The Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is a complete architecture with centralized automation and policy-driven application profiles. It is a data center and cloud solution built around an... more
SAN security was (and sometimes still is) lagging behind performance, speed, and port counts aspects. But in a contemporary Data Center with SAN being its part, security is quite important. more
When setting up the Distributed Data Center, the architect has to decide which method will be used for site selection to distribute client traffic between the sites.
Apart from strictly network orient... more
Remember the early Data Centers using proprietary protocols and platforms? Since then Data Centers have evolved to a decentralized architecture. But the "retro" is in and the Data Centers are evolving... more
Ever feel confused by all the protocols or emerging technologies around, and the plethora of devices available at your disposal? How do you decide which technology to bet on for the long run? more
Are you building a Backup Data Center (BDC) and having headaches due to the related expenses? Or perhaps you already have a BDC and you simply want to reduce its operational costs? more
Do you want to understand what cloud computing is all about? Do you want to benefit from cloud computing? As a service provider and/or operator, you can provide optimized and innovative cloud computin... more
As more and more companies deploy secondary data centers, service providers must provide suitable interconnects that offer sufficient performance. The July article explores data center interconnects o... more
This IP corner article discusses the modern data center (DC) and its requirements for high availability. High availability can be achieved on several levels. Data centers are designed to be highly ava... more
In this IP corner article, Jaroslav Rajić, CCNP and CCSI at NIL Data Communications, identifies and describes the measures and actions necessary to evolve the Data Center to a more energy-efficient ar... more