Intel vs. AMD: Does the CPU really matter?
Intel and AMD are at it again. But does the processor in the box affect the purchase decision?
Five Nines: The Next Gen Datacenter
David Chernicoff looks at technologies that impact data center users and operators, including server consolidation and virtualization, green IT, and the latest hardware advances.
David Chernicoff
With more than 20 years of published writings about technology, as well as industry stints as everything from a database developer to CTO, David Chernicoff has earned the term "veteran" in the technology world.
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Should you trust your business to Google?
Can your company rely on cloud services and still stay in business?
Does your datacenter have the horsepower?
Making sure that your business workload drives your datacenter is the bottom line.
From death comes new life
Windows Server administrators in the datacenter face the need to deal with Windows Server 2003 end-of-life support.
Datacenter efficiency metrics remain a moving target
The idea of industry-wide energy efficiency standardized metrics is probably a good one, but exactly how standardized is it possible to make them? Understanding external environmental factors will always be a major component of datacenter design.
Autopsy of the post-mortem: If it can happen to Google, it will happen to you
Google's App Engine outage at the end of February provides a graphic example of why datacenter managers need to have accurate and tested disaster recovery and business continuity plans in place.
My PAC's better than your POD. Or is it?
Microsoft's take on the future of the datacenter brings with it the danger of useful benchmarking metrics becoming meaningless marketing bullets. Understanding how complex systems work and interoperate is more than just a game of speeds and feeds.
Why should you care?
You're probably wondering exactly what a blog on data centers will cover that isn't already being covered elsewhere on ZDNet. Well, my take on this is that a data center is a symbiotic entity.