Fighting storage sprawl may sound like the right thing to do but for some data centers storage sprawl is a reality that they can’t stop. There are too many moving parts. Instead of fighting it, it may make more sense to face reality. Learn how second generation software-defined storage enables IT to embrace sprawl.
ExaGrid Briefing Note The performance and capacity capabilities of production storage are increasing to meet the demands of the virtualized data center. These systems can now scale to support highly dense virtual machine populations and the never-ending demand for more…
Flash storage is making an enormous impact on the data center. Armed with a flash storage system, IT professionals are creating virtual environments with much higher VM to host ratios and are designing databases to support many more users and…
Portworx Briefing Note Docker is changing the application development process, but most data centers want to leverage the agility and efficiency of containers from development all the way through production. The move to production requires data persistence that keeps the…
Many vendors present all-flash arrays (AFA) as the cure-all for virtual desktop infrastructures. Indeed, AFAs can dramatically increase the number of virtual desktops that an infrastructure can support. AFAs also eliminate almost all performance problems; users love their lightning fast…
SUSE Enterprise Storage 2 Briefing Note Industry Analysts predict that Software Defined Storage (SDS) will replace enterprise class storage over the next five to ten years. The key drivers for this displacement are increased cost and flexibility as well as…
VDI projects are some of the most challenging and demanding infrastructure projects today; especially on the storage system. Meeting VDI storage performance demands are particularly critical for healthcare organizations because if a doctor or nurse is waiting on IT infrastructure to do their job that also means that a patient is waiting, one that might need critical care. In this case study we speak with a large healthcare provider that is leveraging All-Flash to meet the demands of VDI in Healthcare.
For most organizations, public cloud storage is a great place to start but not where they should end. While there is an initial operational advantage to the public cloud, the long-term cost of renting TBs of capacity may be too expensive even after you factor in storage management costs. A private cloud storage solution can leverage similar concepts of public providers to keep the hard and soft costs under control while gaining the advantages of owning vs. buying, increased security, and localized performance.
There has been a lot of hype around all-flash and hybrid flash arrays over the past few years, but how are data centers using the technology to solve real storage management issues? Listen as Storage Switzerland’s Lead Analyst George Crump…
What is Your Rake Moment? There is a rake moment in almost every storage administrator’s life. A rake moment occurs when a storage problem takes them off-guard and forces them to scramble to resolve the issue. Like stepping on a…
StorageSwiss.com - The Home of Storage Switzerland 