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- Understanding "Mean Time Between Failure"
- Mean Time Between Failure MTBF is a much-used management metric in IT both for discrete components as well as overall systems. It is an important metric to track in regard to system reliability. Even fault-tolerant servers fail. As the level of complexity and coupling increases, systemic failure due to the...
- Tags: Jupitermedia Corp., Failure, Mean Time Between Failure
- White papers 2004-05-14
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- Mean Time Between Failure: Explanation and Standards
- "Mean time between failure" is a reliability term used loosely throughout many industries and has become widely abused in some. Over the years the original meaning of this term has been altered which has led to confusion and cynicism. MTBF is largely based on assumptions and definition of failure and...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Failure, Standards, MTBF, Quality, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2005-02-07
- The All Important Buying Guide
- The All Important Buying GuideThe All Important Computer Buying GuideWhether you are a standard every day business person or a hard hitting gamer, there are a few things that you want to take into account when purchasing a computer. Many of these things are not covered in a standard...
- Tags: Games, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-06-09
- Tech Tip: Determine an acceptable recovery time objective
- By Mike Talon When crafting your organization's disasterrecovery plan, one of the first aspects that you must decide is therecovery time objective RTO, the measurement of how muchtime can pass between the failure of an application and the time when it becomes available to end users againafter recovery. ...
- Tags: recovery time objective, Mike Talon
- Technical articles 2004-08-03
- What vehicle do you drive now, what was your favorite and least favorite?
- So just what do we like to drive and why?I currently own a 2005 Acura TSX with the Navigation system - completely spoiled by this one.My all time favorite was my 1972 240Z (sold it at 10 years old with 268,000 miles on the odo and it would still outrun...
- Tags: jdgretz
- Discussion threads 2005-10-10
- Enhanced IP Resiliency Using Cisco Stateful NAT
- Stateful Network Address Translation is a Cisco IOS Software feature allowing two or more network address translators to function as a translation group. A backup NAT provides translation services in the event of failure to the active translator. The result is a more resilient IP network. The goal is to...
- Tags: Network, IP, Network Address Translation, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network, Stateful Network Address Translation, Networking, VOIP, Network Technology, Telecommunications
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Western Digital releases new 10,000 rpm hard disk
- Western Digital has released a new 10,000 rpm hard drive called the VelociRaptor, which aced the battery of performance tests that PC World's Test Center threw at it. With a MTBF mean time between failure of 1.2 million hours, this drive is entirely suited for the enterprise, though WD...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Western Digital Corp., VelociRaptor, WD, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- What UPS is good enough for my server?
- hi guys,i have a dell power edge server...running sbs2003 its pretty standardhas raid hard drives etcwill this ups be adequate?im scared to buy stuff that wont hack ithere is what i found for 150 euroCapacity: 2000 VA / 1200 WOperating Voltage Range: 166 - 280VACOutput: Voltage 230VACVoltage Regulation Battery Mode...
- Tags: Engineering, jonin, server, United Parcel Service of America Inc., battery, light-emitting diode
- Q&A 2009-06-15
- Seagate's 1 TB hard drives for enterprises and home users
- Seagate, the hard disk maker, announced the release of its 1 TB hard disk drives for home (Barracuda 7200.11) and enterprise (Barracuda ES.2) users. Thus, Seagate joins Hitachi and Samsung in the Terabyte memory segment. Salient features of the two products are: ...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Seagate Technology LLC, Storage, Hardware, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-07-01
- Performing Effective MTBF Comparisons for Data Center Infrastructure
- Mean time between failure MTBF is often proposed as a key decision making criterion when comparing data center infrastructure systems. Misleading values are often provided by vendors, leaving the user incapable of making a meaningful comparison. When the variables and assumptions behind the numbers are unknown or are misinterpreted, bad...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Decision-making, Data Centers, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2005-02-07
- Using RAID6 for Advanced Data Protection
- RAID technology is used to protect data as well as provide more efficient data access and capacity utilization with disk-based subsystems. By placing data on multiple disks, I/O (input/output) operations can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance. Using multiple disk drives increases the Mean Time Between Failure MTBF, while...
- Tags: Data Protection, Disk, Performance, I/O, Infortrend Technology, RAID Technology, RAID0, RAID, Disaster Recovery, Performance Management, Storage, Backups, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-02-15
- True or False: Like conventional hard drives, solid-state drives are electromechanical devices. (IT Dojo pop quiz answers: Solid-state drives)
- what kind of idiots took the test??!solid state has been around for so long (1978?) that it seems totally impossible, to me, for anyone to not understand what it means. possibly many people think it means technologically current, but i still find this hard to believe. if we are ever...
- Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Semiconductors, information technology, life span, NAND flash, NAND, SDRAM, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- MTBF Calculator 1 (Windows)
- Mean time between failures MTBF is the mean average time between failures of a system, the reciprocal of the failure rate in the special case when the failure rate is constant. Calculations of MTBF assume that a system is "renewed", i.e. fixed, after each failure, and then returned to service...
- Tags: Failure, Polimore, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-04-16
- Is it true that your new External hard disk is designed to fail?!!
- According to a Data Recovery Lab, External Hard Disk Drives provide great flexible storage option and security by providing a mobile back up option, yet this advantage has dangerous twist to users. With storage capacity running in hundreds of Gigabites, with high rates of data transfer, in addition to the...
- Tags: Storage, uniitaly@..., mean time to failure, hard drive, RAID, LaCie, Maxtor Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- Why is it necessary to power cycle DSL router?
- Often times if your unable to access the internet and as a last resort you'll need to power cycle the DSL or Cable router to obtain a new lease or what have you.My question is whats the difference between repairing/running release renew on the nic adapterand then having to do...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, DSL router, router, Linksys Router, DSL
- Discussion threads 2008-03-24
- Lifespan of business class printers
- So I've recently taken over the Help Desk role at a small-mid level business.Here we have a number of printers somewhere in between such as an HP 3700 is our newest one and printers like an HP LaserJet 5000, 4500 and other variations.It seems like some of these printers are...
- Tags: hardware, lump_16@..., printer, tax
- Q&A 2005-08-09
- BI systems failure: Is the CIO to blame?
- The CIO will be blamed...Another great post by Jay. I think that it is worth pointing out that whether fair or not, the CIO will be blamed for BI failures. In today's world it is essential that the CIO be a business leader and not just a technologist....
- Tags: Pricing, Tools & Techniques, adams_john73@..., information technology, business intelligence, SBT
- Discussion threads 2009-05-15
- Monday Trades and Tribulations
- Monday and I have a longstanding disagreement going back some twenty-five years now. Monday wants me to focus, get things done, and pay attention. Personally, I want to continue on with my Sunday routine of pondering my navel, doing chores, and maybe playing around. As a kid this match mostly...
- Tags: team, time management
- Blog posts 2006-05-15
- The Mumbling Manager
- blog rootMonday Trades and TribulationsMonday and I have a longstanding disagreement going back some twenty-five years now. Monday wants me to focus, get things done, and pay attention. Personally, I want to continue on with my Sunday routine of pondering my navel, doing chores, and maybe playing around. As a...
- Tags: Team management, Shannon Kalvar, team, time management
- Discussion threads 2006-05-15
- Why can;t I enjoy my PC all the time?
- I'm the only user of my Shuttle SFF WinXPSP2 PC that I built a year ago. It's working great-have AV et al-no malware, no rootkits. My problem? When I shutdown my PC and turn off the surgebar switch, I don't know whether my PC will boot next time I try!...
- Tags: PC, CMOS, mallmill13, power supply, BIOS, CMOS Battery
- Q&A 2006-06-03
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