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Server Farm: A group of network servers that are housed in one location. A server farm provides bulk computing for specific applications such as Web site hosting, whereas while a datacenter...; Full Server Farm Definition >>

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News on flash: EcoRAM held up as less power-hungry option than DRAM for server farms: News on flash: EcoRAM held up as less power-hungry option than DRAM for server farmswhat are the possibilites for desktop use ntNTPaul; Tags: Memory, EcoRAM, server farm, DRAM, server; Discussion threads 2008-06-29
News on flash: EcoRAM held up as less power-hungry option than DRAM for server farms: Most people I know who talk tech associate flash memory with mobile phones and other small handheld gadgets, but the technology now is emerging as an option for reducing the power requirements in massive server farms, especially those that are frequently called upon to serve up data quickly and often....; Tags: DRAM, Server Farm, Spansion Inc., EcoRAM, Memory, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-28
The server with the windmill on top: Wind farms and server farms, energy-efficient couple. That's according to a study from a British academic. The study concludes that in-house servers should give way to server farms co-loated in remote areas where wind or solar or other alternative energy can be generated. "There's something...; Tags: Server Farm, Grid, Servers, Hardware, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-18
Building a Scalable NFS Server With GPFS: As server farms continue to get larger the need for a scalable network file system based on the industry standard NFS protocols becomes more apparent. Linux NFS will not handle these large server farms from a single server. More robust storage subsystems are prohibitively expensive and therefore defeat one of...; Tags: Network File System, Server Farm, Server; White papers 2007-12-12
Google plots server farm land grab in Europe: Google demands more tax breaks for server farm rule and Google pressures power companies for data center exemptions.BUT, that is just in the United States, the corporate home base of Google, Inc.The Google "mission," though, is a global one: "Organize the WORLDS information." Naturally then, the Google "base" must be...; Tags: Google; Blog posts 2007-04-27

Google pressures power companies for data center exemptions: Google is "evaluating" an "exciting opportunity" but has not "announced a decision or made final plans."What "exciting" opportunity is Google being so coy about now?Its favorite not so secret endeavor: Building more and more server farms across the U.S., with the gracious financial support of state taxpayers!North Carolina, Iowa, next-up:...; Tags: Google; Blog posts 2007-04-26
Google demands more tax breaks for server farm rule: Google demands more tax breaks for server farm ruleThey are making money. They should pay their fair share...That this corporate entity was able to get a Bill into place just makes me want to puke.Then again, we've known for some time that our government officials are nothing but puppets...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Vertical industries, Benefits, server, Google Inc., tax, government, server farm; Discussion threads 2007-04-25
Google demands more tax breaks for server farm rule: Google really is number one, in more ways than one.For the first time, Google has surpassed Microsoft as the worlds most visited Internet property. Online measurement firm comScore Networks found that Google had just over a million more unique users in March: Google had 528 million unique visitors in March,...; Tags: Microsoft, Google, Internet Data; Blog posts 2007-04-25
Server Farm Security in the Business Ready Data Center Architecture v2.1: Enterprise data centers contain the assets, applications, and data that are often targeted by electronic attacks. Endpoints such as data center servers are key objectives of malicious attacks and must be protected. Attacks against server farms can result in lost business for e-commerce and business-to-business applications, and the theft of...; Tags: Data Center, Server Farm, Server, Cisco Systems Inc., Attack, Data Centers, Storage, Security, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2006-11-01
Data Center Design and Implementation With Cisco Catalyst 6500 Service Modules: Overview: This paper focuses on using firewalls and load balancers in the data center. Load balancers distribute incoming requests to multiple servers, while firewalls analyze the traffic to avoid common attacks to the server farm. Although load balancing and firewalling can be deployed individually, these two technologies are often deployed together,...; Tags: Cisco Catalyst, Data Center, Load Balancing, Server Farm, Server, Cisco Systems Inc., Tier, Data Centers, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Networking; White papers 2004-06-30
Deploying Private VLANS in the Data Center: Deploying Private VLANs PVLANs in an enterprise data center environment provides an effective means of sparing IP address space and controlling Layer 2 access to servers and devices residing within the server farm. The Layer 2 isolation provided by PVLANs is an excellent way to supplement additional Layer 3 security...; Tags: Layer 2, Data Center, Server Farm, Server, Cisco Systems Inc., Subnet, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2003-03-01
Performance Impact of Load Balancers on Server Farms by BMC Software: Server farms can help you significantly improve the reliability and scalability of your computing and Web services. Now learn how choosing the right load balancer can help you maximize the performance potential of server farms. Download now!; Tags: BMC Software Inc., Performance, Server Farm, Server, It Management, It service Management; White papers
MSDN Webcast: Distributed Object Caching and Distributed Sessions for .NET Applications in Server Farms (Level 200): Distributed object caching can significantly improve an application's performance, scalability, and availability. Additionally, .NET applications running in server farms must cache distributed objects to automatically synchronize the data among servers. Through this webcast one can learn about distributed object caching, and to find out how to use ASP.NET sessions in...; Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft .NET, Webcast, Server Farm, Server, Session; Webcasts

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Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?: Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...; Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?: The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG.Â ApparentlyÂ AVG is spamming the Internet withÂ traffic that looks to be coming fromÂ Internet Explorer.Â AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer.Â ThisÂ pre-crawling isÂ flooding websites with...; Tags: Webmaster, Traffic, Malware, Register, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Scanners, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Peripherals, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update: Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update updateStill got it wrong?!?!What part of "check for updates but let me decide" do they not understand???If the people at MS are feeling so benevolentwhy not have the programmers pop up a box when the update occurs, sort of hand holding for the wary.If...; Tags: Operating systems, Opting-Out, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, proper warning; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IE: Next Tuesday, Microsoft plans to ship four security updates for multiple flaws affecting Windows, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange Server but the absence of fixes for publicly known Internet Explorer issues is causing raised eyebrows among security professionals. According to the company's advance notice for July's...; Tags: Patch Management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-03
I have to stop using Gmail :(: I have to stop using Gmail :(You can enable POP3 support in Gmail...If you switch on POP3 support in Gmail, then you can still comply with archiving procedures: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273That way, you can both send and receive e-mails with an e-mail client like Thunderbird or Evolution or even Outlook Express. I...; Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Using Gmail, Google Gmail, archiving, e-mail; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Nothing stealthy about this Windows Update update: For years, Microsoft has occasionally updated its Windows Update client software automatically on systems that are configured to check for updates. This has been true even when Windows Update is set to simply check for (and optionally, download) updates but not to install them. That decision led...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Update, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?: Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?.....“[B]Had this not happened, Viacom would have made a huge amount of profit, but have now obviously lost out.[/B]”Subjective speculation that is unsubstantiated.“[B]YouTube could get shut down, Google could get fined to the nth degree, or maybe Google will get sued and it have...; Tags: Pandora, YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03