Operating systems

Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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building block

Software; Operating systems

An individual medium (such as a floppy disk, CD, tape or cartridge) used in a Backup Set.

cluster

Software; Operating systems

Two or more computers managed by software that allows the computers to access the same data and be presented as one host for the purpose of parallel processing, fault tolerance, or load balancing.

destage

Software; Operating systems

To transfer the cache to another media. The array to destage data from cache to disk in the event of a power failure. It prevents data loss.

disk array

Software; Operating systems

Disk array eventually means disk storage.

de-militarized zone (DMZ)

Software; Operating systems

In computer networking, DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone) is a firewall configuration for securing local area networks (LANs).

Failover is the capability to switch over automatically to a redundant or standby computer server, system, or network upon the failure or abnormal termination of the previously active server, system, ...