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Results tagged "throughput"

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SSDs and Understanding Storage Performance Metrics

August 03, 2012 12:14 PM
In the first of a three-part series, Howard Marks describes how storage system throughput is a bad indicator of performance and how SSDs can vastly improve performance, even for entry-level storage systems.

How NetFlow Keeps Networks Running, People Alive

January 29, 2012 08:51 AM
In all the technical discussions about network routers, switches, throughput, packets and the alphabet soup of acronyms that apply, it may be easy to forget that network downtime can have life-or-death consequences. For two NetFlow users, the requirements for the network monitoring technology were less dire, but the results were still compelling.

Riverbed Technology's Steelhead 2.0 Appliance

September 09, 2005 04:00 AM
This central- and branch-office appliance accelerates TCP applications and reduces file transfer times.

Best Gigabit Ethernet Switches For SMBs

February 25, 2005 08:00 PM
Gigabit Ethernet is becoming practical for smaller companies. Here we look at Gigabit Ethernet switches priced from $60 to about $1,200. SMC priced from $60 to about $1,200.

IronMail Blocks Spam By Targeting IP Addresses

November 03, 2004 02:12 PM
New version of software enables higher e-mail throughput by blocking IP connection of suspected spammers.

Windows XP SP2 Hits The Streets

August 10, 2004 05:00 PM
Scot Finnie offers advice on whether you should wait to download the finished version of Windows XP SP2.

Protect Web Services with the Teros 200

June 21, 2004 12:00 PM
The new Teros 200 Secure Application Gateway incorporates a dual-CPU design to double throughput and protect twice as many Web servers as its predecessor.

Novell Delivers First 2.6 Kernel Linux

March 18, 2004 08:00 PM
Aiming to fill the vacuum left by Red Hat's abandonment of all but the enterprise, Novell on Thursday unveiled the first retail version of the open-source Linux operating system that's

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