Does it ever feel like once you’ve selected a server vendor, you’re stuck with what they offer for life? Vendor selection and server refreshes can be stressful. But did you know you don’t have to marry your server vendor?
Before you can do any sort of bare metal provisioning, you must boot the machine. One way to do that is by using a PXE (preboot execution environment) boot server. PXE provisioning is an essential component RackN Digital Rebar uses to handle provisioning bare metal....
It's incredibly difficult to build a scalable system, and it does not happen by accident. The unknowns involved in dealing with bare metal infrastructure make resilience and reliability difficult to predict in advance. So, we thought we would share the top 5 things...
Secure Boot is often seen as a one-and-done infrastructure security measure—turn it on, and you’re good to go. Oops… Recent UEFI key exposures and incomplete revocation lists have shown that even with Secure Boot enabled, you’re not fully protected unless you’re also...
As we get further into our series on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), it’s clear that setting and following the right metrics is essential for aligning IT operations with business objectives. Building on our previous discussion about the strategic importance of...
Traditionally, virtualization has been an IT cornerstone, providing automation and consistency. But with recent events undermining the reliability of virtualization, it might be time to reevaluate its role in your infrastructure. However, the concept of...
We hope you’re not caught up in remediation after the Microsoft and CrowdStrike outage. Even if you escaped this latest global infrastructure crisis, you are likely asking “we should patch less?” Not at all. In fact, we need to get much, much better at updates and...
Author: Greg Althaus Level: Intermediate Time: 5 minutes From time to time, we get questions about why we chose to do something the way we did. Usually preceded by that looks really strange or a bizarre way to do that. Well, I won’t say we are always perfect, but we...
