Drive rewritability is important, but it matters more for some workloads than others. Understanding how drive endurance is measured can help you select drives which best meet your data center needs.
In the intricate landscape of data center management, selecting …
The growing e-waste crisis has sparked a gradual shift in how used drives are dealt with. Instead of simply destroying drives, the focus is moving towards “purge and reuse”, where data is securely wiped and the storage device gets a …
Data purging is a key way to securely sanitize drives while avoiding e-waste. The new IEEE 2883 standards set out strict compliance criteria for purge, inspiring confidence in data center workers and ITAD vendors alike.
Data storage requirements are constantly …
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 …
The data center, as essential infrastructure, is more intricate than it’s ever been. With all this complexity, new tools are needed to help centers store data at scale efficiently and securely. Enter data center automation.
Automation is multifaceted. Much current automation …
As an IT asset manager, getting your software licensing compliance right is key to maintaining a secure environment—just watch out for shadow IT and be careful during hardware refreshes.
The digitization of modern business may be old news, but tech-driven …
As an IT asset manager, a host of new technologies is changing the organization of your company’s data centers. From the impact of the edge to the rise of reuse, the purview of an ITAM is always shifting. Here are five …
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. …
As a data center operator, you’re used to working as smartly as you can with the data center hardware you have. While new tools and technologies come onstream every day, the priority remains meeting immediate needs and ensuring uptime. Then …
