We have one, does your business? A dedicated server is one that is fully committed to one business or purpose for their exclusive use. They’re often used when high traffic and/or resource intensive tasks need to be handled.
We have one, does your business? A dedicated server is one that is fully committed to one business or purpose for their exclusive use. They’re often used when high traffic and/or resource intensive tasks need to be handled.
Topics: Servers 101
Moore’s Law is soon to be old news. As we know, Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors on a circuit doubles every two years. Intel has made an interesting announcement that will make Moore hiccup.
Smart service providers plan their networks with the assistance of forecast calculations. By using calculations and planning ahead, operators can make key investment decisions ahead of the game. Forecasting is the key to making sure a company will operate at a profit while investing current and future capital wisely.
RAID, or redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks, was created to combine cheaper drives into a single, higher capacity drive. RAID was also designed to prevent fault, so that data on the drives would remain usable, even if the drive failed. As we all know, failures happen, so redundancy is important.
We've all heard that e-waste is a growing problem around the world. As technology advances, so does our urge to get the latest and greatest electronics out there, but what happens to the electronics we no longer want? Have you ever stopped to think about how much of that ends up in a landfill?
You know the Monkeys are suckers for anything green, that’s why we’re so happy to hear about Google’s latest enterprise. Google is replacing a former coal plant with a 350 acre renewable-energy powered server farm in Chattanooga, Alabama. Google data centers are known for using half the energy of a standard data center. The new green data center will be the 14th for Google.
With the Red Hat Summit a week behind us, we’ve rounded up a few updates to the company. Red Hat, a Linux company, is on its way to becoming a cloud powerhouse. Over 2 decades ago, Red Hat started with a mission to create better open source technology for customers. Red Hat is continuing to prove themselves by constantly improving their technology and services.
ServerMonkey will once again be taking on HostingCon this year in San Diego, California. HostingCon Global 2015 will be open to hosting, cloud, and internet industries from July 27-29 at the San Diego Convention Center. Year after year, HostingCon provides beneficial industry knowledge and intelligence to attendees.
Topics: ServerMonkey News
Another month, more consumer tech. It’s officially summer! We know that in the summer months, you’re busy blowing through vacation spots and taking millions of photos that have to be posted to social media as soon as possible. We also know the more you’re on your phone, the more you need to charge it. This month, we’re bringing you some of our favorite tools to charge your devices.
We know how frustrating it is to constantly be worrying about your mobile devices dying. You know playing on your hundred apps can drain your battery, but most of the time, you don’t even know what’s draining your battery. There are a few tips and tricks to help save the battery, or at least make it last five minutes longer. Start by checking your battery use. To do so open settings, general, usage battery usage. You’d be surprised to see what’s constantly running in the background on your phone.