Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems have traditionally been used for the storing of unstructured data. As these systems have increased in performance and capabilities they are being used more and more for non-traditional NAS workloads, like databases and virtualization. While…
Initially, IT organizations often deploy an all-flash storage system to solve a performance problem for a specific application workload. Then, unfortunately, they become a victim of their own success. Often the initial experience with flash is so good that the…
The title of this entry, “Which All-flash Architecture Do You Prefer?”, was actually a question asked on the LinkedIn group, “Storage: SAN, NAS“, a couple of days ago. It was in response to a recent post by Calvin Zito @HPStorageGuy…
One of the meetings at the Next-Gen Storage Summit (NGSS) was by the Object Storage Alliance, a group of many of the companies in this technology space offering storage systems and related products. There was a lively discussion about what…
One of the announcements made at the Next Generation Storage Summit was the formulation of a consortium of vendors called the Object Storage Alliance Group. The stated mission of this group is to “promote the business value of object addressable…
What if setting up a new storage system took less time than waiting for a cup of cappuccino to brew at your favorite cafe? Sound too good to be true? Well today at Truth in IT’s Next Generation Storage Summit…
Can NAS Scale to Meet the I/O Demand? Can Network Attached Storage (NAS) deliver the performance that a highly dense virtual infrastructure demands? Do you want a better answer than: “We think so”? In this webinar we prove that NAS…
After a busy day of shooting ChalkTalk videos Storage Switzerland took to the streets of San Francisco to see what was going on after hours. Our first stop of the night was an event at the Thirsty Bear, hosted by…
One of the headlines at this years Flash Memory Summit was the much broader participation of the traditional storage vendors. Dell, IBM, Hitachi and HP were all there. Not to be left out, EMC also had a presence and we…
One of the challenges that every IT planner is trying to figure out is what size, both in terms of capacity and performance, storage system they should invest in. They need to make sure that the storage system will not…
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