The bring your own device (BYOD) wave is revolutionizing the enterprise IT world, demanding a much awaited modernization of data center strategy. This paradigm is here to stay, and CIO’s and CTO’s will have to gear up to handle the…
Ignoring data center power costs in your in-house computer room? It’s a common practice. Most companies with an in-house data center fail to include the cost of power used in the computer room in their yearly budget. Companies also fail…
Editors note: Lifeline Data Centers uses N+N redundancy in construction of both power and cooling facilities. N+1 redundancy is less resilient. This post describes N+1 redundancy and its characteristics. N+1 (or parallel) redundancy is one method used to ensure system…
When discussing data centers, the term blade server often comes up as well. For the non-geeks, this post will define ‘blade server’ simply and explain why blade servers can be a valuable component of a data center. A traditional data…
What will happen to your business if you suddenly lose all your data and cannot recover it quickly? Or completely? Chances are that you will go bankrupt. Approximately 93% of enterprises that suffered from a data center down time for…
