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WOS Access S3 creates Private Cloud with DDN Object Storage

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Eric Slack

Object storage was designed to support environments like the cloud that can have open-ended scaling requirements. Amazon developed the S3 interface to connect their object-based storage infrastructure to applications running in their own cloud. Now, enterprises can do the same,…

Tagged with: CIFS, Cloud, DataDirect Networks, DDN, Hybrid Cloud, IaaS, Infrastructure, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, NFS, Object, Object Storage, Scale, Web Oject Scaler, WOS
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SolidFire lowers Entry Point for Cloud-scale, All-flash Arrays

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Eric Slack

SolidFire is the all-flash array manufacturer that came to market with a scale-out storage system tailored for large-scale multi-tenant environments. These systems offered guaranteed performance, high availability, automated management and a strong efficiency story, based on the advantages that all-flash…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Capacity, Cloud, Infrastructure, IOPS, Multi-Tenant, Scalability, Scale-Out, SolidFire, SSD
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Are you Virtualizing your Applications or your Data Center?

Posted on November 13, 2014 by George Crump

Many data centers are now more than 50% virtualized, but most of this virtualization has been application focused leading to silos of virtualization. As a result, each environment (MS-SQL, Exchange, VDI) gets its own storage, compute and network. This process…

Tagged with: Architecture, Backup, Compatibility, Disaster recovery, Nutanix, Web-scale
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The ROI of an early Storage Refresh

Posted on November 12, 2014 by George Crump

When a storage system is purchased, the hope is that it will meet the storage performance and capacity demands of the data center for 3-5 years. Thanks to the changing compute environment and capabilities available from new storage systems, it…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Data efficiency, Deduplication, Return On Investment, ROI, Tegile, Thin provisioning, Virtual machine
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Should you be able to turn All-Flash Deduplication off?

Posted on November 10, 2014 by George Crump

Deduplication, along with compression, provides the ability to more efficiently use premium priced flash capacity. But capacity efficiency comes with at least some performance impact. This is especially true on all-flash arrays where data efficiency features can’t hide behind hard…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, IOPS, Kaminario, Latency, Permabit, Pure, SolidFire, Tegile, Texas Memory Systems, Violin Memory
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OpenStack as a Virtual Machine Storage Platform

Posted on November 10, 2014 by George Crump

Recently we sat down with Wim Provost, Product Manager for Open vStorage, for a podcast to discuss their new solutions that better enable OpenStack to run virtual machines. OpenStack is a set of open source software tools, typically used by…

Tagged with: Architecture, Cloud, Infrastructure, Object Storage, Open Storage, OpenStack, Virtual machine, VM, VM Migration
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Secure Private Cloud File Sharing

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Colm Keegan

File sharing and collaboration is critical for businesses that have highly distributed workforces but maintaining control and security over sensitive business data is equally important. File sharing solution provider, Talon, is helping to deliver cloud enabled file sharing to businesses…

Tagged with: Capacity, Cloud, Collaboration, Data Mobility, File Sharing, File Sync, Hybrid Cloud, NAS, Talon Storage, VPN, WAN
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Michael Dell’s Keynote – A new company and new products – Dell World 2014

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Eric Slack

During Michael Dell’s keynote presentation at Dell World 2014 the CEO emphasized the company’s renewed customer focus and how they’re leveraging the 2 billion customer conversations they have every year. He didn’t go into how this number was calculated but…

Tagged with: Compellent, DAS, Dell, Dell World, EqualLogic, Flash, Infrastructure, Internet of Things, ISCSI, Nutanix, Software Defined Storage, SSD, Web-scale
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Dell World 2014 – Michael Dell’s opening Press Conference

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Eric Slack

It’s been a year since Dell became a private company. At his opening press conference at Dell World 2014 Michael Dell sounded like a CEO who likes coming to work every day, no longer subjected to Wall Street’s fixation over…