White Papers & Docs

WHITEPAPERS & TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS

Report: A Comparison of Costs-- VMware vs Proxmox
An analysis of the costs of continuing with VMware vs migrating to Proxmox. Suprisingly fast ROI!

The October 2025 AWS Outage: What Happened?
AWS was down for 15 hours and losses are estimated at $581M. What caused it?

Is your Cloud provider using encrypted communications between data centers?
A recent study shows that back haul communications between satellites and the ground are not secure.

Keeping Proprietary Data on AWS?
Three outages in 2021 led to serious downtime and security risks.

Politicians are noticing healthcare data breaches
In the wake of breaches in 2023-2024, politicians are calling out Microsoft for the potential compromise of millions of patient records.

Microsoft Non-Transparency and Compliance
Policing data may have been inadvertently sent to data centers outside the UK, against policy DPA18.

Are your secrets safe?
In August 2025, Google Cloud was breached, exposing business contact information.

Remote Office Internet Goes Down Frequently After Modem Replacement
In the two weeks after a modem replacement, the remote office experienced frequent internet drops. The cause is probably not what you think.

Polycom VV310 Goes Offline Because of Failed Time/Date Mismatch
Because of frequent Internet drops, the Polycom VV310 desk phones wouldn't reboot. The error was Time/Date Mismatch.

When the Unexpected Occurs It's How You Respond that Matters
A NetApp Filer arrived at the customer site damaged. Here's how our experts fixed it--fast!

Resolving Cisco SG-200-26 Switch Failure
After a firewall and internet upgrade, traffic passing through the Cisco SG-200-26 became nearly unusable. Here's how we tracked down the problem and fixed it!

Installing Proxmox VE on SimplStor
As part of our foray into AI, we wanted to install containers on a souped up NVMe/SSD SimplStor. Worked like a charm!

Cloudstrike! Achieving Connectivity Through Strategic Preparedness.
When lightning strikes, it can take out critical infrastructure and connectivity. How can you prepare for this?

Solving Data Challenges with Zerowait's Expertise and Tailored Solutions
A customer came to us with a serious problem. Their NetApp specialist had left. The OEM wasn't helping. Zerowait stepped up and brought him back to data storage peace-of-mind.

Zerowait are data storage and IT experts! NetApp or SimplStor. We have answers!

If any of these white papers or technical documents has helped you or if you need technical assistance, please let us know! Write to engineering @ zerowait.com or call us at (302) 996-9408.