Choosing the right data center provider to co-locate your IT infrastructure should be done with care and a lot of thought. One thing you don’t want to do is make the wrong choice up front. The cost of making a mistake can be huge. Most contracts are from 36 to 60 months in length. If…
Network Provider Expands Data Centers
US Signal has been a valued partner of ours for the last several years. Their robust network and distributed data centers have been assets to our customers, providing quality bandwidth and carrier quality data center facilities across the midwest. It’s encouraging to us, and our client base, to see that they are increasing their data…
If the IBM Power System were a person, you wouldn’t have a problem paying a little more for it…
Not all business professionals are created equal. This is why businesses of all sizes, across every industry, and in every corner of the world invest significantly in the search and retention of top talent. People remain the single largest expense for just about every organization. Everyone has worked with that person who just gets things…
IBM Power Systems Hardware Withdrawal: IBM Power systems, model upgrades, and features
This information is copied directly from IBM announcement 915-050 Effective November 30, 2015, IBM® will withdraw from marketing the following selected IBM Power Systems, model upgrades, associated features and feature conversions. On or after the effective date of withdrawal, you can no longer order these products directly from IBM. IBM Power Systems IBM PowerLinux 7R1…
AIX High availability terminology and concepts
Below is a quick list of some of the key AIX concept terminology. Cluster Loosely-coupled collection of independent systems (nodes) or logical partitions (LPARs) organized into a network for the purpose of sharing resources and communicating with each other. PowerHA defines relationships among cooperating systems where peer cluster nodes provide the services offered by…