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Briefing Note: Will Micron’s Automata Processor Solve IT’s Big Data Performance Problem?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Eric Slack

Big Data is becoming a big problem for IT as companies rush to embrace the holy grail of analytics and find their traditional compute infrastructures aren’t up to the task. Storage performance has historically been the limiting factor, even at…

Tagged with: Analytics, Big data, CUP, Infrastructure, Internet of Things, IoT, Micron, PCIe, Unstructured data
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Briefing Note: Violin Memory ushers in the Flash Storage Platform

Posted on February 17, 2015 by George Crump

Even though memory has always played a role in the storage infrastructure, the introduction of flash based storage has lead to rapid advancements in the evolution of storage. Today flash use has evolved from simply augmenting disk-based primary storage (hybrid…

How to Beat Dropbox

Posted on February 17, 2015 by George Crump

Almost every laptop I see has Dropbox installed on it. It’s easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and works 99% of the time. Users love it, but Dropbox does have its problems. First, it removes data out from under the control…

Tagged with: Cache, Cloud, Dropbox, Enterprise, file sync and share, Infrastructure, Protection
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Analyst Blog: Do you have a Private Cloud or Just Virtualized Servers?

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Eric Slack

IT in companies of all sizes is facing competition from the cloud. Based on a self-service, automated provisioning model, public clouds enjoy efficiencies and economics that few corporate data centers can match today. But internal IT has a distinct advantage,…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Converged, Data Protection, Flash, Hyper-converged, Infrastructure, JBVS, performance, SME, Software Defined, Virtualization, VM
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How Snapshots CAN Be Backups – Podcast

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Charlie Hodges

Snapshots have been part of the backup process for years, enabling traditional backup systems to reduce their impact on operations. But can you use snapshots to replace the backup itself? Historically, the answer has been “no”. But now, with new…

Tagged with: Backup, Data Protection, Infrastructure, Nexenta, Recovery point objective, Recovery Time Objective, Snapshots, Webinar
Posted in Podcast

Briefing Note: DH2i Brings Containers to Windows Server

Posted on February 12, 2015 by George Crump

Most data centers are not 100% virtualized, in fact most hover around a 50% virtualization level. The remaining physical servers are often business critical servers running applications based on Microsoft SQL or Exchange. IT Planners are looking toward “container” technology…

Tagged with: Cloud, DH2i, Hyper-V, Hypervisor, Infrastructure, Metadata, MS-SQL, ROI, SQL, Virtualization, VMware
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Storage FAQ: The State of Flash in 2015

Posted on February 10, 2015 by George Crump

Storage Switzerland held a well-attended webinar with Tegile called “The State of Flash in 2015”. Storage Switzerland Founder George Crump and Tegile System’s Chief Marketing Officer Narayan Venkat review some follow-up questions to the webinar. Question 1: “What is the…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Analytics, Big data, Flash, Hybrid, Hypervisor, I/O, Infrastructure, performance, Software Defined, Tegile
Posted in Storage Q&A

Briefing Note: SolidFire shows why more and less is better for Software Releases

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Eric Slack

Nitrogen is SolidFire’s seventh generation OS release, following their theme of naming operating system versions after elements, Oxygen being the next. With 100+ elements on the period table, they should be set for the next several years of releases. While…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Flash, Infrastructure, SolidFire, SSD, VLAN
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How FireHost Architects for Storage Performance

Posted on February 3, 2015 by George Crump

FireHost is a leading secure managed cloud provider helping companies protect data and meet compliance requirements, typically for PCI and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPA) driven businesses. In this video we talk with FireHost Vice President of Technology Todd…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, HIPA, Hybrid, Hyper-converged, Infrastructure, Load DynamiX, performance
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Analyst Blog: If Primary Storage Protects itself, what is Backup for?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by George Crump

In our last few columns, Storage Switzerland has described a data protection solution that allows primary storage to leverage snapshot technology to protect itself. The basic design requires two storage systems, one on-premise and one at a disaster recovery location.…