Data Centers

How the NERSC Gets More Bang for Its Buck with Tape Storage

Not a day goes by without some critic of tape storage declaring its imminent demise, so it's refreshing to see an organization that actually embraces the technology as a robust business tool.

NVIDIA Ready To Take ARM To Data Centers

With the blizzard of new gadget announcements emanating from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year, it was easy to miss the one from graphics notable Nvidia about its intentions to build a high-performance, multi-core ARM-based processor.

The Case for Online Dedupe

With data growth challenging IT departments everywhere, deduplication is gaining popularity. But as dedupe algorithms and disk controller hardware improves, offline versus online dedupe remains a hot subject of debate among storage pros.

The Top Data Center, Storage & Technology Predictions of 2011

What will 2011 bring for data centers, stroage and technology in general? We've put together a list of the top "top" predictions of 2011 for your perusal.

The Top Technology, Data Center & Storage Stories of 2010

B&L's own list of the the top "top" lists of the year.

Are Precision Air Conditioners the Answer to Rising Data Center Costs?

Data centers are adopting precision air conditioning (PAC) at a rapid rate fired by a greater awareness of its benefits, according to a recently released report from global consulting and research company Frost & Sullivan.

How Tape Storage Will Change in 2011

Will 2011 be the year of tape? New technologies are giving tape users reason to cheer in the new year.

Moving Apps to the Cloud as Easy as Point & Click

A burlington, MA company may have developed the application that bridges the enterprise data center with cloud computing services.

A Simple Fix to Improve Performance Problems of Your Storage System

Every administrator knows that their data is ballooning and storage demands are growing. In addition to contributing to data bloat, larger files have another, yet easily fixable, detrimental effect on the performance of a storage system.

Top B&L Blog Posts for November

The top B&L blog posts (according to traffic) for the month of November.