Software defined storage (SDS) is a key component of the IT transformation process. Data centers can leverage SDS to decrease costs while improving agility. But IT planners need to decide if they will use an open or proprietary SDS solution.…
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NAS vs. Object: Protecting High File Count Systems
The modern data center today is faced with storing, managing and protecting an ever-increasing torrent of data, most of which needs to be stored for indefinite periods of time due to various government rules, regulations and laws. File counts have…
Tagged with: Caringo, Erasure Coding, HDD, IoT, NAS, Object Storage, RAID, SDS, SSD, Unstructured data
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NetApp Finally Pivots
Last month I attended Storage Field Day 9, which included a two-hour presentation at NetApp headquarters. My summary statement of what I learned from the briefing is that NetApp is pivoting. By that I mean that they seem to have…
vSphere tackles the Hyperconverged Infrastructure World: VMware VSAN 6.2
VMware is releasing VSAN 6.2, the third major release of VSAN since its introduction in August of 2014. (Like other VMware companion products, the release number is tied to the vSphere release number it is associated with.) This release gives…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, HDD, Hyperconverged, SSD, VMware, VSAN
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Understanding Flash Performance
Most IT professionals are fully aware that if they have a storage performance problem that a flash based storage system is the answer for them. Flash, to some extent, makes performance a commodity. Almost any flash system can deliver more…
NAS vs. Object: Data Archive – Long Term Data Efficiency
Most of the time when unstructured data is created there is never a need to access it again. But it is still necessary to store it just in case you need it. When the “just in case” scenario occurs, you…
Avere FXT 5000 Series Edge Filer Product Analysis
For quite some time now, organizations have been struggling with increasingly expensive and complex infrastructures as they fight to control and protect the ever-increasing avalanche of unstructured data. At the same time, they need to meet the demands from users…
Tagged with: application performance, Avere, Capacity, Cloud, Hybrid, NAS, Object Storage, SSD, Unstructured data
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Why Low Latency Matters
Enterprise Applications and Dynamic Business Workloads Demand Faster and Faster Response Times Applications are driving the enterprise, whether it is a relatively simple application used by millions of customers or a complex, scalable database that drives an organization’s back end.…
Flash + SMR = Storage Density and Performance
Cloud and traditional data centers face two competing challenges. The first is meeting the ever-increasing demand for performance. Flash, in its various forms, can meet these requirements. On the other end of the spectrum is meeting the demands of storing all the data we create. The answer to these environments has not been as simple. Flash, by itself, is not the answer due to its higher cost per GB. SMR hard drives improve the ability to meet capacity demands, but have limited random write performance. By coupling SMR drives with flash, these two technologies can create a very practical solution which enables adoption without significant change to the existing infrastructure. In this article we will discuss how SMR drives work and how they can be coupled with flash to meet both of these challenges
All-Flash Array Hardware AND Software Matters
HDS Flash Update Briefing Note IT professionals typically purchase all-flash arrays (AFA) to solve storage performance problems in their database, virtual desktop, virtual server and HPC environments. They are the performance sledgehammer that makes I/O concerns a thing of the…
Tagged with: AFA, All-Flash Array, Compression, Deduplication, Encryption, Flash, Hitachi Data Systems, performance, QOS, Snaphots, SSD, Thin provisioning
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