The first phase of software defined storage (SDS) is bringing many benefits to the data center. Its abstraction of storage software from the storage hardware enables organizations to manage all their storage assets from a single view, along with a…
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Is Hyperconverged worth the Hype?
Hyperconvergence is capturing the attention of IT professionals. The apparent simplicity of the technology is certainly appealing to an IT staff that is often stretched too thin to properly manage the environment. As a result the IT staff is often…
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.
Tagged with: Capacity, Consolidation, ioFABRIC, performance, QOS, SDS, Software Defined Storage, Storage Sprawl
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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…
Tagged with: All-Flash, DataCore, Flash, Hyper-converged, Hypervisor, I/O, IOPS, Scale, SDS, Software Defined Storage
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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…
Tagged with: Capacity, Infrastructure, Roadshow, SDI, SDS, Software Defined Storage, Summit
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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…
Meet The Software Defined CEO – PernixData’s Poojan Kumar on MeetTheCEO
Poojan Kumar, the CEO of PernixData, joins us in this week’s MeetTheCEO. PernixData optimizes storage for virtualized environments by decoupling strategic storage performance and management functions from the underlying storage hardware. Poojan talks to us about his company and how he…
ChalkTalk Video: An Incremental Journey to Software Defined Storage (SDS)
Some vendors present Software Defined Storage (SDS) as a revolution in the storage infrastructure. Data Centers, especially those with an existing investment in storage systems, are looking for a more incremental journey that allows them to move to SDS, while…
Is Software Defined Storage for Real?
Everyone is talking about software defined storage (SDS). But can it honestly work for your data center? In this StorageSwiss interview we talk with Andrew Flint from ioFABRIC about the realities of software defined storage. He outlines how storage administrators…
SlideShare: Software Defined Storage – Three Questions To Answer Before You Leap
Leaping to SDS? Make Sure You Can Answer These Questions: Is Software Defined Storage Right For You? What are the Hardware Requirements For Software Defined Storage? How do you Transition To Software Defined Storage? Join George Crump, Lead Analyst at…
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