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Getting Software-Defined Storage Enterprise Ready

Briefing Note – Red Hat Storage Despite its potential to increase storage performance, capacity and flexibility while decreasing acquisition and operational costs, software-defined storage (SDS) has limited success in the enterprise. The problem is that enterprise data centers are “in

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The Advantages of Storage Sprawl

Fighting storage sprawl may sound like the right thing to do but for some data centers storage sprawl is a reality that they can’t stop. There are too many moving parts. Instead of fighting it, it may make more sense to face reality. Learn how second generation software-defined storage enables IT to embrace sprawl.

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Enterprise Grade SDS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 2 Briefing Note Industry Analysts predict that Software Defined Storage (SDS) will replace enterprise class storage over the next five to ten years. The key drivers for this displacement are increased cost and flexibility as well as

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Responsiveness: THE Storage Watchword for 2016

In our last entry we published our top 25 most read articles of 2015. Analysis of that list shows five key trends that IT professionals are trying to wrap their heads around as we enter 2016, but these trends can

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The StorageSwiss Top 25 for 2015

In terms of visitors, 2015 was a record year for StorageSwiss.com, and at the end of each year we take a look at the top 25 read articles as indicated by our analytics. Our top 25 list is taken from

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Software Defined Storage meets Parallel I/O

In terms of storage performance, the actual drive is no longer the bottleneck. Thanks to flash storage, attention has turned to the hardware and software that surrounds them, especially the capabilities of the CPU that drives the storage software. The

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Why SDS is Struggling

Software Defined Storage (SDS) is one of those technologies that looks great on a whiteboard. In theory it should allow you to use any storage vendor’s hardware, overlay it with a common set of software capabilities and manage it all

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MeetTheCEO: ioFABRIC’s Steven Lamb

ioFABRIC’s Steven Lamb is the CEO on our latest MeetTheCEO podcast with Storage Swiss’ George Crump and Charlie Hodges. Steve talks with us about how his software-defined storage (SDS) company got its name, what makes the product unique when compared

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Briefing Note: Software can now Define the SSD

Briefing Note – OCZ Announces Host Managed SSDs Software Defined Storage (SDS) is becoming the prevailing way to deliver storage solutions. Whether it is customers trying to implement a software-only solution to manage disparate hardware or a storage system vendor

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ChalkTalk Video: Overcoming Storage Infrastructure Challenges

The modern storage infrastructure presents IT professionals with a myriad of challenges. Three challenges however top the list: reducing costs, creating flexibility and delivering storage as a service (SaaS). Software solutions like EMC’s ViPR provide IT professionals with the ability

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