For most storage startups, it is all about the “exit strategy” – also known as the liquidity event. That is the moment where years and sometimes decades of non-profitability is made up for by either being bought or going public.…
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Coraid – A Storage Company Without an Exit Strategy
Tagged with: AoE, ATA, Coraid, FMS2017, Hypervisor, LUN, Replication, SCSI, Snapshot, Virtualization, VLAN
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The State of Hyperconvergence
Hyperconvergence was supposed to be nirvana for the data center. Converge compute, storage and networking into a single box and all data center problems go away. The problem is that didn’t happen. Hyperconvergence is the ultimate white board technology: It…
Which Type of Hyperconverged System is Right For Your Data Center?
Hyperconverged solutions come in two forms. The first is a hardware defined model where the hyperconverged software and server hardware are bundled together and sold as a turnkey system. The second is a software only system, where IT uses the…
The Problems with Storage Performance Benchmarks
There are a number of storage performance benchmarks that provide a standardized way to compare storage systems from various vendors. The problem is there are few, if any, data centers that have a workload that is exactly like those benchmarks.…
Tagged with: Cloud, Desktop virtualization, Flash, Hybrid, Infrastructure, NAS, Object Storage, Virtual Instruments, Virtualization
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When Will The Storage Performance Bubble Burst – Cisco Briefing Note
Many data centers are experiencing a performance bubble. They have more than they need. The move from high latency hard disk systems to almost zero latent flash arrays delivers dramatic performance in every case. But this bubble will burst and…
Tagged with: All-Flash, CISCO, Containers, FC, Flash, Hard disk, NVMe, SCSI, Virtualization
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SlideShare: 5 Steps To The Perfect Storage Refresh
An Independent Process for Assessing & Refreshing Storage Every data center eventually needs to increase capacity, resiliency, performance or the cost efficiency of its storage architecture. It needs to refresh storage infrastructure. The problem is that most organizations don’t have…
Tagged with: Cloud, Desktop virtualization, Flash, Hybrid, Infrastructure, NAS, Object Storage, Virtual Instruments, Virtualization
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Webinar – Showdown: Hardware-Based Hyperconvergence vs. Hyperconvergence Software
Hyperconverged architectures come in two flavors; hardware-based hyperconvergence or hyperconvergence software. Hardware-based hyperconvergence is where the hardware and the software are licensed together and pre-integrated from a single vendor. Hardware-based solutions look appealing on the surface – just plug them…
Hyperconvergence Has To Scale Better – Scale Computing Briefing Note
Hyperconverged architectures are a natural fit for medium to large size businesses that can house all or most of their applications within their environment. But hyperconverged vendors need to help businesses get started and help them extend the hyperconverged use…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Capacity, Cloud, Deduplication, Hyper-V, Hyperconverged, Scale, Scale Computing, Virtualization, VMware
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Is Now The Time for Software Defined Storage – SUSE Briefing Note
Storage remains the thorn in the side of IT as it attempts to meet the expectations of the organization. According to a study commissioned by SUSE, 70% of IT departments say their current storage strategies are not keeping up with…
Tagged with: Capacity, Cloud, performance, SDS, Software Defined Storage, SUSE, Virtualization
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Overcoming the Storage Challenges of Hyperscale Data Centers – Excelero Briefing Note
A hyperscale data center may have hundreds of instances of multiple applications. At any point in time one of these instances may peak and demand a much higher than normal amount of CPU and storage IO, starving other instances and…
Tagged with: Cloud, Containers, Convergence, CPU, Excelero, Hyperconvergence, Hyperscale, IOPS, Mirroring, NVMe, Replication, Software Defined, Virtualization
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