When non-volatile flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) were introduced, the protocol support included SAS/SATA. These interfaces were designed for hard disk drives (HDDs) and had more latency than was ideal for flash, but it made for easier integration of SSDs…
The CEO of Unitrends, Kevin Weiss, sits down with Storage Switzerland founder and lead analyst George Crump and the voice of Storage Switzerland, Charlie Hodges. We talk about life before Unitrends, why Mr. Weiss thinks Unitrends is uniquely positioned to…
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…
Server side flash, in its various forms, served as a precursor to shared flash arrays. It allowed IT planners to surgically address specific application response time issues caused by storage without having to implement a flash based array. This saved…
Data continues to grow and the number of storage systems required to support this growth is growing right along with it. Nowhere is the growth of data worse than in secondary storage, in fact some studies indicate secondary data set…
Overcome Virtual Flash Confusion Flash is almost tailor made for virtualization. It handles the random I/O profile of the environment with relative ease and allows for additional cost savings by increasing VM density. The challenge facing IT administrators is which…
Pure Storage Announces M Series One of the questions facing all-flash array vendors as they come to market is do they take a software first or hardware first strategy when it comes to system development? The advantage of the software…
SSDs are about to get a lot faster, thanks to NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) the new industry standard interface for solid-state storage products. It was developed to replace SAS/SATA and fully exploit the advantages of non-volatile memory technologies like NAND…
Organizations are expected to respond in real time to the needs of their customers. “Real Time”, however, is much more than just reacting faster to queries, it means tailoring the customer’s interaction with the organization so that they are presented…
Storage Switzerland and Tegile teamed up on a webinar entitled What’s best for VDI: Hybrid or All-Flash Storage. Participants in the live event were able to ask questions to Storage Switzerland’s George Crump and Chris Tsilipounidakis from Tegile Systems. Here…
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