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- How higher RPM hard drives rip you off
- PC enthusiasts are paying twice the money for a slower hard drive with a quarter of the storage capacity In the storage or any other technology industry, the golden rule of marketing is that larger numbers sell. Regardless of what the numbers mean, large numbers are the only thing...
- Tags: IOPS performance, IOPS, hard drive
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
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- Intel debuts 34nm NAND flash SSDs; lowers prices 60%
- Intel on Tuesday announced that it is moving to a more advanced, 34-nanometer manufacturing process for its NAND flash-based solid-state drives. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the SSDs up to 60 percent for computer manufacturers and consumers thanks to...
- Tags: NAND Flash, I/O, NAND, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Memory, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- HP StorageWorks 2000i G2 Modular Smart Array (MSA2000i G2) 700 Mailbox Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
- The information discussed in this solution brief highlights the tested performance results and configuration best practices for an Exchange server supporting 700 Exchange users. Testing was performed with the HP StorageWorks 2000i G2 Modular Smart Array using twenty (20) 146 GB 10K rpm SAS disks for Exchange database storage and...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Mailbox, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Virtual Instruments customer profile
- I always enjoy the opportunity to communicate with a representative of a company using technology to counter balance discussions I have with the suppliers of that technology. On some occasions, the company does not want its name mentioned. This commentary on Virtual Instruments' NetWisdom is a case in point. I...
- Tags: Disk, Performance, Virtual Instruments NetWisdom, Performance Management, Backups, Storage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Outrageously cool new hard drive
- DataSlide has come out of stealth mode with a very creative SSD replacement technology. They call it a Hard Rectangular Disk or HRD. Here's DataSlide's quick overview: DataSlide applies technology in new, patented ways to achieve unprecedented high performance 160,000 IOPS & 500MB/sec and...
- Tags: Hard Drive, DataSlide, Leadership, Management, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Hands-on: Runcore Pro IV 2.5-inch SATA SSD
- If you're a fan of netbooks you've undoubtedly heard of Runcore. It's a leading manufacturer of solid-state drives SSDs out of Hong Kong with a reputation for super-fast products. I purchased a Runcore SSD for my Dell Mini 9 (not once, but twice) because they consistently...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Performance, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, RunCore Pro IV Series, Serial ATA, Performance Management, Notebooks, Storage, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-05-03
- EMC rolls out new high-end storage lineup; Aims to push data center flash adoption
- EMC on Tuesday will unveil a new high-end storage lineup and a new architecture that's designed to be a bridge between legacy data centers and the newfangled virtual ones. EMC, along with Cisco Systems, IBM, HP and a bevy of others, has been busy pushing the next...
- Tags: EMC Symmetrix, Data Center, EMC Corp., Storage, Data Centers, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Can Twitter's backbone handle sudden jump in popularity?
- For the past week or so, I've been noticing - and hearing some rumblings about - a greater-than-normal number of overload errors spewing from Twitter. Even though the overloads likely are stemming from the recent mainstream Twitter craze - which is a good thing - it's clear that Twitter is...
- Tags: Backbone, Jason Perlow, Twitter, Mainframes, Storage, Telecommunications, Servers, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- How to end the Fail Whales? With Blue Whales.
- Twitter's "Fail Whale" logo is cute, but solving the popular service's availability and scalability issues will be paramount if the web is to rely on it as a communications medium. So, I've been Twittering for a while. I was skeptical of the service...
- Tags: Client-server, Scalability, Twitter, IBM Corp., Storage, Mainframes, Databases, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- Fusion-io lands more funding; Names CEO
- Enterprise storage company Fusion-io said Tuesday that it has raised $47.5 million in venture capital and named David Bradford, a former Novell executive, as CEO. Fusion-io's Series B funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with New Enterprise Associates, Dell Ventures and Sumitomo...
- Tags: Novell Inc., CEO, Fusion-io, Storage, Data Centers, Business Structures, Venture Capital, Investment, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformV FICON Express 4 Mainframe Systems Performance: A Performance Brief
- The performance results presented just demonstrates how the fourth generation of Universal Star Network Crossbar switch architecture has been built to scale and perform in the most demanding situations. It says how without saturating the Microprocessors in the Host Channel PCB it have achieved read and write cache hit IO...
- Tags: Performance, Hitachi Ltd., Mainframe, Performance Management, Storage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-02-21
- CES 2009: SSD-only business notebooks the 'new wave' of 2009 [day 4]
- This morning I got a chance to sit down with the guys at Samsung Semiconductor, who among other things, specialize in solid state drives. We had a good chat about the pros and cons of SSDs -- the cost to manufacture versus the savings in heat production, energy use, and...
- Tags: Notebook, Watt, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Marketing Research, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Notebook SSDs REDUCE battery life at 50x the cost
- Tom's Hardware is reporting test results that show that costly notebook flash drives actually use MORE power than hard drives - shrinking battery life by up to an hour. How could this be? The test Testing 4 SSDs against a 7200 RPM 2.5" drive on a...
- Tags: Disk, Battery, USB Flash Drive, Tom, Notebooks, Engineering, Flash Memory, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Hyper-V: It's here
- Hyper-V: It's hereI Love it ....Quote:"Hyper-V does have one drawback, in that it will only run on the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008, because it makes heavy use of Intel VT-X and AMD-V on chip virtualization acceleration features, which are only present in newer 64-bit CPUs."I have deployed 20...
- Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, Hyper-V, 64-bit, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- High-end disks dead in 2 years
- Dave Donatelli, a senior exec at EMC - the largest data storage vendor - predicted that high-end flash drives will replace high-end hard drives in 2 years. Is this the beginning of the end for disk drives? What is a high-end hard drive? Unlike the...
- Tags: Notebook, Disk, USB Flash Drive, Chip, PC Board, Notebook Disk, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Massive memory servers
- How massive? How about 10x standard server memory capacity? There is a boom in large memory server products - anywhere from a quarter terabyte to 2 terabytes. Is this the ultimate solution to server performance problems? Some products Violin Memory is offering a...
- Tags: Performance, Metaram, Gear6, Performance Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- IBM System Storage DS3300 Storage System 1000 Mailbox Clustered Continuous Replication Microsoft Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
- This paper describes an Exchange storage solution for 1000 users on the IBM System Storage DS3300 storage system using Microsoft's Clustered Continuous Replication technology. The tested user profile was 0.384 IOPS (0.32 + 20% overhead) per user with a mailbox size of 500 MB. The solution can be scaled to...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Mailbox, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Replication, IBM Corp., Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-02-12
- High-end flash drive goes mainstream
- EMC, the largest external data storage vendor, announced yesterday that it has started selling a high-end flash drive for its big-iron storage arrays. Is this the beginning of the end for disks? The story EMC has sourced a drive from STEC, Inc. a company you may...
- Tags: Disk, Solid State Disk, USB Flash Drive, EMC Corp., Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- HP StorageWorks MSA1000 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Performance and Characterization Testing
- A high performance deployment of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 requires a complete and thorough evaluation of each infrastructure component that composes the solution. From server to network to storage design, Exchange 2003 performance is bounded by the performance of the weakest component. A customer may install Exchange 2003 on the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, HP StorageWorks, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, E-mail Servers, Performance Management, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-10-01
- RAID storage explained
- Since I've been doing a lot of coverage of storage technology both for the enterprise and for the home lately, I thought I should give an explanation of what RAID storage is. I won't go in to every RAID type under the sun, I just want to cover the basic...
- Tags: Desktop, Hardware, Servers, Storage
- Blog posts 2007-05-28
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