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OpenStack Swift – Should Enterprise Customers DIY or use SwiftStack?

Posted on January 22, 2015 by George Crump

The amount of storage being generated everyday by enterprises is growing rapidly, with no sign of slowing down. Enterprise IT is now faced with the challenge of storing and managing this data in a world where IT budgets are stagnant…

Tagged with: Architecture, Archiving, Capacity, Cloud, Disaster recovery, Integration, Object Storage, Software Defined Storage, SwiftStack, TCO
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Converged vs Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Colm Keegan

IT organizations are increasingly coming under pressure to deliver business application services with the same speed and agility as their public cloud counterparts. The bottom line is if IT can’t be responsive to the needs of the business, they may…

Tagged with: Architecture, Convergence, Data Protection, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Integration, ROI, Scale Computing
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SlideShare – Is Convergence right for you? – 4 questions to ask

Posted on November 25, 2014 by George Crump

Data centers of all sizes are looking for ways to increase the return on investment on their virtualized (desktop and server) infrastructures. Converged infrastructures propose to increase ROI by reducing the number of layers, essentially combining compute, storage and networking…

Tagged with: Architecture, Convergence, Data Protection, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Integration, ROI, Scale Computing
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How does your Hyperconverged Solution store Data?

Posted on November 24, 2014 by George Crump

As we discussed in our recent webinar, “Is Convergence Right for You?“, converged or hyperconverged architectures can come in various forms, ranging from a bundle of multiple vendor’s hardware and software, to a software only – bring your own server…

Tagged with: Architecture, Convergence, Data Protection, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Integration, ROI, Scale Computing, Virtual machine, VM
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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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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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Is Converged Storage right for you? Four questions to ask

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Colm Keegan

If you’re an IT pro who is wearing a lot of hats, simplicity is the name of the game. Virtualization technology has made server management simpler, but storage infrastructure management still lags behind. Converged storage solutions promise ease of implementation…

Tagged with: Architecture, Convergence, Data Protection, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Integration, ROI, Scale Computing
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How Hyperconvergence can Hyper-drive Virtualization

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Colm Keegan

During a recent Storage Swiss webinar, “Is Convergence Right For You? 4 Questions To Ask”, we polled our audience and asked what percentage of their environment is virtualized. Over half of the respondents selected 25-50% of their environment is virtualized.…

Tagged with: Architecture, Data Protection, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Integration, ROI, Scale Computing, Virtual machine, Virtualization, VM
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Virtualization made simple with Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Colm Keegan

Across many data center environments, business data and new applications are rapidly proliferating. In large part, server virtualization has contributed to this growth since it removes many of the logistical barriers for bringing new business systems online. And while there…

Is Convergence Right for You? – Podcast

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Just as virtualization created a huge change in the data center, we are on the cusp of consolidation creating major changes in how we operate our facilities. To look at convergence and examine if it’s right for you is Craig…

Tagged with: Architecture, Convergence, Data Protection, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Integration, ROI, Scale Computing
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