In today’s fast-paced IT landscape, infrastructure can’t wait. Whether it’s a data center upgrade, hardware replacement, or an unexpected outage, timing can make or break a project. Yet, many organizations find themselves stuck waiting weeks—or even months—for the hardware they desperately need. Lead time has become one of the most frustrating challenges in IT hardware […]
SSD and flash drive prices per TB have sharply increased in 2025, while traditional spinning hard drive prices have remained largely stagnant with slow long-term declines. This blog post explores the complex, multi-layered factors driving the SSD price surge, contrasts them with the steady trajectory of hard disk drives (HDDs), and offers actionable insights for […]
Customer Overview: PreRack IT helped a recognized industry leader specializing in the safe management, transportation, and disposal of radiological materials. With operations spanning complex regulatory environments, system reliability and data protection are non-negotiable. Challenge: An energy company needed to establish a disaster recovery (DR) site to ensure business continuity, but the project faced two major […]
On Monday, 20 October 2025, the world’s digital infrastructure experienced what many are calling one of its most significant jolts in recent memory. A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) disrupted hundreds of applications, websites and services globally. Reuters+1 For companies of all sizes — from the tech giants to the local mom-and-pop shop […]
As the year draws to a close, many IT leaders face the same challenge: how to make the most of their remaining budget. In the fast-paced world of data centers, every dollar counts, and every investment decision can have lasting impacts on performance, reliability, and scalability. For organizations that want to stretch their IT dollars […]
IBM FlashSystem storage has long been recognized for high performance and reliability, but choosing the right drive interface—NVMe or SAS—can substantially impact workload efficiency, cost, and long-term scalability. This guide dives deep into NVMe and SAS drive options for FlashSystem arrays, comparing their architectures, strengths, and suitability across typical enterprise use cases. Understanding IBM FlashSystem: […]
Data centers are the backbone of modern enterprises, powering everything from cloud computing and analytics to e-commerce and collaboration platforms. Yet, as critical as these infrastructures are, they also represent some of the most significant capital and operational expenditures for businesses. Hardware — servers, storage systems, and networking devices — is at the center of […]
Enterprise IT infrastructure is at a turning point. With growing demands for workloads like AI, high-performance computing, edge deployments, and cloud-native applications, server hardware has to evolve rapidly. Dell’s PowerEdge line stands as a leader in the server market, and its progression from the 16th to the 17th generation demonstrates some of the industry’s biggest leaps in capability, efficiency, […]
Chapter 1: The Dawn of the Disk Drive Era – IBM 305 RAMAC (1956) The story of disk drives begins with a giant leap—both literally and figuratively. In 1956, IBM introduced the world to the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control), the first commercial computer to use a hard disk drive […]
NetApp’s AFF (All-Flash FAS) portfolio addresses a vast range of storage demands, but recent product launches and updates have brought frequent questions from businesses evaluating the NetApp AFF C Series versus the AFF A Series. Both lines provide enterprise-grade flash storage, but they target distinct use cases, workloads, and IT priorities. This blog post delivers […]
