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Maximizing Value in VMware Caching

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Eric Slack

Maximizing the value of a VMware caching solution involves more than developing algorithms to determine the hottest data and figuring out ways to keep that data in the cache. It also means getting the most out of that expensive flash…

Tagged with: Flash memory, FlashSoft, OpenVMS, SanDisk, Solid-state drive, SSD, Virtual machine, VMDK, VMware, VMware vSphere
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Can Deep Storage Help Cloud Providers Keep their Promise?

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Eric Slack

Cloud file storage and cloud-based services have historically relied on an interesting strategy, sometimes called a “Free-mium” business model. They offer a free service, typically a stripped down version of their regular product, and encourage users to upgrade to the…

Tagged with: Amazon, Cloud, IBM, Linear Tape File System, Linear Tape-Open, LTFS, SoftLayer, SpectraLogic
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Breaking Away From The Hybrid Storage Pack

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Eric Slack

Nimble Leverages Cisco UCS Partnership To Differentiate Itself Nimble was one of the first hybrid storage appliances on the market (hard disk capacity and SSDs in the same purpose built chassis) and they’ve shown impressive growth since their inception. Currently…

Tagged with: Hybrid, Hybrid array, Initial public offering, Microsoft, Nimble, SNW, Solid-state drive, VirtualBox, VMware View
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EVault Expands Cloud Backup Appliances

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Eric Slack

EVault is a fifteen-year-old company with an extensive range of products, from backup software to complete backup solutions for on-site and cloud-based implementations. Several years ago, the company came out with a line of backup appliances that leveraged the company’s…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud computing, EVault, Hybrid Cloud, Microsoft, Remote backup service, Seagate, Seagate Technology, Symantec
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SNIA Addressing Needs for Solid State Storage Education

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Eric Slack

At Storage Networking World (SNW) this year in Long Beach, CA, Storage Switzerland caught up with Storage Networking Industry Assn (SNIA) officers Wayne Adams and Molly Rector, to talk about what the organization has been doing recently and where things…

Tagged with: Hardware, IOPS, SNIA, SNW, solid state storage, Solid-state drive, SSD, Storage Networking Industry Association, Storage Networking World
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Accelerating Application Performance in the Virtualized Environment

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Eric Slack

Hyper-V, like any other virtualized server environment, puts specific strains on (some say it breaks) the traditional storage infrastructure. While a variety of designs have been created to address that issue few systems actually get at the heart of the…

Tagged with: Gridstore, Hyper-V, Quality of service, Scalability, Software Defined Storage, Virtual machine, Virtual reality
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Scale out NAS Backup for Scale out Storage

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Eric Slack

Backup seems like a simple concept, one that for most companies involves a fairly simple process, copying data to a dedicated storage area. But most companies still struggle with it and for the largest enterprises and government agencies the process…

Tagged with: Backup, Big data, Data deduplication, NAS, OptiScale, Scalability, Scale-Out, Sepaton, VirtuoSO
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Deep Storage Connects Long Term Data Storage to the Workflow

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Eric Slack

Deep Storage is a tape tier that’s been made accessible to applications and workflows without file system limitations or the complexity of archiving solutions. Using a REST-based interface called “Deep Simple Storage Services” (DS3) Deep Storage can be directly connected…