» Servers http://www.peekreview.net Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:23:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Steps to building your energy efficient datacenter http://www.peekreview.net/steps-to-building-your-energy-efficient-datacenter/ http://www.peekreview.net/steps-to-building-your-energy-efficient-datacenter/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:14:48 +0000 qwcdirect http://www.peekreview.net/?p=244 Building an efficient datacenter can be a tough task. However, if one plans properly and follow the steps outlined below, the same can become easier. Here are 9 steps that will make sure that you have established your energy efficient datacenter.

1. Make sure that the periods of systems in your server racks have been checked. This is important and the easiest way to make sure that the datacenter is more efficient than it otherwise would have been.
2. You must find out energy hogs and space wasters and replace them as well.
3. Keep working on replacement plans- both short-term and long-term.
4. The IT management and the counterparts of its facilities should work together.
5. Power outages should be out of concern by updating in parallel.
6. In order to avoid any issue out of migration, you should always upgrade to similar architectures.
7. The meter should be turned on at the rack level.
8. The chill should be placed on hotspots and not on the whole environment.
9. Keep a track of cut construction and cooling costs.

]]> http://www.peekreview.net/steps-to-building-your-energy-efficient-datacenter/feed/ 0 How to Configure an NTP Network Time Server in Windows 2003 http://www.peekreview.net/how-to-configure-an-ntp-network-time-server-in-windows-2003/ http://www.peekreview.net/how-to-configure-an-ntp-network-time-server-in-windows-2003/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:14:35 +0000 admin http://www.peekreview.net/how-to-configure-an-ntp-network-time-server-in-windows-2003/ nullNTP stands for Network Time Protocol and it is used to synchronize the time on a network server. Real Time Clock Chips that store time data even during power outages protect it. This is necessary for time-sensitive applications like booking online tickets. The time utility in the Windows 2003 system was known as Windows Time, tagged as ‘w32time.exe’ in the system.
One must check if Windows time is in the registry by selecting ‘Run’ in the Start menu and typing ‘regedit’ to locate the :

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time” registry

To set up the internal clock, look for the:

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config\AnnounceFlags” registry

In the right pane, choose ‘Announce Flags’ and select ‘modify’. Use DWORD and type in the letter A in the value data box. To restart the Windows Time click on start, then ‘run’ and type ‘net stop w32time && net start w32time’ and press enter.

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