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Next Generation Networks Are Faster

Posted on July 31, 2018 by George Crump

The modern data center is very demanding of its network infrastructure. Next-generation networks need to be more than fast. They also need to be smarter and provide deep insight. Speed seems like an obvious requirement, but there is more to…

Tagged with: CISCO, FC-NMVe, LAN, Machine Learning, networking, Next Generation, NVMe, NVMe-F, Virtualization, WAN
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Next Generation Networks Need to be More than Fast

Posted on July 13, 2018 by George Crump

The data center network is on the verge of one of its most dramatic upgrades in bandwidth in decades. Virtualized data centers, as well as hyperscale and rack scale environments, are driving the need for higher bandwidth networks. These environments…

Tagged with: All-Flash Array, CISCO, DAS, FCoE, HCI, Hyperscale, NVMe, NVMe-oF, QOS, SAS, Virtualization
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Simpler is Better – Solving Rack Scale Storage Problems – DriveScale Briefing Note

Posted on July 12, 2018 by George Crump

The storage infrastructure for multi-rack scale applications like Hadoop Spark, Cassandra, and CouchBase, are typically built using directly attached flash-based storage instead of a shared flash array. The motivation for using direct-attached storage (DAS) is simple. Media inside a server…

Tagged with: Compression, DAS, Deduplication, DriveScale, Flash, NVMe, NVMe-oF, RAID, SAS, Shared Storage, Snapshot
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Flash to Flash to Cloud – Solving the Data Protection Problem

Posted on June 25, 2018 by George Crump

The primary objective of a data protection strategy is to protect data frequently and consistently. The ever growing size of data, the diversity of systems that store that data and the high expectations of the creators and consumers of that…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Flash, Hybrid, NAS, NVMe, Object Storage, SAS, Tegile
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Designing Storage for MongoDB, Spark, MySQL, and Cassandra – Pavilion Data Briefing Note

Posted on June 19, 2018 by George Crump

Modern applications like MongoDB, Spark, MySQL, and Cassandra are disrupting traditional storage architectures. To keep storage costs down and performance high these applications use direct attached PCIe flash storage. Many organizations are rapidly integrating NVMe. The problem is that direct-attached…

Tagged with: Cassandra, Cloud, Encryption, Flash, Latency, MySQL, NoSQL, NVMe, Pavilion Data, PCIe, Shared Storage
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Why Data Movement Breaks Data Management and How to Fix It

Posted on June 18, 2018 by George Crump

The primary goal of a data management strategy is to reduce storage costs. Achieving that goal requires that at some point data will have to move from primary storage to a less expensive secondary storage. The movement of data between…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Flash, Hybrid, NAS, NVMe, Object Storage, SAS, Tegile
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Any Cloud Strategy Requires Understanding On-Premises Workloads

Posted on June 13, 2018 by George Crump

Is a Cloud First Strategy Right for IT? The cloud is a resource that most data centers are trying to factor into their future IT planning. Early adopters have found though that not all their workloads work properly, or at…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Migration, NVMe, Object Storage, Replication, Virtual Instruments
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The Data Management Imperative vs. IT Reality

Posted on June 11, 2018 by George Crump

Data management is hard, and with the massive growth of data this task is becoming even more difficult. But, data growth is also making data management an imperative. Organizations need to figure out a way to better manage their data…

Tagged with: All-Flash, Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, Hybrid, Hyperconvergence, Migration, NVMe, Tegile, Virtualization
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Dealing with the Storage Challenges Containers Create – Storidge Briefing Note

Posted on May 15, 2018 by George Crump

Containers have improved an organization’s ability to rapidly develop, test and deliver applications. In many cases however, storage is a boat anchor slowing the whole process down. As enterprises increase their use of container technology and begin using the technology…

Tagged with: Cassandra, Cloud, Container, Flash, Hyper-converged, LUN, MongoDB, MySQL, NVMe, QOS, SAN, Software Defined, Storidge
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What is IO Acceleration? – JetStream Software Briefing Note

Posted on April 30, 2018 by George Crump

Flash’s first deployment in the data center was often as a cache implementation. A cache is a staging area that holds a small amount of the most recently accessed data. Caching software enables active data to be accessed from flash…