We have advised IT professionals that all future primary storage purchases be either hybrid or all-flash arrays for several years now. The value derived from these solutions include increased virtual machine (desktop and server) density, applications that can support more…
Deduplication, along with compression, provides the ability to more efficiently use premium priced flash capacity. But capacity efficiency comes with at least some performance impact. This is especially true on all-flash arrays where data efficiency features can’t hide behind hard…
Hybrid All-Flash Arrays drive down cost by mixing high performance flash with cost effective hard disk drives (HDD). Establishing predictable performance is the chief concern for Hybrid Array buyers. As long as data is being accessed from the flash tier,…
One of the toughest decisions IT professionals face when selecting a new storage system is deciding between an All-Flash Array and a Hybrid Array. Do you go with the predictable high performance of the all-flash architecture or the attractive price…
Backup solutions that focus on protecting the virtual environment are becoming increasingly popular. Companies participating in this market include Veeam and PHD Virtual (acquired by Unitrends). But there is another company that is sometimes left out of the conversation that…
Legacy storage vendors have faced a unique challenge as they tried to address the emerging flash opportunity. Unlike startups that could essentially start with a “blank sheet of paper”, these vendors had existing customers to care for. Their first mission…
This is part two of Storage Switzerland’s test drive of WD’s DA2300 Backup Appliance that features the WD Arkeia backup software. In part one we went through the set up and configuration steps, getting backup clients connected to the system…
Recently EMC announced that they were upgrading the storage software that drives their XtremIO to be able to compress and deduplicate data. This is an important addition, since not all data benefits from deduplication, databases being a good example. But…
Backup systems are coming under fire. Data explosion is certainly part of the problem, but it’s more than just a capacity issue. Backup systems are being asked to do things they were never designed for, like storing largely unchanging data…
We’ve heard about the possibility of an all-flash data center for a long time. But is it possible? Storage Switzerland Lead Analyst George Crump and Tegile Chief Marketing Officer Narayan Venkat join me on the podcast to preview an webinar…
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