Object storage is often thought of as the storage system where data goes to die. Its cost effective and data integrity does make it an ideal storage mechanism for long term data archive. But there are times where a higher…
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The Need for Speed – High Performance Object Storage
Tagged with: Capacity, Flash, Metadata, NAS, Nexenta, Object Storage, Replication, SSD
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Workload Mobility for Private Cloud to Public Cloud
CloudEndure Briefing Note Mobility is a key capability that data centers are looking for as they modernize IT operations. It is the ability to move any application or group of applications from anywhere to anywhere. But workload mobility is more…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, CloudEndure, dr, Hypervisor, Migration, Replication, Snapshot, Virtualization, VM
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Modernized IT Needs an Intelligent Virtual Data Repository
The cloud is not a single location. It is a combination of private, public and hybrid cloud locations and an organization may have several of each. The cloud aspect means that data and workloads should move seamlessly between these locations.…
Tagged with: Cloud, Commvault, Data Protection, Infrastructure, Metadata, Snapshot, Virtualize, VM
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Software Defined Data Center for Enterprises
HTBase Briefing Note The term Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) has been around for a few years now. But pinning down exactly what the term means can be a challenge as each vendor seems to have their own definition of…
Tagged with: Cloud, Deduplication, HTBase, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, QOS, SDDC, SDS, Virtualization
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Strategies for Managing the Performance Impacts of Data Efficiency in Hyperconverged Systems
The dramatic growth of data continues. To help solve the problems associated with that growth, vendors are coming up with new technologies that will not only maximize storage capacity but also improve performance. These techniques include thin provisioning, writeable snapshots…
Tagged with: Compression, CPU, Deduplication, Hyperconverged, Metadata, SimpliVity, Thin provisioning, VM
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Enterprise Container Storage
StorageOS Briefing Note Docker and container technology is experiencing rapid adoption by DevOps teams. But its move into the production data center is hindered by the lack of stateful, durable, highly available storage solutions. What are Containers? DevOps is an…
Tagged with: Cloud, Container, Deduplication, dev/ops, HA, Replication, Snapshot, StorageOS, Virtualization
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Remote IT is Moving to the Top of the IT Whiteboard
Riverbed Briefing Note Most of the focus in the enterprise is on the data center, but in reality most of the action is in the remote office/branch office (ROBO). ROBO is the new normal for most organizations. It allows them…
Tagged with: Cache, Cloud, Data Fragmentation, dr, Hyperconverged, Riverbed, ROBO, Virtualization, WAN
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The Post-Virtualization Refresh: Is Hyperconvergence the Answer?
Hyperconvergence has seen significant uptake in the last two years, driven by its simplification of IT infrastructure. It reduces the need to manage discrete devices or have specialized training in component-level technology, such as storage area networks (SANs); makes operations…
Tagged with: Cloud, Deduplication, Hyperconverged, Hypervisor, Replication, SAN, SimpliVity, Virtualization, WAN
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Webinar: Flash Myth: Flash is for Everything vs. Flash is for One Thing
Different workloads demand different attributes from their storage. These differences lead some to believe flash storage is only good for certain point use cases like accelerating databases. But the performance of flash systems lead others to claim a single flash…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Cloud, Desktop virtualization, Flash, IBM, performance
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SlideShare: Cloud Storage: The 5 Reasons IT Can Do it Better
Cloud storage sounds like the ultimate solution for one of the data center’s biggest problems. What do you do with unstructured data that is rapidly growing both in terms of capacity consumed and number of files you store? Cloud storage…
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