Yearly Archives: 2015

Virtualization and All-Flash Arrays, a Must Have?

Flash Virtualization Myth #1 – All-Flash Arrays are a “must” for Virtualization There are a lot of myths surrounding the use of flash and virtualization, in our on demand webinar we expose the top 4. One of those myths is

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Minor Disasters and the IT Professionals they hurt

In a way, the best disaster that can happen to your organization is one that brings down the data center and makes it inaccessible for weeks. These disasters, often naturally created, make headlines everywhere. While recovering from one of these

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SlideShare: Which Flash is Best for MS-SQL? Server-side, hybrid or all-flash?

For many organizations MS-SQL is the backend to many of their mission critical applications. The environment provides a cost effective foundation for an organization to develop custom designed solutions that drive the business forward. As MS-SQL has risen in importance,

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Briefing Note: Why buy a Backup Appliance from a Disk Drive Vendor?

Seagate CSS (Cloud Systems and Solutions), a division of this long-time disk drive manufacturer, was put together to develop storage infrastructure solutions for the hyper-scale cloud provider and OEM markets, among others. More than just a component manufacturer ‘moving up

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StorageShort: Is Software-only SDS the best way to implement this technology?

There are a number of ways to implement SDS, including as a software-only solution. This method allows the user to provide the hardware, even re-purposing existing equipment in some cases. There are a number of user benefits to leveraging SDS

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MeetTheCEO Podcast: Randy Chou, CEO of Panzura

Panzura brings cloud-integrated local NAS capabilities to a globally-distributed enterprise, allowing storage capacity to be centrally located, managed, and protected. Their solutions enable distributed workforces to collaborate as if they were all in the same office. In this MeetTheCEO podcast

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New eBook – The Guide To Selecting Flash for Virtual Environments

Overcome Virtual Flash Confusion Flash is almost tailor made for virtualization. It handles the random I/O profile of the environment with relative ease and allows for additional cost savings by increasing VM density. The challenge facing IT administrators is which

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Webinar: Exposing the Myths of Flash Storage for Virtualization

Flash storage has become the cure-all for the storage I/O blender created by the virtual server and virtual desktop environment. But the rush to flash has created a few myths about how to use flash for virtualization. In this webinar

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Briefing Note: The All-Flash Array is Software AND Hardware

Pure Storage Announces M Series One of the questions facing all-flash array vendors as they come to market is do they take a software first or hardware first strategy when it comes to system development? The advantage of the software

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Overcoming the Biggest Roadblock to the Always-On Data Center

Believing in the Always-On Data Center One of the topics in our on demand webinar, “Making The Always-On Data Center A Reality”, is overcoming the roadblocks to the Always-On Data Center. In this webinar experts from Storage Switzerland, Veeam and

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