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Flash can’t Flatten Storage
At the FujiFilm Global IT Executive Summit there was a lot of discussion about data management and making sure the right data is on the right storage tier at the right time. Data management has been a core IT function…
Overcoming Overprovisioning with Real-Time Scalability
Most data center administrators design storage infrastructures for peak load so when applications or users need the MOST performance or capacity, the system is able to meet the demand. The problem is that most of these peak demands occur occasionally…
Tagged with: Capacity, Overprovision, performance, Primary Data, Scalability, Virtualization, VM
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Monitoring VMware with Artificial Intelligence
SIOS Briefing Note There is no way we can optimize all the VMs in this world — and yet they need to be optimized. The sooner we all accept these two facts, the sooner we can move on to something…
Tagged with: Backup, Capacity, Cloud, HA, performance, SAN, SIOS iQ, SQL, VM
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ChalkTalk Video: Strategies for Hybrid Cloud Storage
The hybrid cloud approach is the storage option that gives customers the best cost, flexibility and scalability today, says Douglas O’Flaherty from IBM when he spoke with George Crump at VMworld 2016. One great way to manage cost is to…
Raising the Bar on Hyperconvergence, Storage and QoS
Pivot3 Briefing Note IT professionals have a lot of choices to make when they design their next generation infrastructure. They have to choose between a hyperconverged offering that consolidates compute, storage and networking into a single tier or a more…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Capacity, Hybrid, Hyperconvergence, Latency, PCIe, performance, Pivot3, QOS, Replication, Shared Storage, Snapshots
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VMware and Data Domain Founders Build New Storage Company
When founders of both Data Domain and VMware are introduced by Diane Greene to create a storage company, things are bound to be interesting. Typically, product briefings from Storage Switzerland do not start with the pedigree of those developing the…
Tagged with: Capacity, Compression, Datrium, Deduplication, Flash, HCI, Latency, performance, RAID, SSD, VM
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Can Scale-Up Storage be Scaled-Out?
Is it possible to scale-out your scale-up storage solution even though it wasn’t built to do that? The only question is how you’re going to scale it out. Most methods of scaling (both out and up) add to complexity. So…
Tagged with: Capacity, Latency, performance, Primary Data, Scale Up, Scale-Out, Virtualization
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SlideShare: Overcoming the Storage Challenges Cassandra and Couchbase Create
NoSQL databases like Cassandra and Couchbase are quickly becoming key components of the modern IT infrastructure. But this modernization creates new challenges – especially for storage. Storage in the broad sense. In-memory databases perform well when there is enough memory…
Are the Hardware Requirements of Your NoSQL Database Killing Your Budget?
When SSD isn’t fast enough for you, the rules have changed. Databases have always wanted more memory, but the demands of applications like Cassandra and Couchbase take this to a new level. The demands of NoSQL databases like Cassandra and…
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