September 2014 29
95th Percentile Monitoring Explained
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When shopping for Internet bandwidth, you will find that the most common billing method is the so-called 95th Percentile Monitoring, or more simply,  the 95% Method. So what does that mean? To illustrate, we'll use…

September 2014 22
When Colocation Makes Sense For Your Project
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With Colocation, you provide the server hardware (and sometimes networking hardware) and the expertise to configure and maintain it - your colocation vendor provides the data center cabinet space, power, security, environmental controls, and in…

September 2014 15
Determining Your Power Requirements for the Data Center
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[caption id="attachment_1523" align="alignleft" width="400"] Image credit: watcharakun[/caption] As server density has increased over the years, power consumption has become a significant factor in the data center. It can be easy to forget about this particular…