 |
New advances in server hardware are making it easier and easier for small businesses to use IT in a big way. With today's technological improvements, a company of any size can run its network with the speed, stability, and data protection that the market demands.
Today's small business servers allow companies with limited IT resources to invest in next-generation technology that will accommodate and grow with their business. |
Many advanced servers are moving toward "multi-core processing," in which a single chip contains two or more processors. Working in tandem these processors can greatly increase raw computing power; working side by side, they can each tackle separate tasks, making routine computing more efficient and more secure.
Dual-core server processors are tailor-made for servers and use a dual-core setup to optimize multitasking. Specifically, the chip is designed to run multiple foreground applications, such as email clients or Web hosting, at the same time as it runs background applications, such as virus protection, wireless Internet, and data compression and encryption.
Dual-core technology runs servers more efficiently and makes networks more secure, allowing small companies to focus resources on storing and protecting the data that drives their business. |
While the storage and stability of hard drives continues to improve, advances in server design are also allowing small businesses flexibility to choose the storage solution that best fits their needs and their bottom line.
IT departments can now mix and match different types of hard drives within the same server box, thanks to new Serial Attach SCSI (SAS) technology. SCSI drives have long offered the best data performance and protection on the market, making them ideal for critical applications, where speed and reliability take top priority. Now they can work off the same serial connections as traditional SATA drives, which provide more gigabytes for less dollars.
Small business can choose the best assortment of drives for their needs, using SAS drives for critical applications and SATA drives to cheaply increase storage capacity for non-essential data. |
Even with the most reliable hardware available, small businesses must take precautions against a major data disaster. New tape drives designed to work hand in hand with small business servers provide the needed protection—and also allow for seamless recovery following a catastrophe.
The next generation of servers, such as the HP ProLiant ML150 G4, is designed to make back up and restoration as seamless as possible. When ProLiant servers are coupled with HP tape drives, they come standard with one-button disaster recovery (OBDR) to ensure that you'll be back up and running quickly in the event of a disaster.
OBDR allows a complete and fast restore of the server's operating system and configuration, software applications, and all system data using only a single tape cartridge. Every full backup with overwrite that is performed creates an OBDR disaster recovery tape. The operating system and configuration are stored on the backup tape with the data.
In the case of an emergency, IT administrators can initiate OBDR from a remote location, and a complete system restore is usually possible in under an hour. |
With the next generation of small business servers, nearly every component, from hard drives to processors, is scalable to meet your business's needs. The server is expandable, so that you can add more memory, storage, processing power, or even increase I/O rates at a pace that suits your business and your IT budget.
Next generation technology has made it possible for any small business to count on network performance and reliability that rivals that of its biggest competitor. |
Rate this information |
|
|
|
Related links |
|
|
Printable version
