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Increasing VM Density With Server Side Caching

Increasing the number of virtual machines (VMs) per host is a critical next step in the design of virtualized server infrastructures so that the growth of virtual hosts does not begin to eat at the original ROI of the virtualization

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Tuning the Cloud for Primary Storage

TwinStrata Test Drive Part 2 – Cache Intelligence One of the biggest concerns for IT managers considering cloud storage for primary data is how to make sure that the inherent latency of an internet connection does not impact the required

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What To Look For in Server Based SSD

As Storage Switzerland discussed in the article “What is Server Based Solid State Caching” there is much to be gained by moving solid state disk (SSD) closer to the application and its processor. The substantial reduction of network I/O and

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What is Server Based Solid State Caching?

Thanks to virtualization (server and desktop), cloud computing and big data, many environments are adding capacity to their storage infrastructures to meet performance demand. Essentially they are trying to provide the storage system with access to enough hard disk spindles

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