Flash is the cure for almost all storage performance problems and can make a difference a variety of workloads. Tier 1 OLTP applications are an obvious use case for flash as is Tier 2 VMware environments and even Tier 3…
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ChalkTalk Video: Moving VMware VMs to Hyper-V, AWS or Anywhere
Workload Mobility is a hot subject at VMworld 2015. The ability to move a virtual machine from a VMware environment to Hyper-V, Amazon AWS or a Cloud Service Provider enables businesses of all sizes to cut the cost and complexity…
ChalkTalk Video: Selecting a Storage System for Virtualization AND Containers
At VMworld we hear a lot about container technology like Docker. It is becoming clear that as containers become adopted by the data center the storage infrastructure will need to support both operating environments. In this ChalkTalk video, George Crump,…
ChalkTalk Video: Storage Sprawl to Storage Spry
One of the key challenges facing administrators is how to deal with storage sprawl, especially in the VMware era. Virtualization of servers and desktops has led to IT administrators being forced to throw hardware at the problem. It is not…
ChalkTalk Video: Navigating the All-Flash and SDS Feature Wars
IT professionals have more choices than ever to sort through as they try to make a storage decision. From a hardware perspective should they continue to use hard disks or should they start to move toward an all-flash data center?…
Podcast: Do you know what High-Value Data is?
High-Value Data is different from mission critical data. Mission critical data ensures the operation of the data center hour by hour. High-value data is critical data that organization has created but is not actively using but still needs to retain…
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MeetTheCEO: Former EqualLogic Founder and DataGravity CEO Paula Long
In this MeetTheCEO, George Crump and I sit down with Paula Long, who was one of the co-founders of EqualLogic, the company that ignited the storage revolution, putting the big three storage companies on notice. EqualLogic brought enterprise features to…
MSPs: Are You Considering All The Backup Angles?
An ideal addition to a Managed Service Provider (MSP) is cloud backup. But it is a very competitive market. The MSP is replacing an existing IT service, one they may want to get rid of, but one that they do…
MeetTheCEO: Cloud DR Vendor Infrascale’s CEO Ken Shaw
In this week’s MeetTheCEO, George Crump and I sit down Ken Shaw, the CEO of Infrascale, a Cloud DR vendor. Infrascale provides backup, recovery and disaster recovery as services. Join in this podcast as we learn about this CEO from…
Podcast: Flash Memory Summit Day 2
George Crump and Charlie Hodges talk about a busy second day at the Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, and then look ahead to George’s talk next week in Raleigh/Durham and then WMworld in San Francisco. Show Notes Diablo Briefing…
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