Our second day at Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2019 was another jam-packed day. Western Digital’s activities before and at the event are so extensive that we’ve broken them out into a full detailed briefing note on their IntelliFlash products and…
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Flash Memory Summit 2019 Day 2 – Western Digital
Tagged with: AI, Flash memory, flash memory summit, FMS2019, ML, NVMe, NVMe-oF, SAS, SDS, SSD, Western Digital
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How to Manage All Your Flash Options
Today’s data center storage infrastructure has to support an unprecedented number of workloads, ranging from virtualized workloads to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Each of these workloads can benefit from all-flash storage systems and it seems like there is a…
Object Storage: More than Just Archive?
Object storage is typically almost exclusively associated with archive use cases. Long-term retention use cases are important when it comes to ensuring compliance, and object storage indeed functions effectively as a low-cost and searchable data repository. At the same time,…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Archive, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, NFS, NVMe, Object Storage, PCIe, SAS, Western Digital
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Knee (or Neck) Deep in Storage Systems Management? Try a More Intelligent Approach
Minimizing the total cost of ownership (TCO) and maximizing the uptime of storage infrastructure has never been more important. More data is being captured and utilized by the business, and a new tier of premium-priced non-volatile memory express (NVMe) arrays…
Tagged with: AI, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Data Privacy, Machine Learning, ML, NVMe, SQL, SSD, TCO, Western Digital
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Are NVMe Flash Arrays Viable for Traditional Workloads?
NVMe Flash Arrays promise an unprecedented level of performance thanks to the higher command count, queue depth and PCIe connectivity. Most NVMe Arrays are boasting IOPS statistics of close to one million IOPS and latency in the low hundreds of…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Artificial Intelligence, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, IOPS, IoT, Machine Learning, NVMe, ROI, SAS, Western Digital
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Why Metadata Might be Impeding Your Flash Performance
Metadata is an often overlooked but leading storage performance bottleneck. Metadata maps how files are stored on disks, and it summarizes characteristics of file attributes such as author and last date of access. As such, it is crucial to data…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Big data, Data Protection, Flash, HDD, Hybrid Cloud, IOPS, IoT, ROI, SSD, Western Digital
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A Strategy for NVMe All-Flash in 2019
Hybrid Flash Arrays and All-Flash Arrays are fundamentally changing the way IT designs storage architectures. IT can create virtual environments with much higher virtual machine to physical server ratios, scale-up databases to support exponentially more users and add new workloads…
Lightboard Video: Optimizing NVMe with Intelligent Management
Getting the most out of premium-priced NVMe and SSD storage implementations in terms of utilization and supporting mixed workloads is challenging against a backdrop of continually fluctuating business requirements. Storage Switzerland’s Lead Analyst, George Crump, and Western Digital Product Manager,…
Tagged with: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Data Privacy, Machine Learning, ML, NVMe, SQL, SSD, Western Digital
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Lightboard Video: Object Storage Isn’t Just For Cold Data Anymore
Object Storage, because of its ability to cost effectively store petabytes plus of data, is often thought of as a digital dumping ground. While object storage is an ideal location for inactive data, customers aren’t deriving the full benefit of…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, NFS, NVMe, Object Storage, PCIe, SAS, Western Digital
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Lightboard Video: Is Now the Time to Move to NVMe Flash?
A common question from IT professionals is when is the right time to start purchasing NVMe Arrays over SAS-based All-Flash Arrays. The answer as always is, it depends, but as George Crump, Lead Analyst with Storage Switzerland discusses in this…
Tagged with: All-Flash, Artificial Intelligence, Compression, Deduplication, Flash, IOPS, IoT, Machine Learning, NVMe, PCIe, SAS, Western Digital
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