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How to Craft an Enterprise-Level IT Security Strategy

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Across the nation, corporations are still haunted by some of the largest IT security incidents in history, such as the attack on Yahoo, the hack of the Democratic National Committee, and the difficult-to-forget Target breach. If your enterprise is like most, these types of incidents move IT leadership to action, checking to ensure that security protocols are still in place and followed. But what if you could do more to safeguard your cyber assets? … [Read more...] about How to Craft an Enterprise-Level IT Security Strategy

Staying Ahead of Ransomware: 7 Necessary Tactics

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Are you concerned about a ransomware attack on your company? It’s not an idle threat. In 2016, the number of these attacks each day reached 4,000, up 300 percent from the previous year. Healthcare organizations have been hit especially hard, as more than half of hospitals in the United States faced ransomware attacks between April 2015 and April 2016. … [Read more...] about Staying Ahead of Ransomware: 7 Necessary Tactics

5 Things to Consider When Creating a High-Availability Architecture Strategy

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Handling increased system load, decreasing downtime, and eliminating single points of failure are all crucial needs of any SMB or enterprise IT infrastructure. High-availability architecture is one method that addresses these needs. Since every business is different, the right approach requires careful development of a strategy that is tailored to the business. Here are 5 things to consider when creating that strategy. … [Read more...] about 5 Things to Consider When Creating a High-Availability Architecture Strategy

Installing Intel DC P3500 1.2TB NVMe SSD & VMware ESXi 6.0

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Mark Ma, our Senior Systems Engineer and Citrix SME, recently published a case study on ServeTheHome. ServeTheHome is dedicated to helping professionals and enthusiasts take their first leap into home and small business servers. Visited by thousands of people daily, ServeTheHome features content from a great community that uses STH as a focal point. Case Study Preview Recently I had a chance to work with the newly released PCIe AIC based Intel DC P3500 1.2TB NVMe SSD. After the installing … [Read more...] about Installing Intel DC P3500 1.2TB NVMe SSD & VMware ESXi 6.0

Software Defined Storage (SDS): A Centrinet Case Study

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I recently completed a very interesting client project based on MS Hyper-V and MS Storage Space, and wanted to share the details here today. The Clients had been using the 2008 R2 Hyper-V CSV cluster with iSCSI storage, which was complex to manage. The steep costs for iSCSI storage were returning low levels of performance on the 1GbE iSCSI network. After looking at some alternative solutions, we proposed that they utilize the existing 2U DL380G7 servers’ local storage with Hyper-V … [Read more...] about Software Defined Storage (SDS): A Centrinet Case Study

Unique Solutions for Distributed Storage

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The primary objective of a distributed storage model is for local storage on each individual server to act as a pool for the cluster. In this model, the virtual machine (and any data) is stored locally for better performance. Because the data is being replicated, redundancy is achieved - opening up alternate network paths and ensuring no single point of failure. For a distributed storage model to work properly, a high-speed network is a must. I have compiled the following list of vendors … [Read more...] about Unique Solutions for Distributed Storage