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Scale-Out NAS or Object Storage?

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Colm Keegan

Unstructured data is becoming a big headache for many organizations. By some estimates, this type of data (user files, emails, PDFs, images, videos, etc.) now accounts for up to 90% of all new data growth. While most of this information quickly…

Tagged with: Amazon S3, Cloudian, CloudStack, NAS, Network-attached storage, Object, Object Storage, OpenStack, Scalability
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Persistent or Non-Persistent VDI?

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Colm Keegan

The fundamental objective when implementing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is to ensure that the end user experience is at a minimum, equivalent to the same experience as a physical desktop. Poor performance and the lack of desktop customization is a…

Tagged with: Desktop virtualization, Liquidware Labs, Quality of service, VDI, VirtualBox
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Deciding On The Right Flash Storage For High Density Virtual Infrastructures

Posted on October 30, 2013 by George Crump

Dramatic increases in the number of VMs per host allows for greater ROI and TCO but creates a storage I/O nightmare. Vendors have embraced flash as the answer and have almost overwhelmed IT Planners with options. In this indepth report Storage Switzerland’s Founder and Lead Analyst, George Crump, looks at the various flash options and helps you determine the best path for your data center.

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Pure, Solid-state drive, Virtualization, VMware
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All-Flash Storage Efficiency Is About More Than Deduplication

Posted on October 29, 2013 by George Crump

George Crump, Lead Analyst – Storage Switzerland All-Flash Storage Arrays have quickly become the go to option to solve storage performance challenges. Thanks to data efficiency technologies that reduce the effective cost per gigabyte (GB), the appeal of All-Flash Arrays…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Data deduplication, Data efficiency, Deduplication, Permabit
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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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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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Is Software The Key To The Flash War?

Posted on October 16, 2013 by George Crump

Interest in All-Flash storage systems is on the rise from the investment community and it is certainly attracting the interest of IT planners looking to create more scalable database environments and more densely populated virtual infrastructures. All-Flash systems enable scale,…

Tagged with: All-Flash, All-Flash Array, Flash, Flash memory, IOPS, Permabit, Skyera
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Backing Up Distributed Data

Posted on October 14, 2013 by George Crump

The modern data center is no longer confined to four walls. Instead, data is highly distributed across remote branch offices, end-user laptops and even on devices like smartphones and tablets. The data protection process and the hardware and software that…

Tagged with: Backup, Data deduplication, Hardware, HP, Storage, WAN
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Developing a Service Oriented Approach to Data Protection

Posted on October 9, 2013 by George Crump

There is a never ending quest by IT professionals to standardize the data center on a single enterprise backup application. It’s time for companies to re-think that approach, by instead looking at providing backup for their services, instead of foisting…

Tagged with: Backup, Dell, High Availability, Incremental backup, Linux, Microsoft Windows, VMware, Windows
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