Worldwide server shipments for the second quarter of 2007 increased 2.7% over the same quarter last year, and worldwide server sales for the same period climbed 5.1%, said analyst Gartner.
Backup and replication software are powerful tools used to protect data against loss due to hardware failure, natural disasters, and other problems. Features like encryption, key management, compression, data de-duplication, WAN support and content indexing are frequently found in enterprise backup products. The product snapshots in this chapter highlight key specifications for a cross-section of enterpsie-class backup software products.
Much has been said about businesses becoming more energy efficient to tackle climate change, but energy demands could become a deal breaker in the datacentre for much more immediate reasons.
Multicore processors have entered the x86 server market and created new buying options? So how many sockets and processors does your organisation need?
It might be a quick route to lowering your TCO, but server consolidation comes in various forms --and IT managers need to know the pros and cons before choosing a consolidation path.
Increasingly widespread server virtualisation and multi-core processors are “disrupting” the worldwide server market and reducing supply, said analyst IDC.
