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Data Center Site Redundancy, Heather M. Brotherton, J Eric Dietz
Data Center Site Redundancy, Heather M. Brotherton, J Eric Dietz
Heather M Brotherton
Commonly disaster contingency calls for separation of location for redundant locations to maintain the needed redundancy. This document addresses: issues for the data center redundancy including limits to the distribution, distance, and location that may impact on the efficiency or energy.
Energy Overhead Of The Graphical User Interface In Server Operating Systems, Heather Brotherton, J. Eric Dietz, John Mcgrory, Fred Mtenzi
Energy Overhead Of The Graphical User Interface In Server Operating Systems, Heather Brotherton, J. Eric Dietz, John Mcgrory, Fred Mtenzi
Heather M Brotherton
Evidence of graphical user interface server operating system energy overhead is presented. It is posed that data centers would have substantial energy savings by eliminating graphical user interface operating systems.
Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity Planning: Business Justification, Heather Brotherton
Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity Planning: Business Justification, Heather Brotherton
Heather M Brotherton
The purpose of this article is to establish the need for disaster recovery and business continuity planning for information systems. Today’s infrastructure and economic dependence upon information technology is highlighted as a basis for the requirement of disaster recovery and business continuity planning. This planning is stressed as a basic business requirement for any reputable information systems operation. The unique needs of information systems as well as the general background for the subject of disaster recovery and business continuity planning considerations are discussed. Contingency contracts, failover locations, and testing are recommended along with communication protocols. DOI:10.5055/jem.2010.0019