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Overcoming All-Flash Array Post Implementation Problems

Posted on January 11, 2017 by George Crump

Storage Switzerland suggested a few years ago that IT professionals look for ways to get as much as 10 years out of their flash arrays. The problem was, as we cited at that time, most storage hardware manufacturers counted on…

Tagged with: Capacity, Compression, Data Reduction, Deduplication, Density, Flash, Flash Array, Thin provisioning
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Flash + Object – The Emergence of a Two Tier Enterprise

Posted on June 15, 2015 by George Crump

For as long as there has been data there has been a quest to consolidate that data onto a single, consolidated storage system, but that quest seems to never be satisfied. The problem is that there are essentially two types…

Tagged with: Archive, Cloudian, Flash, Flash Array, Internet of Things, IOPS, IoT, Migration, NFS, Object Storage, Snapshot, VM
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Briefing Note: VI’s VirtualWisdom4 shows you how to Manage your Open Systems Performance

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Eric Slack

Virtual Instruments provides active system monitoring and management solutions that generate a significant amount of data to improve SAN efficiency and performance. But users need more than an abundance of information to effectively manage their environments. In fact, this profusion…

StorageSwiss Top Articles of 2014

Posted on December 29, 2014 by George Crump

2014 was a big year at StorageSwiss.com. Thanks to our readers we saw record traffic to the site. As we close out each year, it’s interesting to review the top-read articles. In 2014’s list you’ll see two common themes, flash…

Tagged with: Backup, Flash, Flash Array, Multi-Tenant, performance, Scale Up, Scale-Out, SSD, Virtualization
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Flash Performance vs Flash Features

Posted on July 18, 2014 by George Crump

Recently, Robin Harris over at Storage Mojo made a statement that caused a stir with both users and the industry. My summation of his column and subsequent defense of that column, is that he believes that the performance of a…

Tagged with: Flash, Flash Array, Flash Performance, IOPS, Pure, ROI
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Flash Arrays need high performance compression

Posted on July 8, 2014 by George Crump

Startups like Nimble, Pure Storage, SolidFire and Tegile are starting to take business away from the traditional tier 1 storage vendors. Their key differentiator, and often the winning point, has been their ability to efficiently use flash storage. Making flash…

Tagged with: Compression, Dedupe, Deduplication, Efficiency, Flash Array, performance, Permabit
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The 10 Year All-Flash Array – Will Your All-Flash Array Wear Out?

Posted on December 19, 2013 by George Crump

An All-Flash Array is a performance sledgehammer. It shatters the performance problems that most data centers face and will likely continue to do so for years. Unlike traditional hard disk systems, most data centers that purchase an All-Flash Array won’t…

Tagged with: All-Flash, All-Flash Array, Deduplication, Flash, Flash Array, Flash memory, Multi-level cell, SLC, Solid-state drive, SSD
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Do You Know The Truth About Your All-Flash Deduplication?

Posted on December 3, 2013 by George Crump

All-Flash Arrays are a performance sledgehammer, obliterating most performance problems and eliminating a great deal of storage management complexity. But, this sledgehammer is expensive and because of this All-Flash vendors are attempting to deliver a variety of solutions to drive…

Tagged with: All-Flash, All-Flash Array, Data compression, Data deduplication, Deduplication, Flash Array
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