Staff Contributor Hybrid cloud computing is a kind of IT architecture set up with a mixture of cloud and on-premises components, or a mixture of private and public cloud, with a level of orchestration and integration between the two parts. Hybrid clouds work similarly to regular cloud computing, but they have several benefits, such as allowing dynamic … Read more Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring Tools and Best Practices
Server troubleshooting can be a complicated process. It’s easy for SQL Server performance troubleshooting activities to be based on misconceptions or incorrect assumptions, because servers can be affected by such a wide range of factors. This can lead to hours of time wasted in attempts to identify the root cause of a server issue. To … Read more Server Troubleshooting Tips: How to Solve Common Server Problems
The performance of your web applications, network, and server can have a significant impact on your revenue, brand reputation, and credibility in the digital world. While some organizations may still prefer to monitor performance the old-fashioned way with a manual approach, this can become increasingly difficult as your business grows. As an alternative, many businesses … Read more 5 Best New Relic Competitors for Server, APM, and Network Monitoring
Many purchases you make during your life are emotional choices—buying a house or a car are near the top of that list for most people. Yes, you often still set a budget for these purchases, but you are more likely to break it based on an emotional connection. To see how emotions play into other … Read more 7 Features to Look for in a SQL Server Monitoring Solution
PRTG, a tool offered by Paessler, stands for Paessler Router Traffic Grapher. This tool was first released in 2003 and has since become one of the leading network monitoring tools on the market. There are, however, several similar tools capable of delivering the same network monitoring experience as PRTG, if not a better one. This … Read more Best PRTG Alternatives
Virtual infrastructure is vital to many business IT environments, with the potential to add significant efficiencies and cost savings if you deploy and use it properly. Physical infrastructure takes up a large amount of space and can be easily replaced with virtual infrastructure if you set it up correctly and follow best practices for managing … Read more What Is Virtual Infrastructure and How to Manage It
Maintaining your business data center is a critical part of operations, as this is where your computing and network equipment is concentrated. In the data center, you can store data, process information, and distribute data back to the business as it needs to be accessed. Monitoring and optimizing your data center can have a large … Read more Data Center Capacity Planning Best Practices
SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft, and it’s used for managing, storing, and changing data organized relationally. In some cases, you might want to use SQL Server on a virtual machine, but given the resource-intensive nature of the system, you need to ensure you set it up and manage it … Read more SQL Server Virtualization Performance Issues and Best Practices
There are plenty of benefits to virtualization, from consolidation of the number of physical servers in use to the dynamic allocation of resources. This includes clustering virtual machines for high-availability environments and provisioning new servers. There’s a certain simplicity to virtualization, which relies heavily on how effectively virtual machines are being managed and the software … Read more How to Configure and Connect With Hyper-V Remote Management
When a reporting application issue occurs and users begin to complain their screens are frozen, it could be a blocking problem. This is especially likely if the issue isn’t caused by an overactive A/C vent and if users report seeing an SQL-related timeout issue. As a database administrator, you need to conduct some reactive, investigative … Read more How to Find and Solve Blocking Chain Issues in SQL Server