Five Data Center Hogs You Need to Corral
Problem: Underutilized servers and storage networks suck power and generate heat.
Solution: Monitor, upgrade and virtualize servers, storage and network switches.
Five Data Center Hogs You Need to Corral – Stop piggybacking
Problem: Unsupervised wireless access is a security risk and a bandwidth drain
Solution: Sniff out open access points and shut them down
Five Data Center Hogs You Need to Corral – Tier the storage hogs
Problem: All data doesnt need to be instantly available.
Solution: Tiered storage allows you to archive on tape or disk drives that can be powered down.
Five Data Center Hogs You Need to Corral – Look at the whole hog
Problem: New applications using technologies such as XML can create big spikes in network traffic.
Solution: Enterprise software developers need to define data center and network requirements as part of the application development process.
Five Data Center Hogs You Need to Corral – Stop the party hog
Problem: Web surfing, video downloads and file sharing should not be part of the corporate network.
Solution: Sorry, the partys over. Corporate CIOs need to get tough about non-