Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 23, 2014

Today Lenovo announced its plan to acquire the IBM x86 server storage business unit for $2.3B announcement big data Cloud Comment convergence I/O Networking IT Industry Activity IT Infrastructure Topics news perspective post server ssd Storage Architecture and Access virtualization Dell HP IBM Intel lenovo microsoft storage vmware'

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

With over 1,400 global customers, the company's products are widely used in scale-out server environments such as electronic trading, high performance computing, cloud, virtualization and big data. Solarflare's software and hardware are available from leading distributors and value-added resellers, as well as from Dell, HP and IBM.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 27, 2013

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and Software Defined Networks (SDN) […].

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CTOvision

JUNE 12, 2014

We’ve migrated to a userid-password society; as we’ve added layers of security, we password-protect each layer: PC (and now device), network, enclave, application, database, and storage (encryption). The main concept is to leverage big data to determine the unique identity of an individual based on his or her behavior.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 12, 2017

This past week HPE continued buying into server storage I/O data infrastructure technologies announcing an all cash (e.g. no stock) acquisition of Nimble Storage (NMBL). As a refresh, or overview, Nimble is an all flash shared storage system leverage NAND flash solid storage device (SSD) performance.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 14, 2009

I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 NAS Network Storage for the Home and Advice for Device Manufacturers. big data. (20).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 25, 2013

connected to differing forms of storage (not to mention storage tiering, backup etc.) QoS), and storage (connectivity, tiering, caching). We all know that large software and platform vendors (think: Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Symantec, Citrix, CA, IBM, HP etc.) Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

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Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

HPs BladeSystem Matrix architecture is based on VirtualConnect infrastructure, and bundled with a suite of mostly existing HP software (Insight Dynamics - VSE, Orchestration, Recovery, Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager) which itself consists of about 21 individual products. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Big Data » Hewlett-Packard. MapR M7 is now available on Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Fruit of the Loom implements a Teradata Data Warehouse, and HP updates its ArcSight Security Analytics portfolio using big data to protect critical information and mitigate risk. By: John Rath July 18th, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

IBM boosts its System z portfolio by acquiring CSL International, Actian leverages previous acquisitions to launch new cloud and big data platforms and EastWest Bank selects HP to build a private cloud for updating its infrastructure. ” Actian Launches DataCloud and big data analytics platforms.

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Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

One of those new technologies in the Enterprise Data Center space is what I call Infrastructure Orchestration (others term it fabric computing or unified computing ). Infrastructure Orchestration abstracts and defines/configures the infrastructure world (I/O, NIC cards, HBA cards, storage connectivity, LANs, switches, etc.).

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Fountainhead

APRIL 20, 2009

Indeed, there are a number of similar technologies out there (Cisco with its UCS, and HP with its own offerings). The beauty of infrastructure orchestration is that it abstracts-away all of the "plumbing" of the Server such as I/O, networking and storage connectivity -- which makes it an absolutely *ideal* complement to virtualization.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Dealing with this data volume, variety, velocity and complexity is really a “big data” problem for IT operations, forcing many traditional approaches in IT to change, ushering in IT Operations Analytics solutions to take on this challenge. IT Operations Analytics is better equipped to manage this kind of big data challenge.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

He starts with the data center, and briefly discusses Intel’s leadership in CPUs (from the low-end with Atom and Avoton to the high-end with Xeon E5), server rack-scale architecture, and software-defined networking. Of course, all of these devices are transmitting data, and this leads James to a discussion of big data.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

He starts with the data center, and briefly discusses Intel’s leadership in CPUs (from the low-end with Atom and Avoton to the high-end with Xeon E5), server rack-scale architecture, and software-defined networking. Of course, all of these devices are transmitting data, and this leads James to a discussion of big data.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2009

It allows IT operations to define I/O, storage connectivity and networking entirely in software, resulting in stateless and re-configurable CPUs. It permits IT to "wire-once" and then create CPU configurations (virtual NICs, HBAs, networks/VLANs, storage connections) using a unified/consolidated networking fabric. Big Data. (6).

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CTOvision

JUNE 3, 2014

The process of Managing Assets includes tracking all hardware and software products (PCs, servers, network devices, storage, applications, mobile devices, etc.) Think about the implications of recording and analyzing behavior, and you’ll realize that any solution will require big data.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this week in Houston Microsoft (MSFT) is focusing all attention on its transformation to a devices and services company – emphasizing the underpinning trends of cloud, mobility, big data and enterprise social. Modular Data Centers. Data Center Infrastructure Management.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2015

This edition of the Server StorageIO update newsletter has a focus on industry trends perspectives including recent M&A and PTSA activity.

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Fountainhead

JANUARY 26, 2010

First of all, what we’re talking about here are systems like Cisco UCS, Egenera PAN Manager, HP VirtualConnect, IBM Open Fabric Manager, and a few others. Converged Infrastructure is highly complementary to shared storage: the pervasiveness of SAN storage is a major enabler of a more virtual/flexible data center.

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Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Fundamentally, the concept abstracts-away a servers I/O, disk, storage connectivity, and out-of-band controls, making it a stateless entity. and the Host Bus Adaptor (HBA) for connection to storage. Changes to the network or storage meant changing I/O configurations. Issues having to do with I/O, storage connectivity, etc.

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Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

and storage connectivity (LUN mapping, switch control) are all abstracted and defined/configured in software. The result is a pooling of physical servers, network resources and storage resources that can be assigned on-demand. BTW, there is another nice resource -- a white paper commissioned by HP (!)

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Fountainhead

AUGUST 12, 2010

The Cisco Unified Computing System is a next-generation data center platform that unites compute, network, storage access, and virtualization into a cohesive system.". A technology where CPU allocation , data I/O , storage I/O , network configurations, and s torage connections are all logically defined and configured in software.

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Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In essence, a server’s logical IO is consolidated down to a single (physical) converged network which carries data, storage and KVM traffic. HP VirtualConnect ). can be recovered onto another domain (assuming shared/replicated storage). Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Syndications.

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Fountainhead

APRIL 27, 2009

Its the approach that HP (w/Matrix Orchestration Environment plugins), IBM (Open Fabric Environment) and Cisco (Unified Computing System or UCS) have entered into recently, and where firms like Egenera (with PAN Manager software and the Dell PAN System ) have been selling for some time. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 5, 2009

But essentially its about converging data, storage, and even out-of-band management information along a single (high bandwidth, low-latency) wire. Players: HP, IBM, Egenera Now, this progression doesnt have to be followed strictly. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Syndications. Follow @Fountnhead.

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Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Thats essentially the idea behind the " Datacenter-in-a-Box :" Most common config uration: Blades + Networking + SAN Storage Most useful tools to manage VMs + physical servers + network + I/O + SW provisioning + workload automation + high availability Thats what Egeneras done with Dell. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The disaggregation of the NWDAF provides several additional benefits to CSPs: Reduced TCO by leveraging existing investments in analytics, storage, messaging frameworks, etc. The open platform enables faster innovation cycles through less dependency on costly vendor change requests or complex product upgrades.

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