Microsoft announced the availability of a new Office 365 datacenter region in Canada this May. Canadian organizations now have the option to move their Office 365 core data (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, etc) back to Canada. This option is available until October 31, 2016, and can be done by simply sending the request from your…
Read MoreRAID is multiple hard drives that are grouped together to gain better performance and/or failure redundancy. A server should always use RAID rather than a single hard drive. Depending on how the hard drives are “grouped”, RAID has different types, such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, RAID 60, etc. Here are…
Read MoreA recent network troubleshooting led to a faulty cable which was made by our client. Here are some common mistakes we have seen when our clients running/making/terminating their own network cables. T568B standard was not followed Not all 4 pairs were used CAT5 cables were still used Cables were not properly tested after being terminated Plenum cables…
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