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Yes You Do Want Your Flash Array To Last For 10 years!

Posted on December 23, 2013 by George Crump

My recent article stating that the current generation of All-Flash Arrays should last for 10 years has created a bit of stir across the storage community. Chris Evans over at Architecting IT did the best job of arguing against a…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, data centers, performance, storage software, storage system
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The 10 Year All-Flash Array – Will Your All-Flash Array Wear Out?

Posted on December 19, 2013 by George Crump

An All-Flash Array is a performance sledgehammer. It shatters the performance problems that most data centers face and will likely continue to do so for years. Unlike traditional hard disk systems, most data centers that purchase an All-Flash Array won’t…

Tagged with: All-Flash, All-Flash Array, Deduplication, Flash, Flash Array, Flash memory, Multi-level cell, SLC, Solid-state drive, SSD
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Scale Out or Scale Up? 6 Key Considerations for the Flash Array Buyer

Posted on December 9, 2013 by George Crump

In theory, scale up storage appeals because the data center can start small and add capacity and performance as needed. Do these theoretical advantages apply to the use cases in which All-Flash storage is most commonly deployed; databases and virtualization?…

Tagged with: All-Flash, All-Flash Array, Flash, Flash memory, Hard disk drive, Latency, Pure, Scalability, Solid-state drive
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Do You Know The Truth About Your All-Flash Deduplication?

Posted on December 3, 2013 by George Crump

All-Flash Arrays are a performance sledgehammer, obliterating most performance problems and eliminating a great deal of storage management complexity. But, this sledgehammer is expensive and because of this All-Flash vendors are attempting to deliver a variety of solutions to drive…

Tagged with: All-Flash, All-Flash Array, Data compression, Data deduplication, Deduplication, Flash Array
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CEO Interview – The Truth All-Flash Deduplication

Posted on November 30, 2013 by George Crump

Deduplication is the key to all flash adoption but as Storage Switzerland pointed out in its recent article “What to Look For in All-Flash Deduplication” each vendor’s implementation is different and IT Planners should not consider all deduplication to be…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Data deduplication, Deduplication, IOPS, Permabit, Storage Switzerland
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VMware Storage Problems Not Just Performance Related

Posted on November 25, 2013 by George Crump

A discussion about the storage infrastructure supporting virtual servers or virtual desktops almost always starts with a focus on performance. After all, solving the much talked about I/O Blender problem often takes center stage. But according to a poll conducted…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Information technology, Logical unit number, LUN, Tintri, Virtual machine, VMDK, VMware
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What To Look For In All-Flash Deduplication

Posted on November 20, 2013 by George Crump

Many All-Flash Storage Array vendors are counting on deduplication to bring the cost per GB of their systems more in line with traditional hard disk based storage systems. However IT planners need to be careful not to assume that all…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Data deduplication, Flash memory, Permabit
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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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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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