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Briefing Note: Stopping Virtualization’s Double Tax

Posted on July 2, 2015 by George Crump

Virtualized Windows applications suffer from two I/O taxes. First, there is the tax of the I/O blender caused by mixing dozens of VMs on a single server, and then connecting multiple servers to a shared storage array that creates a…

Tagged with: Condusiv, DRAM, Flash, Hypervisor, I/O Blender, SAN, Virtualization, VM
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Briefing Note: Idealstor Enables the Hyper-Converged SMB

Posted on June 30, 2015 by George Crump

Small to medium sized business (SMB) are a great target for hyper-converged architectures because SMBs don’t typically have the application requirements that would justify dedicated compute and storage hardware. The problem is that many hyper-converged architectures (HCAs) are too expensive…

Tagged with: Flash, HCA, Hyper-converged, Idealstor, NAS, SAN, SMB, SSD, Virtualization
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Data as a Supply Chain – SANS Technology

Posted on June 18, 2015 by George Crump

All data has a lifecycle or supply chain attached to it, and storage systems need to respond differently to data as it moves through each link in this chain. The problem is that most data centers treat all data the same,…

Tagged with: Data Protection, DRaaS, FC, file sync and share, Hyper-converged, ISCSI, NAS, Replication, SAN, SANS Technology
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Briefing Note: Promise Technology Vsky – Helping Enterprises Evolve from Terabytes to Petabytes

Posted on April 14, 2015 by George Crump

Enterprises are entering a territory that was exclusively the domain of cloud providers. Thanks to initiatives like the Internet of Things and Big Data and the general explosive growth of unstructured data, organizations have to evolve from managing terabytes of…

Tagged with: Cloud, Data Protection, NAS, Object Storage, Promise Technology, RAID, SAN, Unstructured data
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ChalkTalk Video: Can Windows hurt Flash Performance?

Posted on April 9, 2015 by George Crump

Today when an IT Pro faces a performance problem on a Windows-based server running applications like MS-SQL, Exchange and SharePoint, they often turn to a flash-based storage solution. Those IT professionals may be surprised to hear they should try something…

Tagged with: Condusiv, Defragmentation, Flash, MS-SQL, SAN, SSD
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Briefing Note: SIOS Provides High Availability for Azure based MS-SQL

Posted on April 6, 2015 by George Crump

Data centers of all sizes are looking to the cloud to perform computational workloads like databases and other applications. They are expecting a cloud provider to either run the entire workload in the cloud or make capacity available for bursting…

Tagged with: Azure, Cloud, Disaster recovery, dr, HA, High Availability, Hybrid Cloud, MS-SQL, Replication, SAN, SANLess, SIOS Technology
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Briefing Note: Physical Servers Matter – Diskeeper keeps them running like new

Posted on March 19, 2015 by George Crump

While the move to a virtualized data center continues, physical servers still matter! Its true that many organizations are now approaching 60%+ virtualization, few have reached 100%. That means that most data centers are still 40% physical. Those remaining physical…

Tagged with: Condusiv, Flash, Fragmentation, I/O, IOPS, LUN, SAN, SSD
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The Three Problems with Software Defined Storage

Posted on February 19, 2015 by George Crump

Software defined storage (SDS) promises to reduce storage capital and operational costs by abstracting data services from the storage hardware. To deliver on these promises, SDS typically enables the use of commodity storage which should lower storage acquisition costs. It…

Briefing Note: VI’s VirtualWisdom4 shows you how to Manage your Open Systems Performance

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Eric Slack

Virtual Instruments provides active system monitoring and management solutions that generate a significant amount of data to improve SAN efficiency and performance. But users need more than an abundance of information to effectively manage their environments. In fact, this profusion…

Storage Q&A: High Availability for Data Centers of all Sizes

Posted on February 4, 2015 by George Crump

SIOS Technologies and Storage Switzerland recently joined forces for a highly attended webinar. The attendees asked some outstanding questions about flexible HA and DR for virtual servers and cloud environments. Joining Storage Switzerland Founder and Chief Steward George Crump on…