Monthly Archives: February 2011

Easy Steps to Network Troubleshooting | Part 1

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Prepare Yourself

This job requires a calm mind, although this situation makes you panic. For example: deadlines are waiting, users are complaining to the boss angry. However, we do not get carried away. Rest assured that you can certainly solve the problem. Moreover, the network was able to function. The question is why not now? There must be the cause and you will find it.

 

Create Documentation

Whatever makes your network down, there is a possibility it will happen again. Are you going to remember what happened and how to fix it? Write down the symptoms you can see, the error message you receive, the test you’re doing and what you do to fix the problem.

 

Perform Physical Checks

Most of the problems causes on the network that previously always associated with physical functioning. Take time to check the following things: Is the network card installed properly? Encouragement from the cable network could make the network card a little loose, especially if you don’t fasten it with screws.

Check the LED light on the network card. The green color on the ethernet card shows that he is connected properly to the computer and network. If the LED blinks when you receive or send data, it is also auspicious. Perform the same checks on the hub, cable modem or DSL. While checking, make sure all is connected properly and getting enough style.

Replace the cables to ensure they are functioning. Maybe the cable is broken for no apparent reason, and the new network could function again after the cable replaced. Keep in mind, the LED may remain green, although one or more wires are no longer conduct current. You should be more watchful, chiefly when the cable is too bent. Is there a large motor electric that run close to the ethernet cable? Electromagnetic waves can disrupt the network signal. Make sure the problem exists on your side. Contact your ISP and see if there was a problem on their backbone.

 

Try Rebooting

Found no problem with the physical connection? There may be errors of software. Try to restart all systems are problematic. Often this can fix the problems.

 

Create a chronology of events

If the network is still down after you do a physical check and reboot the system. Try to remember again what events occur before the last time the network function? Did you restart the server? Is the power goes out? Maybe one of these was the cause of the network down.

Hopefully these five steps above have been able to resolve your network problems. If still having problems follow part 2.

 

Cloud Computing and Virtualization

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Associated with storage management solutions, other issues are no less interesting is the virtualization and Cloud Computing. One of the popular virtualization software from VMware Inc. is VMware, which meets the needs of virtual desktops and storage servers. Virtualization software is able to perform an efficient cloning process and the virtual machine boot process faster.

A variety of business applications that are vital and critical (eg MS SQL Server and the database SAP) has begun to move into the virtual platform. Because it required serious treatment that anticipates what if the application fails to run, or run back to the virtual machine if necessary.

To that end, collaboration VMware and Symantec produce Symantec VirtualStore and Symantec ApplicationHA that gives customers the ability to perform critical business application virtualization with confidence, and minimize storage costs on the VMware platform.

Cloud Computing, which is one of the hottest topics today, the adoption of the cloud (either public or private) may be required by the company. Public cloud may be required for applications that are not critical, while the private cloud infrastructure can be built for intranet applications. There are two main problems that Cloud Computing is often a concern of people, namely the availability of data and who can read the data, what if the data is missing or not readable by the party responsible? The answer to this problem is the technology itself, a reliable and informative. This technology is supported by encryption technology that allows customers to have their own private key to access the data. For the record in relation to security and encryption, Symantec made acquisitions in the PGP Corporation and Verisign in 2010.

Cloud Computing will become a new platform, where a variety of applications will switch to that platform. On the security side in the future, encryption can be individualized. People can give permissions/rights only on the parties are allowed to access the data because of security solutions with close/block specific access is not effective. In a market perspective, large companies can do a review about optimization and data center management, while for small/medium enterprises can also consider the full range of reliable solutions available.