Yearly Archives: 2015

Briefing Note: NexGen Focuses on Business Value of Data – and a Smarter Cache

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Eric Slack

Recent research by IDC predicts that IT professionals will be managing 4-5 times more data per person by 2020, but only 5% of that data will be important. So while a lot of data is being created, it’s not all…

Tagged with: Capacity, Flash, NexGen, performance, Purpose Built, QOS, Quality of service, SLA, Virtualization
Posted in Briefing Note

The Three Problems with Software Defined Storage

Posted on February 19, 2015 by George Crump

Software defined storage (SDS) promises to reduce storage capital and operational costs by abstracting data services from the storage hardware. To deliver on these promises, SDS typically enables the use of commodity storage which should lower storage acquisition costs. It…

Briefing Note: Springpath Delivers SDS from the Ground Up

Posted on February 18, 2015 by George Crump

In the future, the data center’s storage architecture should be able to scale elastically, automatically adapting to performance demands. It should also be more than just reliable; it should be self-healing, and deliver these capabilities with cloud economics. This future…

Tagged with: Architecture, Cloud, Deduplication, Flash, Hypervisor, performance, Replication, Scale, SDS, Snapshot, Software Defined Storage
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Infrascale Evolves Backup Appliance to Backup Accelerator

Posted on February 18, 2015 by George Crump

Cloud backup is a very crowded market, it is critical for vendors in the space to differentiate themselves through innovation so they can help their customers solve real data protection problems. In this product analysis Storage Switzerland looks at Infrascale’s new Cloud Backup Accelerator which is an excellent example of this innovation. It solves a real problem that data centers are facing when they consider hybrid cloud backup, maintaining the on-site appliance. The cloud backup accelerator simplifies the on-site presence by removing capacity concerns. This leads to a more affordable solution that is easier for busy organizations to consume.

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Compression, Data Protection, Deduplication, Hybrid, Infrascale, Solid State, WAN
Posted in Product Analysis

Briefing Note: Software Defined Storage grows up with FalconStor FreeStor

Posted on February 18, 2015 by George Crump

Software Defined Storage (SDS) is still in its infancy. While there are exceptions, like Atlantis Computing, Nexenta and DataCore, vendors in the space are for the most part startups looking to get their first hundred or so customers. FalconStor’s new…

Tagged with: Cluster, Deduplication, FalconStor, Flash, Infrastructure, Migration, Replication, SDS, Snapshot, Software Defined Storage, Tape, Virtualization
Posted in Briefing Note

Briefing Note: Will Micron’s Automata Processor Solve IT’s Big Data Performance Problem?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Eric Slack

Big Data is becoming a big problem for IT as companies rush to embrace the holy grail of analytics and find their traditional compute infrastructures aren’t up to the task. Storage performance has historically been the limiting factor, even at…

Tagged with: Analytics, Big data, CUP, Infrastructure, Internet of Things, IoT, Micron, PCIe, Unstructured data
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Briefing Note: Violin Memory ushers in the Flash Storage Platform

Posted on February 17, 2015 by George Crump

Even though memory has always played a role in the storage infrastructure, the introduction of flash based storage has lead to rapid advancements in the evolution of storage. Today flash use has evolved from simply augmenting disk-based primary storage (hybrid…

How to Beat Dropbox

Posted on February 17, 2015 by George Crump

Almost every laptop I see has Dropbox installed on it. It’s easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and works 99% of the time. Users love it, but Dropbox does have its problems. First, it removes data out from under the control…

Tagged with: Cache, Cloud, Dropbox, Enterprise, file sync and share, Infrastructure, Protection
Posted in Blog

Analyst Blog: Do you have a Private Cloud or Just Virtualized Servers?

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Eric Slack

IT in companies of all sizes is facing competition from the cloud. Based on a self-service, automated provisioning model, public clouds enjoy efficiencies and economics that few corporate data centers can match today. But internal IT has a distinct advantage,…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Converged, Data Protection, Flash, Hyper-converged, Infrastructure, JBVS, performance, SME, Software Defined, Virtualization, VM
Posted in Blog

Orchestrating Copy Data

Posted on February 16, 2015 by George Crump

2015 will be THE year of copy data management. Multiple vendors will bring solutions to the market. Many of these solutions will leverage snapshot technology in one form or another in an effort to reduce the capacity requirements of secondary…