RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) ( Reliability (Systems), RAS, Reliability, Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, and Availability) Definition

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RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability)

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ALSO CALLED: Reliability (Systems), RAS, Reliability, Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, and Availability
DEFINITION: In computer memory technology, RAS (row address strobe) is a signal sent to a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that tells it that an associated address is a row address. A data bit in DRAM is stored in a cell located by the intersection of a column address and a row address. A column address strobe (CAS) signal is used to validate the column address.

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Recent Vendor Reports on RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability)
Fast Enough Isn't Good Enough: Web Site Performance Metrics for the New Millennium sponsored by Gomez WHITE PAPER: Posted: 23 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: The new concerns of internet users mean internet executives must now provide a lot more than providing acceptable page-load times. Discover the 3 primary dimensions of segmentation that influence Web site performance objectives. TOPICS: Downtime \| Fault Tolerance \| High Availability \| High Performance Computing \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Systems Management

The Cost of Poor Performance: Why Customers Need External Performance Monitoring sponsored by Gomez WHITE PAPER: Posted: 23 Apr 2008 \| Published: 15 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: Discover the real costs of poor performance. Find out how much downtime costs monetarily and the areas that it affects most. TOPICS: Downtime \| Fault Tolerance \| High Availability \| High Performance Computing \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Systems Maintenance

IT Problem Management: Improving Processes to Resolve Performance Problems Quickly sponsored by Gomez WHITE PAPER: Posted: 23 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 SUMMARY: This report examines a platform solution for helping your organization to better its problem management processes, reduce operational costs, improve end-user experiences, and meet business goals. TOPICS: Downtime \| Help Desk Management \| High Availability \| IT Service Management \| Network Performance Management \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Troubleshooting

Managed File Transfer: The Need for a Strategic Approach sponsored by Inovis WHITE PAPER: Posted: 02 Nov 2007 \| Published: 01 Nov 2007 SUMMARY: As regulatory burdens on IT departments rise there's a need for a next-generation file transfer technology. Read this paper to learn about Managed File Transfer to fulfill regulation and consumer demands while ensuring the necessary flow of inf... TOPICS: Data Classification \| File Transfer Protocols \| FTAM \| Network Management \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Threats \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Hardware

Making Large UPS Systems More Efficient sponsored by APC WHITE PAPER: Posted: 20 Sep 2007 \| Published: 03 Sep 2007 SUMMARY: As energy resources become scarcer and more expensive, electrical efficiency is becoming a more important performance factor in the selection of large UPS systems. This paper discusses common errors and misunderstandings in evaluating UPS efficiency. TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Disaster Planning \| Downtime \| Fault Tolerance \| High Availability \| Network Performance \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| RPO \| UPS

Kansas City Power & Light Energizes Network with Motorola's PTP 600 Series Fixed Broadband Solution sponsored by Motorola, Inc. CASE STUDY: Posted: 10 Sep 2007 \| Published: 02 May 2007 SUMMARY: This case study details how a large organization has deployed a new broadband solution that is more powerful and cost effective with the use of the unlicensed spectrum. TOPICS: Broadband Wireless Networks \| Broadband Wireless Services \| Network Design \| Network Management \| Network Management Services \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability)

Exploding the Myth That Unlicensed Spectrum Means Unreliable Service sponsored by Motorola, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 10 Sep 2007 \| Published: 01 Sep 2007 SUMMARY: Find out how you can benefit from using unlicensed spectrums for private or public network access use and how to mitigate any issues that may arise. TOPICS: Broadband Wireless Networks \| Broadband Wireless Services \| Network Design \| Network Management \| Network Management Services \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability)

Secure Desktop and Laptop Client Systems across the Enterprise sponsored by Intel Corporation WHITE PAPER: Posted: 20 Aug 2007 \| Published: 01 Nov 2006 SUMMARY: Read this report to learn more about security solutions that cut response time to threats by 90 percent, while addressing enterprise needs for rapid software installation, scalability, reliability, and reporting. TOPICS: Change Management \| Desktop Management \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| Security Threats \| Software Installation \| Spyware \| Virus Protection

Competitive Snapshot: Choices in Storage Architecture for Oracle Environments EMC Vs. Network Appliance sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Posted: 20 Aug 2007 \| Published: 25 Jul 2007 SUMMARY: Oracle databases run on servers that communicate with storage. The choice of how the server connects to the storage has significant implications in cost, performance, availability and manageability. Find out which approach will work best for yo... TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management Software \| Data Replication \| Fibre Channel SAN \| High Availability \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| Oracle (Product) \| RAID \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability)

Reducing the Hidden Costs Associated with Upgrades of Data Center Power Capacity sponsored by APC WHITE PAPER: Posted: 13 Jan 2005 \| Published: 01 Feb 2005 SUMMARY: There are cost factors beyond a standard TCO analysis to be considered when adding a UPS system to a data center. Learn how a rack-based, scalable UPS system allows planned growth to occur easily with minimal impact to existing IT processing applications. TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Disaster Planning \| Downtime \| Fault Tolerance \| High Availability \| Network Performance \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| RPO \| UPS

RAS (RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, SERVICEABILITY) DEFINITION (continued): … In computer memory technology, RAS (row address strobe) is a signal sent to a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that tells it that an associated address is a row address. A data bit in DRAM is stored in a cell located by the intersection of a column address and a row address. A column address strobe (CAS) signal is used to validate the column address.

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