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Planning For The Next Five Years of Performance

Posted on December 27, 2013 by George Crump

In my last few columns, I have discussed the value of scale-out and scale-up storage systems. I’ve also discussed the potential for All-Flash systems to last twice as long as hard drive based systems. In those columns I’ve tried to…

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What Is The Role For Scale-Out All-Flash Storage?

Posted on December 26, 2013 by George Crump

Recently the David Wright, CEO of solid fire wrote an excellent blog responding to a column I wrote comparing the benefits of scale-up and scale-out All-Flash storage systems. However, his blog might lead one to believe that I think scale-out…

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Yes You Do Want Your Flash Array To Last For 10 years!

Posted on December 23, 2013 by George Crump

My recent article stating that the current generation of All-Flash Arrays should last for 10 years has created a bit of stir across the storage community. Chris Evans over at Architecting IT did the best job of arguing against a…

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Source vs Target Based Data Deduplication

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Colm Keegan

Deduplication can be deployed as either a “target” based solution, where backups are pushed over the network to an appliance where deduplication takes place or a “source” based approach, where deduplication takes place at the client or server level. Some…

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Adding PCIe SSD Storage To Your MacBook Pro

Posted on December 21, 2013 by George Crump

Anyone that knows me knows that I like to use Macintosh products wherever possible, including in the Storage Switzerland labs. So while we have plenty of Windows servers, I try to do as much work as I can from my…

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CommVault Brings Features and Flexibility to STORServer Backup Appliances

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Eric Slack

STORServer was one of the first companies to come out with a backup appliance for the mid-market over 10 years ago. Their product used IBM’s Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) as the backup software loaded onto server hardware with a tape…

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What Is A Noisy Neighbor?

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Colm Keegan

The term “noisy neighbor” in the storage context refers to a rogue virtual machine (VM) that periodically monopolizes storage I/O resources to the performance detriment of all the other VM “tenants” in the environment. This phenomenon can become more pervasive…

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The 10 Year All-Flash Array – Will Your All-Flash Array Wear Out?

Posted on December 19, 2013 by George Crump

An All-Flash Array is a performance sledgehammer. It shatters the performance problems that most data centers face and will likely continue to do so for years. Unlike traditional hard disk systems, most data centers that purchase an All-Flash Array won’t…

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Webinar: Are You Ready For Software Defined WAN Acceleration?

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Colm Keegan

WAN Acceleration technologies have typically been deployed as appliances, however, the realities of virtualized infrastructure is demanding a more flexible approach to align with the needs of the software defined data center. WAN acceleration and optimization is more critical than…

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On-Demand Panel Discussion – Storage Predictions and Planning 2014

Posted on December 18, 2013 by George Crump

2014 will be a year unlike any other for IT Planners. The pressure to meet the performance demands of an increasingly dense virtual infrastructure and even more transaction-heavy databases is higher than ever. Add to that the out-of-control growth of…

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