There are many ways a high performance computing (HPC) environment can leverage object storage. But the most practical for most HPC environments is to use it as a secondary tier that is more cost effective and still delivers data quickly.…
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Solving the Problem that SDS Does not
FormationOne Briefing Note Most data centers are not really out of capacity, they are just out of capacity that they can get to in any meaningful way. Confused? Let me explain. The problem is the capacity is spread across potentially…
Tagged with: Capacity, CDP, DRaaS, Flash, FormationOne, QOS, Replication, SDS, SSD, VM
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Webinar: Preserve, Distribute and Deliver – M&E’s Three Biggest Data Challenges
The world of Media and Entertainment (M&E) is constantly changing and those changes impact M&E IT. The challenges M&E IT professionals face are far greater than the obvious problem of increasing data and file size. Certainly, building storage infrastructures designed…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Capacity, Caringo, Cloud, Flash, M&E, Object Storage, performance, Scale-Out
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Making Object Storage Fit the Enterprise
Object storage should be a compelling alternative to traditional enterprise network attached storage systems. However its adoption is slow. Most enterprises just continue to expand NAS infrastructures despite the fact object storage is a better fit for unstructured data storage…
The HPC Storage Challenge
High Performance Computing (HPC) creates interesting challenges for the storage infrastructure. First, storage systems supporting HPC have to meet increasingly higher performance demands. High performance HPC storage enables more simulations and deeper analytics across a wider set of data. Leveraging…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Capacity, Caringo, Flash, HPC, NAS, Object Storage, performance, Scale-Out
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The ROI of the Thin Provisioned Filer
The cheapest filer is the one you don’t have to buy. A thin provisioned filer can do a lot more than a standard filer if you implement the concept properly. The investment in technology and processes that allow for a…
Tagged with: Capacity, Caringo, Data Protection, Filer, Object Storage, ROI, Thin provisioning
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New Scalar Storage Platform meets Unstructured Data Challenge
Quantum Scalar Briefing Note Organizations today face two major issues in dealing with the ever-rising tide of unstructured data. First, where to cost effectively store it. Second, how to ensure proper protection of data from loss and threats such as…
Tagged with: Capacity, Cloud, Malware, Metadata, Migration, Quantum, Ransomware, Tape, Unstructured data
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Making Storage Consolidation a Reality
INFINIDAT Briefing Note The concept of a single storage system to serve the entire data center has been with us as long as the data center itself. But now we are seeing an explosion in the number and variety of…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Capacity, Compression, DRAM, Flash, Infinidat, Latency, NAS, SAN, Snapshot, Storage Sprawl
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Webinar: Performance vs. Cost – Solving The HPC Storage Tug-of-War
When it comes to storage, High Performance Computing (HPC) environments are struggling with an interesting tug of war. On one side these environments need incredibly fast storage systems—the performance tier. Speed in HPC either allows for a greater number of…
Webinar: Sizing Up Object Storage for the Enterprise
Object Storage promises many things – unlimited scalability, both in terms of capacity and file count, low cost but highly redundant capacity and excellent connectivity to legacy NAS. But, despite these promises object storage has not caught on in the…
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