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How often should I be backing up my servers?

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Jan. 20, 2012

Robin Goodchild and 8 other people answered this question

How often you should backup depends entirely on what the data is. If you are Amazon, maybe once per hour, but if you use it as an archive of other systems, then maybe once per week is sufficient. If you can tell us what data ... more

Dec. 31, 2011

greg schulz and 6 other people answered this question

Does anyone know of a greener storage solution than Xiotech?

Terell let’s take a step back for a moment.
What is the greenest storage solution is going to depend on what you will be using it primarily for.
The previous mentioned among many others that have different attributes of being green. For example if you ... more

Nov. 25, 2011

james watson and 3 other people answered this question

What are the costs of servers in the cloud?

You can even check this link:
http://www.myrealdata.com/standard-pricing.html

Are we at a turning point in server economics?

Oct. 31, 2011

Andrew Baker and 1 other person answered this question

The answer to the question depends on what upending Intel will actually entail.
I agree with Rob that there will be new opportunities opened up that address other areas of computing that were never really viable or dominated by the Intel/AMD crew.
There are areas of computing ... more

Is the Open Compute Project gaining any traction?

Oct. 28, 2011

Robert Keahey asked a question

Hardware Infrastructure

How risky is it to move our file server out to the cloud for storage expandability?

Aug. 17, 2011

JP Morgenthal and 2 other people answered this question

As Amy indicates, risk is not your biggest concern in making this decision. Doing this will increase your WAN traffic and can result in making it more difficult to access those large files. Investigate inexpensive SAN options using low-cost hard disks if storage growth is ... more

Given the consumerization of endpoint tech + cloud computing it appears the buy vs. lease model is changing. Do you agree?

July 25, 2011

Andrew Baker answered this question

Given that most organizations don't buy everything or lease everything, but make use of both mechanisms for the purchase of equipment, I don't see that changing until they move to a 100% subscription model for equipment and services.
Even if every major technology and service for ... more

Finance

What value will RIM's new cloud-based BlackBerry enterprise server deliver?

Operations

Accounting

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July 19, 2011

Brielle Nikaido asked a question

Any recomendations for how to find a part-time IT support person?

June 23, 2011

Bob Light asked a question

Server Management

When the FBI seizes servers during an investigation, can they also go after their back-up?

Smal Business

June 23, 2011

Kelly Fitzgerald answered this question

It depends on how the warrant is issued. they need to be specific with no errors, if there is an error it will not be used in court. They need to list in the inventory the evidence they are looking for and then inventory it ... more

Backup

What are your thoughts on the proposed legislation for the Cloud Computing Act of 2011?

Data Center

June 17, 2011

Andrew Baker answered this question

Given that it is very early in its legislative cycle, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot out there in the area of specifics about this proposed act. I did find the following, though:
http://tcbmag.blogs.com/daily_developments/2011/04/klobuchar-introduces-cloud...
One one level, there appears to be a good motive behind ... more

Cloud Computing Act of 2011

Cloud Vendors

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May 16, 2011

Manju AN commented on a brief

Best Practices for Data Center Design

http://www.racks4server.com deals with all sizes of server racks.