For most companies that are considering flash-based SSDs it’s no longer a question of whether they’ll implement solid state drives, but when and how. In this video George Crump, Lead Analyst From Storage Switzerland and Micron’s Sr. Manager of Enterprise…
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ChalkTalk Video: SSD Trends in 2014 – Flash moves from Option to Requirement
Tagged with: All-Flash, Flash, Flash memory, Micron, Solid-state drive, SSD, Storage
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ChalkTalk Video – Abstracting Disk and Tape To Solve The Unstructured Data Problem
Unstructured data are consuming vast amounts of disk capacity in data centers, breaking IT budgets. The sheer number of files that make up the unstructured data also breaks the data protection process. Most of this data has not been accessed…
Tagged with: Archive, Backup, CrossRoads Systems, Data Protection, Disk, Storage Switzerland, Tape
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ChalkTalk Video: Server-side Flash Types and Use Cases
Putting flash in the application server is becoming the performance solution of choice, but how do you choose which type of flash to use? Let’s start by taking a look at the different types of SSDs available for use in…
ChalkTalk Video – The Hype Around Converged Storage
The hottest trend in storage now is converged storage. In this architecture the physical servers that host virtual machines also provide a shared storage resource by abstracting and aggregating their own internal storage. Like any storage architecture this approach has…
Tagged with: Cloud computing, Cloud storage, Converged Architecture, Converged Storage, Gridstore, Network-attached storage, Unstructured data, Virtual machine
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Fibre Channel vs. Ethernet – Should You Switch?
Depending on which study you read, fibre channel based storage area networks are the topology of choice for somewhere between 40% to 60% of the storage networks in production. The IT professionals that run these networks are besieged with marketing…
Tagged with: Brocade, Data center, Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Storage area network
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Chalk Talk Video – The Software Defined Data Center Needs Next Generation Storage Networks
As we discuss in our video “Fibre Channel – The Next Generation,” organizations are moving beyond simple virtualization and into the software defined center. As a result, new requirements are being placed on the storage infrastructure. These data centers are…
Chalk Talk Video – DR-as-a-Service: Compliant DR Protection for the Mid-Market
Most of the disasters that befall a company aren’t hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or acts of terrorism. Most IT disasters are simply unplanned downtime of critical servers. While these are a lot less dramatic, and a lot more common, they can…
Tagged with: Backup, ChalkTalk, Data Protection, Disaster recovery, DR-as-a-Service, Quorum, Storage Switzerland
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ChalkTalk – Edge Filer Powered Hybrid Cloud Storage
To learn about how Edge Filers can help you drive down storage costs while enhancing application performance, watch this chalk talk video between George Crump from Storage Switzerland and Ron Bianchini from Avere. The cloud service provider “storage wars” are creating…
Tagged with: Avere, Cloud, Cloud computing, Cloud storage, Data center, Edge Filer, Storage Switzerland
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ChalkTalk Video – Does VDI Need Dedicated Storage?
Webinar: “Avoid the Waste of a VDI-only Storage Solution” – Available on Demand – includes exclusive VDI vs. Storage White Paper – WATCH NOW In this chalk talk video George Crump from Storage Switzerland discusses the trend towards using dedicated…
Video – How The Data Protection Workshops Can Get You Promoted
Storage Switzerland Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump tells you how you can learn how to not only keep your IT job, but to get a promotion. It all centers around a detailed disaster recovery and data backup plan for…
Tagged with: Data Protection, Data Protection Workshop, George Crump, Storage Switzerland, Tech Target, Workshop
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