This week’s look at news and notes features George Crump and Eric Slack talking to Charlie Hodges about issues ranging from VVols, the importance of Quality of Service in Storage and a deep talk on a claim that “disk is…
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Flash Showdown – Which Flash is best for MS-SQL, Server or Shared?
In our on-demand webinar “Which Flash is Best for MS-SQL?” one of the polling questions delivered a surprising result; 67% of respondents that were using flash to accelerate MS-SQL, were using flash inside of the server, instead of shared flash on the…
StorageShort: The Strength of Disk vs. Flash
It seems that some all-flash vendors are quick to write off hard disk drives (HDD) with some even pronouncing HDDs dead. But disks have a role to play in the data center and even for primary storage. HDDs still have…
Briefing Note: OCZ’s new Enterprise-class SSDs deliver on advantages of NVMe
SSDs are about to get a lot faster, thanks to NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) the new industry standard interface for solid-state storage products. It was developed to replace SAS/SATA and fully exploit the advantages of non-volatile memory technologies like NAND…
Briefing Note: Performance Testing gets closer to the Real World
When IT professionals look to solve a storage performance or capacity problem the number of options available to them can almost be overwhelming. Trying to select the right solution to their particular problem seems almost impossible. They simply don’t have…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Flash, I/O, I/O Blender, Load DynamiX, NFS, VDI, Virtual machine, VM
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How Storage Vendors Integrate VVols
VVols simplifies the process of setting up and managing storage to support VMs by enabling VMware administrators and users to create specific storage policies. But under the covers VMware leaves the implementation of VVols to the storage array vendor. In…
Defining Software-Defined Storage – what benefits does it deliver?
Software-Defined Storage (SDS) is one of the hottest topics in the IT industry and, as a technology, provides some significant advantages over traditional storage system designs. These advantages translate into substantial benefits that arguably have driven the interest in SDS…
Storage for the Real-Time Data Center
Organizations are expected to respond in real time to the needs of their customers. “Real Time”, however, is much more than just reacting faster to queries, it means tailoring the customer’s interaction with the organization so that they are presented…
Tagged with: All-Flash, ASIC, Dot Hill, Flash, Hybrid array, I/O, SDS, Software Defined Storage, SSD
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MS-SQL Performance – Things to do before you Flash
Prior to implementing a flash solution, it is important to make sure the environment is ready for it so maximum value can be extracted from the flash investment. Watch this trailer from our Webinar “Which Flash is Best for MS-SQL?…
Storage Q&A: What Flash is best for VDI?
Storage Switzerland and Tegile teamed up on a webinar entitled What’s best for VDI: Hybrid or All-Flash Storage. Participants in the live event were able to ask questions to Storage Switzerland’s George Crump and Chris Tsilipounidakis from Tegile Systems. Here…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Flash, Hybrid, IOPS, SSD, Tegile, VDI, Virtual machine
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