Welcome back to our flash storage series. We’ve discussed drive types, drive interfaces, and management, so check those out before reading on! How hosts actually get and use the storage…
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Before we dive in, we’re on our third installment in our series on flash storage. If you’re just dropping by now, check out our first post on drive types and…
Way back in early 2014 we had a blog on this topic but it could use some updating, so let’s tackle that. If you’re just joining us, take a step…
If you’ve listened to any presentation about storage lately, you’ve probably noticed the term “flash” being used often, but no explanation as to what type or how it works in…
Sometimes error messages just don’t make sense in the context they’re given. Take 80090034, for example. After rebuilding a computer (remotely, the joy of work from home), the computer was…
Microsoft recently announced that the next version of Windows Server, which we presume to be Windows Server 2022, will require servers to have a physical TPM 2.0 chipset supporting secure…
Welcome to the third part in our calculating total cost of ownerhsip series. If you haven’t yet, go back and check out part one covering the cost of hardware/software and…
If you’re just joining us, make sure you stop by our first installment on how hardware/software and maintenance get calculated into your TCO. Knowing the TCO of your business technology…
Calculating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a very important part of any manager’s job, whether it be of an employee, a factory machine, or IT equipment. Knowing your fully…
Windows Server licensing is something that, if you don’t live in it every day, can be extremely confusing. To be fair, even if you DO live in it every day,…
Licensing SQL Server has always been a bit of a pain point. Luckily, Microsoft hasn’t really changed anything in eight years. If you could license SQL 2012, 2014, or 2016,…
Backups are inarguably the single most important thing that any IT person can do for their organization. It matters little that you achieve 99.9999% uptime for six years, if on…