for storage processing in a data-rich world?
Accessing information fast and efficiently carries an increasing premium in a world of massive data. That’s where RISC-V, the open source standard for …
Embracing green hardware asset management is not only good for the environment but good for your IT budget.
Running a data center is a resource-hungry affair. Computing consumes power and requires increasingly sophisticated hardware, with a price tag to match. …
In an age of corporate hacks and insider attacks, data sanitization—the process of securely and comprehensively removing data from IT hardware—is more important than ever. Following a data breach of any form, a company’s reputation can hang in the balance.…
While the connection may not immediately appear obvious, the coronavirus—for all the havoc it is wreaking on the IT supply chain and the outlook for demand—will ultimately speed the development of the green data center.
Here are five reasons why …
At the heart of the circular economy is a shift from a mode of production that emphasizes disposal to one based around reuse. This disruptive approach applies to most aspects of the physical world. But the application of circular principles …
