IT Ops teams shift strategies; Nominate products for VMworld awards; and more

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | June 28, 2018 FEATURED STORY IT operations must evolve along with infrastructure By Nick Martin, Executive Editor Digital transformation and DevOps methods require a new IT operations strategy. Find out how IT operations teams are shifting their application and infrastructure deployment practices to keep up with the latest trends. (SearchITOperations.com) Advertisement NEWS   Best of VMworld 2018 U.S. Award nominations now open Submit your entry for the Best of VMworld 2018 U.S. Awards for a chance to win. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Vexata scales NVMe blade capacity for VX flash arrays Vexata claims about two dozen customers are using its all-flash NVMe VX storage arrays. The vendor says the product upgrade targets growing need for fast storage in cognitive computing. (SearchStorage.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Learn SIEM tool basics and increase your security SIEM software not only protects organizations from cyberattacks, but it also reduces administrators' workloads. Learn why SIEM tools' heuristics and algorithms can help IT professionals investigate attacks. (SearchDataCenter.com)   Mimic storage requirements in a VMware vSAN lab Not everyone can afford the resources necessary for VMware vSAN. Instead of purchasing them outright, you can create a vSAN lab to explore the service. Simply mimic storage requirements during the configuration process to create a vSAN cluster for a test lab. (SearchVMware.com)   VSAN network problems can slow performance Virtual storage area networks can run into several performance issues when confronting network problems. Navigate VSAN network requirements and use monitoring tools to ensure you're getting the performance you need. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Four major Nagios agents for monitoring With a little help from agents and plug-ins, the Nagios monitoring tool makes both active and passive checks on important operating specs about servers, applications and various services. (SearchITOperations.com)   Simplify production deployment with these tips DevOps shops emphasize production-ready code, which doesn't cause a stir when it moves from dev to test to prod. Experts share how to deploy top-notch code swiftly and accurately. (SearchITOperations.com)   VSAN performance suffers without compatibility checks Virtual storage area networks offer an array of powerful features for storage provisioning and scaling, but the different layers of software and hardware can be complex. Perform thorough VSAN compatibility checks to ensure you're getting the most out of this technology. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Configure VMware high availability cluster options Prevent host isolation when performing network maintenance by reconfiguring the settings of your VMware high availability cluster. You must temporarily disable the heartbeat network process, disable host monitoring, reset the default address and make the network redundant. (SearchVMware.com)   Functions to look for in web server management software Using web server management software is essential for any data center infrastructure. When selecting software, admins should focus on features such as task automation and security certificate configuration. (SearchDataCenter.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Modern Infrastructure Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.