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Automating VMware DR Recovery at Amazon

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Colm Keegan

Is cloud based DR and recovery all that it is cracked up to be? Many businesses are looking at the cloud as the DR promised land. By drastically reducing the costs of DR infrastructure, the cloud can potentially make DR…

Tagged with: Cloud, Data Protection, dr, Infrastructure, OneCloud, Provisioned, Recovery, VMware
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Michael Dell’s Keynote – A new company and new products – Dell World 2014

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Eric Slack

During Michael Dell’s keynote presentation at Dell World 2014 the CEO emphasized the company’s renewed customer focus and how they’re leveraging the 2 billion customer conversations they have every year. He didn’t go into how this number was calculated but…

Tagged with: Compellent, DAS, Dell, Dell World, EqualLogic, Flash, Infrastructure, Internet of Things, ISCSI, Nutanix, Software Defined Storage, SSD, Web-scale
Posted in Blog

Video: SolarWinds at Dell World 2014: Comprehensive Storage, Network and Applications Monitoring

Posted on November 7, 2014 by George Crump

SolarWinds Software provides end-to-end monitoring and management of the IT infrastructure from the storage system to the application server and the network in between. In this video from the Dell World 2014 Solutions Expo Floor we talk to them about…

Tagged with: Dell, Dell World, Infrastructure, SolarWinds
Posted in Video

What is the total cost of Storage testing?

Posted on November 6, 2014 by George Crump

Welcome to the new world of storage technology evaluation. IT planners are being overwhelmed with new storage solutions to help them solve old problems. Most of these solutions leverage flash memory to help them address challenges like randomized I/O, scale…

Tagged with: HBA, I/O, Infrastructure, IOPS, Load DynamiX, Provisioning, ROI, SLA, TCO, Virtual machine, Virtualization
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Running VMs on Open Stack with Open vStorage – Podcast

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Open Stack and Open vStorage. What are they and why should you want to run VMs on your OpenStack infrastructure? To answer those questions, George Crump from Storage Switzerland and Wim Provoost from Open vStorage join me on the podcast. Click Here…

Tagged with: Infrastructure, Open Stack, Open Storage, Virtual machine, VM
Posted in Podcast

Is Converged Storage right for you? Four questions to ask

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Colm Keegan

If you’re an IT pro who is wearing a lot of hats, simplicity is the name of the game. Virtualization technology has made server management simpler, but storage infrastructure management still lags behind. Converged storage solutions promise ease of implementation…

Tagged with: Architecture, Convergence, Data Protection, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Integration, ROI, Scale Computing
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How Hyperconvergence can Hyper-drive Virtualization

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Colm Keegan

During a recent Storage Swiss webinar, “Is Convergence Right For You? 4 Questions To Ask”, we polled our audience and asked what percentage of their environment is virtualized. Over half of the respondents selected 25-50% of their environment is virtualized.…

Tagged with: Architecture, Data Protection, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Integration, ROI, Scale Computing, Virtual machine, Virtualization, VM
Posted in Blog

Virtualization made simple with Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Colm Keegan

Across many data center environments, business data and new applications are rapidly proliferating. In large part, server virtualization has contributed to this growth since it removes many of the logistical barriers for bringing new business systems online. And while there…

Is Convergence Right for You? – Podcast

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Charlie Hodges

Just as virtualization created a huge change in the data center, we are on the cusp of consolidation creating major changes in how we operate our facilities. To look at convergence and examine if it’s right for you is Craig…

Tagged with: Architecture, Convergence, Data Protection, Hyperconvergence, Infrastructure, Integration, ROI, Scale Computing
Posted in Podcast

Cloud Integrated Backup and DR

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Colm Keegan

The best way to ensure data and application recoverability is to conduct frequent DR testing. The problem is that many organizations rarely, if ever, perform DR testing because it is time consuming, expensive and often it has limited value because…