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Migrating Enterprise Storage to SSDs: Analysis of Tradeoffs

Off late, flash-based Solid-State Drives SSDs have become standard options for laptop and desktop storage, but their impact on enterprises has not been studied. Provisioning enterprise storage is challenging. It requires optimizing for the performance, capacity, power and reliability needs of the expected workload, all while minimizing financial costs. This...

Tags: Enterprise Storage, Analysis, Provisioning Enterprise Storage, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2008-11-01

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IBM XIV® Storage System: Thin Provisioning Reinvented

Managing IT storage infrastructure is an endless balancing act of providing enterprise-class functionality and services while controlling costs. "Thin provisioning" is the practice of allocating storage to applications on a "just-in-time" and "as needed" basis. This document explores the benefits of thin provisioning, the XIV approach...

Tags: Provisioning, Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-10-12

Starwind Enterprise Server 4.2 (Windows)

StarWind Enterprise Server is an advanced, reliable and powerful iSCSI SAN software that converts any standard 64-bit or 32-bit Windows Server into a scalable SAN that works over the existing Ethernet network. StarWind Enterprise Server includes all enterprise-class features not offered in StarWind Server: Mirroring & Replication: synchronous & asynchronous...

Tags: Mirroring, Server Cluster, Starwind Software, StarWind Enterprise Server, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-22

Citrix launches Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V

The folks at Citrix are at it again. They are trying to execute a preemptive strike so that their technology will come to be pervasive. It is clear that Citrix is taking a page out of the open source strategy book. This "give something of value away...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Express Edition, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Green storage has limited ROI, but supports overall efficiency

I care deeply about the environment, certainly more than I care personally about money, so it pains me to say that in most cases, making storage decisions based on power expenditure alone is not rational behavior. The world is driven by economics, and the stark reality is that the cost...

Tags: ROI, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Reichman

Blog posts 2009-06-16

DELL | EMC CX4 AND DELL POWEREDGEâ„¢ BLADES

Next generation Dell/EMC CX4 storage arrays bring new levels of performance, flexibility, and resource utilization to enterprise-class storage. Features such as virtual provisioning, enterprise flash drives, and customizable network interconnects make this latest generation of CX arrays well suited to meeting data growth and performance requirements while keeping costs under...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell EqualLogic, Dell PowerEdge, EMC Corp., Storage, Performance Management, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2009-05-19

VMware wants to be your network operating system of choice

Whenever a company changes the name of their major product you often have to wonder what level of change they are trying to signal. In the case of VMware which changed ESX to vSphere yesterday, the signal is one of intent. They could have called it vWorldDomination but that might...

Tags: Fault-tolerance, Data Center, Network, Operating System, Network Operating System, VMware Inc., vSphere, VM, Fault-tolerance Feature, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Migrating Server Storage to SSDs: Analysis of Tradeoffs

Recently, flash-based Solid-State Drives SSDs have become standard options for laptop and desktop storage, but their impact on enterprise server storage has not been studied. Provisioning server storage is challenging. It requires optimizing for the performance, capacity, power and reliability needs of the expected workload, all while minimizing financial costs....

Tags: Enterprise Server, Association For Computing Machinery, Analysis, SSD, Provisioning Server Storage, Storage, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2009-04-03

Citrix ships free XenServer to fend off Vmware, Hyper-V and KVM

In a move designed to accelerate uptake of its open source virtualization platform, Citrix announced today worldwide availability of its free enterprise ready open source XenServer. The Ft Lauderdale company announced it February it would make XenServer software with hypervisor as well as features and functionality and...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, XenServer, KVM, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Cisco launches bid to capture the data center

Cisco Systems has just launched what it considers a "critical step" in its Data Center 3.0 strategy, promising an ecosystem of partners which include chipmaker Intel, tech consultancy Accenture, virtualization software provider VMWare, Microsoft, the labs unit of enterprise software firm SAP, storage maker EMC and...

Tags: Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Commentator 'depressed' that cloud sounds just like SOA

Stacey Higginbotham, a commentator for GigaOm, recently remarked that a recent HP tutorial on cloud computing was "depressingly similar to the idea of service oriented architecture," noting that "HP offered clouds as merely a means to deliver IT as a service inside the enterprise." (Thanks to Loraine Lawson for the...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., SOA, Cloud, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Cloud Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-23

2008's best storage products

2008's best storage productsRE: 7) Corsair's 16 GB Voyager GT USB drivI have heard before for Corsair products, but never paid close attention until I read a review you made on it some time ago.Anyway, here is the link to the 32Gb you asking Corsair for:http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/CMFUSB2.0-32GB.pdfhttp://www.corsair.com/products/voyager/default.aspxBest wishes for Holiday Season!RE:...

Tags: Storage management, Oppo Digital, Microsoft Home Server, storage, Compellent, storage product

Discussion threads 2008-12-24

Handicapping cloud computing: The big picture

Handicapping cloud computing: The big pictureCan Microsoft leverage Windows and Office?Yes, using the internet for features which are adjuncts and supplements to Windows and Office will prevent loss of market share. The 10% reduction seen is anti-Microsoft optimism.But the more important question is whether new products made for Microsoft's...

Tags: Intellectual property, cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

Dell | EMC CX4 and Dell PowerEdge Blades: For Oracle and Microsoft Exchange Environments

Next generation Dell/EMC CX4 storage arrays bring new levels of performance, flexibility, and resource utilization to enterprise-class storage. Features such as virtual provisioning, enterprise flash drives, and customizable network interconnects make this latest generation of CX arrays well suited to meeting data growth and performance requirements while keeping costs under...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Blade, Environment, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., Dell PowerEdge, EMC Corp., Blade Switch, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2008-12-01

Symantec Delivers Thin Aware Veritas File System

Symantec released new functionality for its Veritas Storage Foundation product line in October. Enhancements include a Thin Aware file system, the ability to dynamically migrate data to thin arrays, and an automated storage reclamation API. Combined, this trio provides significant enhancements and optimization capabilities for thin provisioned storage arrays. IT...

Tags: Aware, Symantec Corp., File System, Provisioning, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-12-01

Is the enterprise ready for cloud computing?

Guest post: This is a post by Barry X Lynn, CEO of 3Tera, in response to a discussion about whether cloud computing is industrial strength. Lynn can be found on the 3Tera blog. There have been multiple white papers and articles written on the topic -...

Tags: Application, Data Center, Enterprise, Data Centers, Storage, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Citrix Synergy Announcements

Today is the first day of Citrix's Synergy Conference and the company has come out with a gaggle of announcements. (As an aside, do announcements come in gaggles, coveys, pods, or packs?) The centerpiece is Citrix's announcement that XenDesktop is now available. Another important announcement is that Citrix now is...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Sun xVM Ops Center

I've long known that Sun is one of the few suppliers that has an entry in nearly every virtualization software category listed in the Kusnetzky Group Model. This not only allows the company to address organization's requirements at almost every level. This also means that I don't have a chance...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun xVM Ops Center, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-04-18

IT cost cutting 101

It's a sad commentary on IT spending when panel on how to cut your budget results in a packed room. But folks are looking for cost cutting tips and obviously looking to trim expenses. Gartner, which advocated that execs prepare to cut their technology budgets months...

Tags: Information Technology, Gartner Inc., IT Cost, Document Management, Team Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Standards support for mashups emerge

The announcement earlier this week that IBM has put together an open approach for making user data secure inside of Web mashups, known as SMash, was the most recent step in an unfolding story about the way the industry is trying to bring structure and order to the rapidly growing...

Tags: Standards, Mashup, DataPortability.org, OpenSAM, OpenSAM Vision, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-03-20