All-flash arrays solve many performance problems. But the latency reduction they bring also exposes other weak links in the storage IO architecture. One of the most exposed areas is the network. For example, many times IT will install the flash…
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StorageShort: Does Flash Create Networking Problems?
Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Cloud, Flash, HPE, Hybrid, Hyperconvergence, IoT
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SlideShare: You Bought All-Flash, Now What?
Have you made the jump to all-flash storage? Are you planning to? If so this webinar is for you. We will look at what’s next after (or before) the jump to all-flash. An all-flash array brings many benefits to the…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Cloud, dr, HA, HPE, Hybrid, Hyperconvergence, IoT
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How IT can Leverage its Own Big Data for Operational Efficiency
OpsDataStore Briefing Note One of the most practical use cases of big data analytics is the analysis of data that the organization is already generating, typically in the form of log file examination, which yields impressive results (most notably in…
Webinar: You Bought All-Flash, Now What?
Have you made the jump to all-flash storage? Are you planning to? If so this webinar is for you. We will look at what’s next after (or before) the jump to all-flash. An all-flash array brings many benefits to the…
The Enterprise Use Case of Object Storage
The idea of infinitely scalable, self maintaining, searchable object storage in the cloud is a great idea – if you can make use of it. If an enterprise is able to create a use case around this resource, then they…
StorageShort: The Impact of NAS Sprawl
Network Attached Storage (NAS) are ideal for storing unstructured data, especially user home directories. But these systems tend to fill up and organizations end up buying additional units, in some cases dozens, which leads to NAS Sprawl. The situation is…
Tagged with: Big data, IoT, NAS, performance, Quantum, Sprawl, Unstructured data
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ChalkTalk Video: Flash for Files? – Does It Make Sense?
All-Flash arrays were initially targeted at high-end databases that had the I/O demand to justify the investment. As the price of these systems come down, all-flash arrays are now easily justifiable as the primary storage system for virtual server and…
Putting the Data Monetization Architecture to Work
People who spend money on things instead of just talking about them are said to be putting their money where their mouth is. Data monetization extracts money from where your customers’ mouths are. That is, it allows you to learn…
SlideShare: Flash Myth: Flash is for Everything vs. Flash is for One Thing
Different workloads demand different attributes from their storage. These differences lead some to believe flash storage is only good for certain point use cases like accelerating databases. But the performance of flash systems lead others to claim a single flash…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Cloud, Desktop virtualization, Flash, IBM, performance
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StorageShort: Flash and Big Data?
To keep costs down, hard disk drive was the storage of choice for the data that drives a big data analytics project inside the server that is doing the processing. Internal storage keeps costs down and reduces network latency but…
Tagged with: All-Flash Array, Analytics, Big data, Flash, Hard disk, IBM, Latency, Shared Storage, SSD
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