The new way to store data called solid-state drive or SSD has a lot going for it. It’s faster, lighter and more resistant to elements. Is it more suitable for server use than regular HDDs, though? That is the question we are trying to settle in this two episode comparison series. This one will see us go […]
The flood has gotten everywhere. Both the ground floor and the basement with the generators’ fuel were under water. It was a disaster. “We really didn’t expect the storm to have a significant effect on the data center,” Peer 1’s vice president Ryan Murphey recounted a year later. His company had not prepared for the […]
Everyone knows this feeling. The best questions and answers often come to us too late, even hours or days later than when we needed. Sometimes a neighbour has such a stupid question that a brief, coherent and concise answer is hard to come by. Other times you get so stressed by an unfriendly atmosphere and […]
He is in charge of everyday operation of the data center, taking care of customers and always thinking of innovation. Petr Stepanek is the company CFO and the director of Master DC Prague and he’s been with us since the beginnings. Ten years on, he still enjoys working here. Read on to meet one of […]
This article is a first in a series about building and managing a modern data center. Have you decided to build a brand new data center to meet your company’s needs? Then you have surely though about what type of a data center you’re going to build, how much technology is going to be inside […]
This is a second part of our series about building your own data center. It picks up where we left off last time as we look at choosing the right hardware, ensuring high availability of all parts of the infrastructure and connecting all of the components into a modern computer network.
In the previous article of this series, we furnished a data center with network technologies. But now the tech and fancy double floor is just collecting dust. How can we breathe life into the data center, make it host our company apps and thus fulfilling its purpose?
Data loss can destroy a company in a few seconds in different ways: hacking, a fire, intentional and unintentional deleted information, etc. That’s why data backup should be considered much more than a simple practice, but a culture of prevention for companies and individuals. Let’s see what is behind every backup method to design a […]
Thinking about the best-managed hosting? Or maybe you need to expand the capacity of your private network and storage resources! Then you have to choose between a dedicated server or a managed one. But do you know what are the servers types differences? Find out and make the right choice.
Since cloud computing became popular, a server backup stopped being a two-stage analog process and became a complex series of steps executed by software specialized in cloud server back up. But what are the main differences between supporting a physical server and a virtual one? In this article, we will cover this topic together with a […]