In a competition that many had pronounced over, Microsoft’s Hyper-V is now a viable candidate in the SMB, the remote office and even the enterprise data center. It brings the key virtualization features that most data centers need while being…
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Hyper-V Storage Commoditization
Today, many organizations are considering Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform as an alternative to market behemoth, VMware. But the key to fully delivering on the lower total cost of ownership (TCO) value proposition that Hyper-V offers, is commoditizing the storage infrastructure…
Tagged with: HDD, Hyper-V, Hypervisor, SDS, Software Defined Storage, SSD, Starwind Software, Virtual machine, Virtualization
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ChalkTalk Video – How disk backup breaks Recovery in Place
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…
Tagged with: Backup, Deduplication, Drobo, Recovery in Place, SSD, Storage, Virtual machine
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The ROI of Dense Virtual Machines
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…
Tagged with: Brocade, Density, Operational Transparency, ROI, SSD, Virtual machine, Virtualization, VMware, Webinar
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The three requirements of the modern Storage Network
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…
Tagged with: Brocade, Density, Operational Transparency, ROI, SSD, Virtual machine, Virtualization, VMware
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Making Virtual Server Recovery-In-Place Viable
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,…
Tagged with: Backup, Deduplication, Drobo, Hybrid, Recovery, Recovery in Place, SSD, Virtual machine, Virtual Server
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Panel Discussion: Maximum VM Density Requires Optimal Storage Networking and Operational Transparency
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…
Tagged with: Brocade, Density, Operational Transparency, ROI, SSD, Virtual machine, Virtualization, VMware
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Automated Virtual Machine Data Recovery
Veeam Provides Sneak Peek Into Version 8 Protecting data via point-in-time snapshots may be easy to setup and configure but performing a VM based recovery off this data is typically layered with lots of manual and time consuming steps. Not…
Tagged with: Data recovery, LUN, Recovery Time Objective, RTO, Service Level Objective, SLO, Snapshot, Veeam, Virtual machine
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Why You Should Consider Server Caching for Virtualization
Many organizations are considering flash caching as a cost-effective way to accelerate application workloads. The challenge is virtual infrastructure planners need to sift through a myriad of flash caching options available on the market. One of the most popular flash…
Tagged with: Cache, Cache Acceleration, Density, DRAM, Hypervisor, Intel, NAS, performance, SAN, Virtual machine, Virtualization
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OCZ Z-Drive 4500 Enterprise PCIe SSD
OCZ recently released the latest generation of their Z-Drive PCIe flash SSD. This product builds on the Z-Drive R4’s performance and virtualization technology by adding new form factors and improving drive management. OCZ has also improved drive robustness and stability…
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