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News, guides, and product updates from Obelinf.
What Is DDI? DNS, DHCP and IPAM Explained
DDI combines DNS, DHCP, and IPAM into one consistent system: what each service does, why they drift apart without integration, and how a shared address ledger keeps your network honest.
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How much does network documentation actually cost?
Network documentation pricing is a trap: the options that look free cost the most in engineer hours, maintenance, and risk. Obelinf shows what a flat rate platform costs next to spreadsheets, self hosted NetBox, and per device subscriptions.
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How to Audit Your Network: A Practical Infrastructure Audit Guide
A practical network audit guide: device inventory, IP and VLAN verification, security controls, physical layer checks, and closing documentation drift with Obelinf.
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How to Migrate from Excel to a Real IPAM/DCIM
Obelinf is built for teams leaving Excel behind, but the migration itself is a data problem, not a software problem. This playbook walks you through auditing, cleaning, importing, and reconciling your records so the move sticks the first time.
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Tracking IP Space Utilization: Usage Patterns and Allocation Hygiene
Obelinf explains IP space utilization: the usage patterns that drain subnets, the metrics that mislead, and the allocation hygiene that keeps address space usable.
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Cloud IPAM: Managing IPs Across AWS, Azure, and GCP
How a neutral source of truth like Obelinf compares with AWS VPC IPAM, Azure IPAM, and GCP native tooling for teams running address space across multiple clouds: capabilities, pricing, blind spots, and when each option fits.
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VLAN Monitoring: Tracking, Alerting, and Troubleshooting Your Segments
VLAN monitoring means watching the signals that reveal segment health before traffic stops: broadcast rates, MAC flapping, config drift, and the alerting thresholds that make them actionable.
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IP Deployment: A Step by Step Guide to Rolling Out IPAM Across a Network
A phased, practical guide to rolling out IPAM across a live network, covering the audit, hierarchy design, data import, and operational steps that make the rollout stick.
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What Is PUE? A Guide to Power Usage Effectiveness
PUE measures how efficiently a data center delivers power to its IT equipment: how it is calculated, why global averages have stalled, and how to read the number honestly.
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Data Center Cooling Best Practices: Airflow, Containment, and Density
A practical guide to data center cooling covering airflow fundamentals, hot and cold aisle containment, rack density limits, liquid cooling thresholds, economization, and the monitoring that keeps it under control.
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Managed IP Addresses: What They Are, When You Need Them, and How to Track Them
Managed IP addresses are public IPv4 blocks leased from a provider that handles the registry, routing, and reverse DNS. Learn when to lease them and how to track them.
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Server Inventory Management: A Complete Guide to Tracking Physical Hardware
A practical guide to server inventory management covering what to track on every physical server, why records go stale, rack and cable context, lifecycle workflows, and how to audit your inventory.
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