Datacentre performance troubleshooting, monitoring and optimisation

Learn about datacentre performance management, including application and hardware performance monitoring and troubleshooting, as well as performance optimisation techniques.

News 09 Mar 2026
AI factory builder Nscale announces another $2bn of funding

Nscale has a pipeline of 1.3GW of capacity across the UK, Norway and the US, with contracted supply of 200,000 Nvidia GPUs, and is name-checked as a British supplier of AI factories Continue Reading
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- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly
News 05 Mar 2026
Huge grid and heat challenges ahead as Nvidia set for 1MW rack

With Nvidia Feynman in 2028, 1MW datacentre racks will produce as much heat as 200 5kW ovens. Industry and government must respond, says Schneider Electric UK datacentre executive Continue Reading
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- Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly

Feature 24 Sep 2012
Tune Raid performance to get the most from your HDDs

Tune Raid performance at the storage controller to match application I/O demands to optimal hard drive (HDD) performance Continue Reading
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- Martin Taylor
News 21 Sep 2012

Facebook engineer builds heatmap tool for datacentre troubleshooting

A Facebook engineer has built a server-monitoring tool using heatmaps to assess the status of cache systems and fix datacentre problems Continue Reading
Tip 07 Sep 2012
How centralised storage and server-based computing help IT face BYOD

Study shows that UK and EU IT pros are still scared of BYOD. But IT can overcome these BYOD fears. Here's how. Continue Reading
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- Clive Longbottom
Tip 15 Jun 2012
DCIM: what it is and what it does

Data Centre Infrastructure Management holds unquestionable worth, but with the wealth of DCIM tools in the market, IT managers must choose carefully. Continue Reading
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- Clive Longbottom
News 14 Mar 2012
VKernel vOPS customers gain Quest integration sooner than anticipated

VKernel vOPS now includes Quest vFoglight and vOptimizer, just months after the merger. Is the knee-jerk integration right for tomorrow’s cloud infrastructures? Continue Reading
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- Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor
News 14 Jan 2011
NetApp bags Akorri to bolster capacity planning lineup

NetApp has entered into an agreement to buy data centre management software provider Akorri Networks; plus more news in brief. Continue Reading
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- Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly

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