During day-to-day server administration, there are a variety of important system metrics to analyze in order to assess the performance of the server, as well as diagnose any issues. A few of the most important metrics from a hardware standpoint for a system administrator to monitor are CPU usage, memory usage, disk I\O. Log data […]
What is Ansible? Ansible is a world leading automation and configuration management tool. At GigeNET we heavily invest in the use of Ansible as our automation backbone. We use it to manage deployments on a large array of our platforms from our public cloud’s 1-Click applications to managing our own internal systems desired configurations. Have […]
Cloud computing is an operations model, and a cloud server (or VM) is the productization of that operations model. There is no Cloud Layer When it comes to the actual cloud server, there is no cloud layer or cloud software. Software called a hypervisor is used to abstract resources through virtualization. Cloud itself is not […]
There is a lot of noise these days about this soon-to-be implemented EU regulation, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), making the topic hard to miss — but how much do you understand about GDPR, and to what extent can it can impact your U.S.-based business? What is this GDPR thing, and why should you […]
Over the past few weeks, a new DDoS attack vector through the use of memcached has become prevalent. Memcached is an object caching system with the original intent of speeding up dynamic LiveJournal websites back in 2003. It does this by caching data in RAM instead of calling data from a hard drive, thus reducing […]
GigeNET Cloud Adds Package Based Public Cloud for Easier Consumption GigeNET, an innovator in resilient managed cloud and dedicated hosting, announced, through their subsidiary GigeNET Cloud, a new cloud server offering, GigeNET Cloud Lite. “Our classic cloud product allowed for extreme levels of granular control over system resources with the ability to scale memory by […]
GigeNET adds the last server building block to its server line-up, and completely removes legacy hardware GigeNET, an innovator in resilient managed cloud and dedicated hosting, announced the release of the Dual E5-2630 v4 and the finalization of the GigeNET server line. This 20 core server has space for up to two terabytes of DDR4 […]
Internet traffic uses a routing protocol called BGP (Border Gateway Protocol). BGP routes traffic through the most direct path. A direct path uses the least amount of devices (has the lowest amount of “hops”). Each device adds to the possibility of packet loss and congestion. Therefore, BGP reduces both packet loss and congestion. On paper, […]
GigeNET lends the voice of their customers to i2Coalition in the continuing debate for customer rights and privacy GigeNET, an innovator in resilient managed cloud and dedicated hosting, announced that it has joined the i2coalition. The i2Coalition is an assemblage of some of the industry’s best minds. They work to provide a means for common […]
The cloud is a computing wonder that will change IT forever. For the cloud to be revolutionary, the cloud computing resources must be integrated into IT infrastructure in a manner that allows them to be managed and controlled. Research on the Utilization of Cloud The research firm Osterman Research and Electric Cloud®, recently released results […]