The ever-increasing density of virtual infrastructures, and the need to scale databases larger than ever, is creating an ongoing need for faster storage. And while flash has become the “go to” performance option, there are environments that still need more.…
We speak to many customers who have all-flash based storage solutions to cut the time it takes for specific processes to complete. In many, many cases the reductions were dramatic, often going from multiple hours to dozens of minutes. Users…
With vSphere 6, VMware is set to address one of the biggest storage management problems facing the virtualized environment, associating virtual machines (VMs) with the storage they are using. VVOLs provide that visibility and allow storage and server administration to…
A couple of years ago Storage Switzerland wrote an article “Scale Out or Scale Up? – 6 Key Considerations for the Flash Array Buyer”. The points made in that article are still relevant, but vendors in both architecture camps have…
The concept of an all-flash array once seemed impossibly expensive, but now almost a dozen companies ship a storage system that has no hard disk drives inside. The bigger question is if and when the entire data center can become…
Cloud storage is often thought of as a giant repository in the sky, where old backups and archives go, seldom to be seen again. But this may not always be the best cloud use case for data centers. Storing a…
When MS-SQL hits the performance wall, flash storage has become the “go to” problem solver. The high performance and low latency of the technology can eliminate many of the storage performance issues that a MS-SQL environment may face. But IT…
There are a lot of options for MS-SQL administrators looking to improve storage performance and most of them feature flash. Recently I sat down with George Crump, Lead Analyst at Storage Switzerland and Sumeet Bansal – Senior Solutions Architect, Databases…
Today when an IT Pro faces a performance problem on a Windows-based server running applications like MS-SQL, Exchange and SharePoint, they often turn to a flash-based storage solution. Those IT professionals may be surprised to hear they should try something…
In this StorageShort George Crump, Lead Analyst at Storage Switzerland discusses one of the best ways to cost justify flash for virtual desktop infrastructures; use the flash array for more than just VDI. Some all-flash and hybrid systems deliver enough…
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