Recovery in Place, offered by companies like Veeam, Dell’s AppAssure and PHD Virtual, is a powerful and valuable feature. It allows for virtual machines (VMs) to be recovered and executed directly from the backup device instead of having to transfer…
Organizations that have fully embraced virtualization are buying host-class servers to put their VMs on. This equipment is “richer” in its configuration, with more processing power, more memory and higher quality components than the typical server designed for a single…
The storage network has new requirements being placed on it so it can keep pace with the modern data center. The first cause of change is being driven by virtualization, both server and desktop. We have the compute power and…
Backup technology for virtualized environments has become increasingly more advanced. Many organizations have implemented backup applications which are specifically designed to efficiently backup data in a virtualized environment without causing any disruption to application performance. In addition, some backup applications,…
For most companies that are considering flash-based SSDs it’s no longer a question of whether they’ll implement solid state drives, but when and how. In this video George Crump, Lead Analyst From Storage Switzerland and Micron’s Sr. Manager of Enterprise…
The key to maximum and sustainable return on investment (ROI) of a virtual infrastructure is to achieve the highest possible virtual machine (VM) density per physical server host. The problem is that the more densely populated a physical server is…
Veeam and other virtualization specific backup solutions change the game when it comes to data protection. They provide the capability to backup virtual machines rapidly and repeatedly, thanks to change block backups. Second, they provide the ability to recover virtual…
Storage Switzerland Senior Analyst Eric Slack has an article entitled, “Is It Time To Stop Worrying About Flash Wear Out?” We’ll discuss that with Micron’s Doug Rollins. You can learn more about this by reading Eric’s article by clicking here.
Flash has made its way into enterprise data centers, replacing or augmenting hard disk drives (HDDs) in more and more servers. But many users seem to fixate on one characteristic of NAND flash solid state drives (SSDs), the fact that…
Putting flash in the application server is becoming the performance solution of choice, but how do you choose which type of flash to use? Let’s start by taking a look at the different types of SSDs available for use in…
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