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The Effects of Disk Fragmentation on System Reliability Technical White Paper
This white paper addresses the impact of disk fragmentation on system reliability. In short, disk fragmentation decreases system reliability, in some cases rendering a system unstable or provoking errors in operation. Running Diskeeper the Number One Automatic Defragmenter to defragment system files, particularly the MFT and Page File, increases system...
Tags: System Reliability, Disk, Diskeeper Corp.
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TechNet Webcast: Windows Vista Reliability Improvements (Level 200)
This webcast looks at the reliability features in the Windows Vista operating system. This webcast begins with a look at how users define reliability and describe how system downtime affects them. This webcast examines the different attributes of reliability and explain how those factors have been addressed in the reliability...
Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Vista, Reliability, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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TechNet Webcast: Reliability Enhancements in Windows Vista (Level 200)
This webcast describes the reliability features in Windows Vista. The webcast begins with a look at how end users define reliability and how system downtime affects them and it examines the different attributes of reliability, and explains how those factors have been addressed in the reliability goals for Windows Vista....
Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Vista, Reliability, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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TechNet Webcast: Reliability Features in Windows Vista (Level 200)
This webcast explains the new reliability features and improvements in the Windows Vista operating system. The presenter describes how users define reliability and explore how system downtime affects them. The presenter also examines the different attributes of reliability and explains how reliability is addressed by advancements in Windows Vista. The...
Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Vista, Reliability, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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TechNet Webcast: Overview of New and Improved Reliability Features in Windows Vista (Level 200)
This webcast explains the new reliability features and improvements in Windows Vista. The webcast explains how end users define reliability, and how system downtime affects them and then examines the different attributes of reliability and how they are addressed in Windows Vista.
Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Vista, Reliability, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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Optimal Design of Reliable Network Systems in Presence of Uncertainty
In practice, network designs can be based on multiple choices of redundant configurations, and different available components which can be used to form links. More specifically, the reliability of a network system can be improved through redundancy allocation, or for a fixed network topology, by selection of highly reliable links...
Tags: Network System, Network, Networking
White papers 2005-06-01
Selected Scenarios for Evaluating Reliability Diagnostics in Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Vista offers new features that help to improve system reliability, thus improving long-term system performance. This paper describes two of these new features: Resource Exhaustion Detection and Recovery and Windows Memory Diagnostic. Windows Vista includes a number of new features and technologies that help you maintain and track...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Feature, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
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The Driver Reliability Signature Program
This paper provides information about the Driver Reliability Signature program that hardware vendors can use to get a signed device driver for the Windows Vista operating system. The Driver Reliability Signature DRS program was formerly known as the Driver Quality Signature DQS program. Together with the Windows Vista operating system,...
Tags: Program, Microsoft Windows Vista, Driver Reliability Signature Program, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
White papers 2006-02-15
MSDN Architecture Webcast: Acks and NAcks: Why We Need the Principles of TCP/IP Reliability in SOAP (Level 200)
A key feature of Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code-named "Indigo") is the concept of building reliability into the message infrastructure through SOAP. Security, reliability, and transactions are all desired features in the Web services stacks. This webcast explains why and when the user needs reliability and how the user can...
Tags: TCP/IP, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Windows Communication Foundation, Simple Object Access Protocol, Reliability, SOAP, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
Webcasts
Ten Security and Reliability Questions to Address Before Implementing ECM
Whether one outsources the information with an on-demand Enterprise Content Management ECM service or one manage the data storage in-house with an on-premise ECM system, information security and reliability should be the first priorities. Make sure one should understand which companies, software and network system configurations are best qualified to...
Tags: Security, Network System, Enterprise Content Management, Digitech Systems
White papers 2008-03-01
Infoblox Case Study: Telindus Group
The publicly listed Telindus Group, with offices throughout Europe, is a one-stop networking service partner, solution provider and manufacturer for fixed and mobile networks. The company needed simplified administration and increased reliability. Telindus evaluated options from several suppliers but found the administrative burden too high and reliability questionable. In Infoblox,...
Tags: Infoblox Inc., Business Structures, Finance
Case studies
Modular Systems: The Evolution of Reliability
Nature proved early on that in complex systems, modular designs are the ones that survive and thrive. An important contributor to this success is the critical reliability advantage of fault tolerance, in which a modular system can shift operation from failed modules to healthy ones while repairs are made. In...
Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Fault-tolerance, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
White papers 2005-01-01
Optimization of Silicon Technology for the IBM System z9
IBM 90-nm Silicon-On-Insulator SOI technology was used for the key chips in the System z9 processor chipset. Along with system design, optimization of some critical features of this technology enabled the z9 to achieve double the system performance of the previous generation. These technology improvements included logic and SRAM FET...
Tags: Optimization, SRAM, IBM Corp.
White papers 2007-02-13
Server Class Disk Drives: How Reliable Are They?
Hard disk drive manufacturers frequently set high expectations for drive reliability from their specifications, test results and "Global returns database". However, field reliability experienced by customers often does not match those expectations. Actual disk drive reliability may differ greatly from the manufacturer's specification and from customer to customer because of...
Tags: Disk, Network Appliance Inc., Disk Drive, Server, NetApp, Storage, Hardware
White papers 2003-10-06
Reliability Tradeoffs in Personal Storage Systems
RAID has long been established as an effective way to provide highly reliable disk subsystems. However, reliability in RAID systems comes at the cost of extra disks and somewhat lower performance. This paper examines some mechanisms to reduce this cost in the context of integration with backup processes. These methods...
Tags: Disk, Tradeoff, Storage System, Storage, RAID, Hardware
White papers 2006-12-10
Longhorn: Designed and Built for Reliability
This webcast provides an overview of reliability improvements in Longhorn.
Tags: Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
Webcasts
Using In-Process Testing Metrics to Estimate Software Reliability: A Feasibility Study
In industry, information on field reliability of a product becomes available too late in the software development process to affordably guide any corrective actions. A step towards remediation of this problem lies in the ability to provide an early estimation of software reliability. This paper presents a suite of in-process...
Tags: Software, North Carolina State University, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2004-09-24
Building a Reliable Windows XP Embedded Platform
This white paper is targeted at developers who are new to Microsoft Windows XP Embedded and who want to get a better understanding of how to build a reliable Windows XP Embedded image on their x86 client device. The first section provides an overview of the Windows XP Embedded operating...
Tags: Section, Windows XP Embedded, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
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Tradeoffs Between Density, Reliability and Total Cost of Ownership in Power Systems
As vendors strive for initial sales advantage, design for smaller/lighter/cheaper is invariably hotter, denser and less reliable, to the detriment of the primary system goals of maximum performance and reliability while minimizing total cost of ownership. As these attributes are pushed, the designer is often obliged to reduce the number...
Tags: TCO, Reliability, Tradeoff, TDI, Roi/Tco, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sales
White papers 2006-01-19
Reliability in Connected Systems
Connected system applications are composed of a number of loosely coupled services often spread over a network; therefore, achieving high levels of reliability and availability for connected systems applications poses a unique set of architectural challenges. For example, if an application stops running because any one of 10 services running...
Tags: Connected Corp.
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