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Are NVMe Flash Arrays Viable for Traditional Workloads?

Posted on May 6, 2019 by George Crump

NVMe Flash Arrays promise an unprecedented level of performance thanks to the higher command count, queue depth and PCIe connectivity. Most NVMe Arrays are boasting IOPS statistics of close to one million IOPS and latency in the low hundreds of…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Artificial Intelligence, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, IOPS, IoT, Machine Learning, NVMe, ROI, SAS, Western Digital
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Why Metadata Might be Impeding Your Flash Performance

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Metadata is an often overlooked but leading storage performance bottleneck. Metadata maps how files are stored on disks, and it summarizes characteristics of file attributes such as author and last date of access. As such, it is crucial to data…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Data Protection, Flash, HDD, Hybrid Cloud, IOPS, IoT, ROI, SSD, Western Digital
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Challenges with Traditional NAS Solutions

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Traditional network-attached storage (NAS) arrays have long been a strong match for scalable, file-driven use cases such as enterprise file sync and share. In the world of unstructured data, however, problems emerge. Molly Presley, Global Product Marketing Director for Qumulo,…

Tagged with: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Cloud, Hybrid, IoT, NAS, Object Storage, Qumulo
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Obtaining Data Agility Through SDN

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Agility is arguably the most valuable ability that IT can give to the business. The ability to respond as quickly as possible to changing business needs and market dynamics is increasingly driven by technology and most specifically, fast access to…

Tagged with: Analytics, Cloud, HCI, Hyper-converged, IoT, Optimization, Pluribus Networks, SDN, SDS, Software Defined, Software-defined networking
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The True Cost of Data Protection Infrastructure

Posted on April 23, 2019 by George Crump

Data protection is essential but expensive. The primary source of data protection expense is the required significant investment in the physical infrastructure. However, the cost of the physical infrastructure is much more than how much the organization spends on storage…

Tagged with: Actifio, Cloud, Cyber Attack, DaaS, Disaster recovery, Infrastructure, IoT, Migration, Ransomware
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Artificial Intelligence: Where Does Storage Fit In?

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Krista Macomber

Artificial intelligence (AI) stands to dramatically impact business and IT operations alike, but in these early days, it is difficult for IT professionals to distinguish vendor buzz from reality. This is especially true when it comes to the storage market.…

Tagged with: AI, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Cloud, Data Privacy, Deduplication, Flash, IoT, Machine Learning, ML, NVMe, Object Storage, SLA, SSD
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Taking Hyperconverged Infrastructure Beyond Point Application Hosting – Pivot3 Briefing Note

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Krista Macomber

As we enter the next phase of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market maturity, it is important for storage managers to be discerning when it comes to infrastructure architecture as well as intelligent management capabilities. The first generation of HCI stands to…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Encryption, Flash, HCI, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, IoT, NVMe, Pivot3, QOS, Replication, ROI, SLA, VDI, VM
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SlideShare: NAS vs Object – Can NAS Make a Comeback?

Posted on April 19, 2019 by George Crump

For over a decade Network Attached Storage (NAS) was the go to file storage device for organizations needing to store large amounts of unstructured data. But unstructured data is changing. While large file use cases are still prevalent, small file…

Tagged with: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Cloud, Hybrid, IoT, NAS, Object Storage, Qumulo
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Overcoming NFS as a Machine Learning Inhibitor – Quobyte Briefing Note

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Krista Macomber

In today’s insights economy, much can be gleaned from the hyperscale cloud (Amazon, Google, Azure) providers’ ability to deliver an infrastructure that provides strong degrees of data resiliency and protection, agility, and performance – with minimal intervention from storage administrators.…

Tagged with: AI, Cloud, HDD, HPC, Hyperscale, IoT, ML, NFS, NVMe, Object Storage, QOS, Quobyte, SSD
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Using Metadata to Overcome “Data Blindness”

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Krista Macomber

File data is growing so quickly that it is difficult for enterprise storage managers to keep up. A larger volume and greater variety of files is being stored across a range of locations and devices. At the same time, it…