Blog
The Case for Storage Area Networks (SAN)
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 03/03/2020
Using storage area networks or SAN for virtualization and dynamic allocation of system resources can lower the total cost of ownership of disk and improve flexibility for backups and more. Here’s how.
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IBM on IASP for PowerHA Implementations
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 03/03/2020
You’ve heard about IASP technology many times over the years, but you’ve been ignoring it, haven’t you? Steve Finnes confirms that it’s past time we “get to know it, understand it, and not be afraid of it.”
Blog
Why Should You Delete Journal Receivers?
By Tom Huntington on Thu, 10/17/2019
Excessive disk space usage causes your IBM i (iSeries, AS/400) backups and disk reporting to take longer. It's best practice to automate clean-up for your journal receivers. Here's how.
Datasheet
Task Supervisor
Task Supervisor can simplify your task management and allow you to take control of your IT task list.
Article
Three Tactics to Optimize Your IBM i Disk Space
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 06/18/2019
Don’t wait for a critical iSeries storage issue to catch you off-guard. Instead, follow these top three tips for using Robot Space to manage your disk space automatically.
On-Demand Webinar
IASP, IFS, and Disk Analysis, Oh My!
IASP technology can revolutionize your IBM i! Watch this webinar to see it in action—and learn how to keep the disk storage it uses under the watchful eye of Robot.
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Robot Space
Bring Automation and Analysis to Your IBM i Disk Space Administration. Schedule a demo of Robot Space today.
Datasheet
Intermapper App for Splunk Enterprise
If you need proactive network monitoring and visual mapping, Intermapper will give you real-time knowledge of your network, affordably and with seamless integration into Splunk.
Article
What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?
By Paul Ratchford on Thu, 09/14/2017
Guard against degraded system performance, data loss, and downtime. Make sure you’re monitoring these 15 metrics on the IBM i operating system.
Blog
Database Transaction Log Management
Mon, 03/06/2017
Don't let database transaction logs weigh you down. Find out how to preserve data integrity and consume less disk space.
Article
Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/17/2017
The operations team was excited to share how Robot job scheduling and monitoring software has helped them manage their processing needs across platforms from their IBM i.
On-Demand Webinar
SCSI Is Dead, Long Live SAN
By Chris Bremer
As data storage needs increase, SAN technology delivers greater flexibility. Chris Bremer, Chief Technology Officer at DSI, leads this 30-minute recorded session on what SAN is and how it works.
On-Demand Webinar
Quick and Easy IBM i Disk Space Management
Studies show that the amount of data stored worldwide will grow by 4,300% within 7 years. 80% of that growth is on enterprise servers like your IBM i. If you want to be prepared to manage that kind of big data, watch this webinar!
Article
Intermapper Application for Splunk Answers Need for Log Analytics in Network Management
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Wed, 09/07/2016
The Intermapper application for Splunk brings together Intermapper's robust network monitoring software with Splunk's high-powered searches and analysis of data stores.
Case Study
Halcyon Helps Computacenter Deliver Efficient Managed Services
Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. They offer consulting services as well as implementation and operation services for networks and data center infrastructures on or off client premises and in the cloud.
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Blog
Who's Afraid of IASPs?
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016
As IASP technology continues to grow, so will its uses for high availability (HA) and backups. The result of that will be shrinking hardware costs and complexity and increased redundancy.
Article
Robot and FlashCopy
By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016
Last month, Chuck Stupca (retired IBMer) and Chuck Losinski (Fortra) presented a webinar discussing FlashCopy for IBM i. Based on the attendance, it looks like this is a very important topic for many of you so I wanted to explain how FlashCopy ties to Robot products.
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Is the i Ready for the Three Vs of Big Data?
By Tom Huntington on Mon, 06/27/2016
The three Vs of big data are volume, velocity, and variety, but in order derive value from big data, IT departments need tools to store massive amounts of data (volume) and make sure it is always available for quick analysis (velocity).
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Robot Best Practices
By Tom Huntington on Mon, 06/27/2016
Wondering about best practices for automating your IBM i processes with Robot systems management solutions? Take a look at this list and get off to a good start.