The title of this entry, “Which All-flash Architecture Do You Prefer?”, was actually a question asked on the LinkedIn group, “Storage: SAN, NAS“, a couple of days ago. It was in response to a recent post by Calvin Zito @HPStorageGuy…
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Which All-flash Architecture do you prefer?
Tagged with: All-Flash, Architecture, Backup, Capacity, Deduplication, Flash, IOPS, Scale Up, Scale-Out
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Understanding All-Flash Architectures – Assessing the right fit for your Data Center and Workloads
Today in the all-flash array market there are two architectures for data centers to choose from; scale out and scale up. Both have their unique strengths and weaknesses. Deciding on the right architecture for an organization’s data center first depends…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Architectures, Compression, Deduplication, EMC, Encryption, I/O, IOPS, Scale Up, SLA, Snapshots, Sprawl, Thin provisioning
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The role of All-Flash for NoSQL Databases
Traditional databases, like Oracle and MS-SQL, have been around for decades. But thanks to the emerging mega trends of big data, big users and cloud computing, a new class of database is starting to work its way into the enterprise:…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Capacity, Data Protection, Efficiency, NoSQL, performance, Pure
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All-Flash Architectures Matter
Flash can improve the performance of almost anything that it’s placed into, be it a laptop, a desktop, a server or a storage system. But to derive maximum benefit from a flash investment requires first that the combined workloads be…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Architecture, Deduplication, Efficiency, Flash, HP, performance
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Are All-Flash Arrays ready for All Primary Data?
Flash has been making its way into data centers primarily as an accelerant to existing workloads. Most of that adoption has been in the form of a hybrid use case, the combination of flash and hard disk drives. As we…
VMworld After Hours: Tegile Party
Next up for Storage Switzerland was the Tegile “No Compromise” party. We grabbed Rob Commins, who was in studio earlier in the day, and David Bangs, Tegile’s new VP of Sales. More on Tegile Tegile takes a Reverse Hybrid Approach…
Hybrid Arrays in an All-Flash World
As the price of flash continues to come down, I am often asked by IT professionals what the role for hybrid arrays will be since all-flash arrays are beginning to reach price parity with high performance disk based systems. As…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Flash, HDD, Hybrid, Hybrid array, Hybrid Storage, SSD, Tegile
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How to meet the expectations of a VDI Project
VDI can be one of the toughest projects an IT organization has to implement, due in a large part to the expectations of the groups involved. Replacing PCs with virtual desktops creates expectations with users that have to get their…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Atlantis, Data Protection, IBM, IOPS, performance, Software Defined Storage, VDI, Virtual desktop
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Storage Performance, the VDI challenge
When IT planners are asked to list their top challenges with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) they often come up with a variety of answers, like gaining user acceptance, delivering an experience similar to that of a stand-alone desktop or driving…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Atlantis, Data Protection, IBM, IOPS, performance, Software Defined Storage, VDI
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Tegile takes a Reverse Hybrid Approach at Flash Memory Summit
Hybrid arrays vendors were out to get some respect at the Flash Memory Summit. Tegile was one of them, but their approach to hybrid systems has a distinctive all-flash feel. Their recently announced T3800 is an all-flash array that can…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Capacity, Compression, Data efficiency, Deduplication, Hybrid, IOPS, Replication, Reverse Hybrid Array, Tegile
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