Both VMware and Hyper-V have built-in migration tools to help you migrate from one data center to another, and from one converged platform to another. But each of these tools encounters limitations when used on a large scale. In this…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Flash for Files
Flash-based storage systems continue to make inroads into the enterprise. Initially those inroads started as flash systems targeted at improving database response time. Then it spread to virtual workloads to alleviate the IO blender. Now, flash storage is on the…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Areal Density, Density, Flash, HDD, IBM, SSD, Unstructured data
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Is it Time to Upgrade VMware Storage?
It is no secret that one of the most difficult challenges with virtualization is managing the storage where VMs reside. The problem starts with the fact that VMware has historically known very little about the storage VMs are using. This…
Does Data Management make Data more Mobile?
Proper data management can indeed make data more mobile. Put another way, it can appear to make data more mobile by making it appear to be in multiple places at the same time without consuming capacity. One of the key…
Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Commvault, Copy Data, Data Protection, Infrastructure, Virtualize
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Persistent Memory is Reality
Everspin Briefing Note The concept of persistent memory, also known as non-volatile DRAM, has been with us for a while. However, the idea of RAM that never loses data even during an unexpected power loss is IT nirvana. Today’s semiconductor…
Tagged with: DRAM, Everspin, Flash, IoT, Memory, MRAM, Non-volatile DRAM, Persistent Memory
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Getting Data Off a Filer and Living to Tell About It
Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems are primary storage systems, which are ideal for providing very fast access to “hot” (active) data sets that change frequently. Organizations have continuously added capacity to these systems to keep pace with the ever-rising tide…
Tagged with: Caringo, Cloud, Cold Data, HSM, Migration, NAS, Object Storage, Unstructured data
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StorageShort: NAS to Object Storage Requires Automation
Object Storage can make a perfect back end storage repository for NAS systems that are at capacity, and many object storage vendors provide some sort of gateway like functionality so that their object store looks like an NFS store. The…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Caringo, NAS, NetApp, Object Storage, Unstructured data, VMware
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Open Software Defined Storage takes an Object Storage Step
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 Briefing Note Software Defined Storage (SDS) continues to attract the attention of IT professionals, but broad adoption is not meeting the expectations IT professionals. Part of the challenge is that while SDS, in theory, breaks…
Tagged with: Cloud, Consistency, Data Protection, NFS, Object Storage, performance, Red Hat, Replication, SDS, Snapshot
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MeetTheCEO: The CEO of Copy Data, Ash Ashutosh
Ash Ashutosh with Actifio is our guest on this LIVE MeetTheCEO with Storage Switzerland’s George Crump and Charlie Hodges. The team discusses Mr. Ashutosh’s background, introduces listeners to Copy Data Management as the next stage in data protection and what…
The Problem with NFS to Object Storage Gateways
NFS compatibility is considered table stakes for object storage products in today’s market. How and why did this happen? Network Attached Storage (NAS) and the NFS protocol have been and is the architecture of choice for unstructured data. Despite all…
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