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Scaling ZFS on Linux to many CPUs

As servers have gained CPU cores, locking within OpenZFS has become a bottleneck for some highly-parallel workloads. This posting describes my entree to the world of high-concurrency performance testing of ZFS on Linux (ZoL). In February 2015, I posted the first pull...

How to correctly size power requirements for server racks

by Chris Dunn | Colocation

Here’s how to correctly size your power requirements for server racks.

To Colo Or Not To Colo, There Really Is No Question

by Eric Dominguez | Colocation

“Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous [outages]. Or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by [colo’ing] end them?” – William Shakespeare Well maybe that quote is a little melodramatic, but for IT infrastructure...

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