We covered Hardware Convergence in a recent column, “What are Converged Infrastructures?”. Hardware Converged Infrastructures (HCI) are architectures based on independent name brand components that are pre-integrated and optimized to work together. Pure Storage has just announced a new converged…
In recent months there has been a lot of attention given to how primary storage deduplication is being implemented; should it be implemented selectively, or always on? The problem with this discussion is that it first assumes that the existing…
One of the toughest decisions IT professionals face when selecting a new storage system is deciding between an All-Flash Array and a Hybrid Array. Do you go with the predictable high performance of the all-flash architecture or the attractive price…
Hybrid arrays, arrays that mix flash and hard drives in order to strike a balance between dollar per GB and dollar per IOP, typically cause one common point of concern for IT planners; Predictably. One of the key ways to…
In this webinar experts from Storage Switzerland and Tegile discuss if the All-Flash Data Center can become reality. We explore the return on investment that All-Flash systems can deliver, like increased user and virtual machine densities, lower drive counts and…
Nimble Storage has developed and marketed a successful line of iSCSI-based ‘hybrid’ storage arrays (disk and flash) designed for a wide range of use cases. These systems scale up, adding drive shelves behind a controller module, and scale out, clustering…
In early 2014, Pure Storage backed up its belief that flash storage was more than reliable enough for the enterprise by creating its “Forever Flash” program. The goal of the program was to end the longstanding practice of maintenance extortion…
Tegile recently announced two new members of its product family and an update to its software that promises to get more data centers taking their first significant flash step. This announcement addresses two challenges head-on that Storage Switzerland sees facing…
Storage Switzerland and Tegile teamed up for a webinar on the four things you can do to a Hybrid Array to achieve All-Flash performance. Joining me in the podcast talk about webinar attendee concerns about a hybrid flash are George Crump…
Watch this ChalkTalk Video with Storage Switzerland’s Lead Analyst George Crump to learn the four steps to getting all-flash performance from a hybrid array. Hybrid arrays have a clear price advantage over all-flash storage systems because they leverage hard disk…
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