Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

VVOL’s are accessed via the VMware software and associated API’s that are supported by various storage providers. DAS or SAN) storage that use SAS, iSCSI, FC, FCoE, IBA/SRP, nor are they NAS volumes like NFS mount points. Likewise VVOL’s are not accessed using any of the various object storage access methods mentioned above (e.g.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 14, 2022

This is the story of Infinidat’s comprehensive enterprise product platforms of data storage and cyber-resilient solutions, including the recently launched InfiniBox™ SSA II as well as InfiniGuard®, taking on and knocking down three pain points that are meaningful for a broad swath of enterprises. . Otherwise, what is its value?

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Scott Lowe

MAY 21, 2013

This blog post kicks off a new series of posts describing my journey to become more knowledgeable about the Nicira Network Virtualization Platform (NVP). In this first post, I’ll start with a high-level description of the NVP architecture. That’s something I’m going to try to address in this series of posts.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 24, 2014

different tiers) to support diverse application needs (e.g. The post Enterprise SSHD and Flash SSD Part of an Enterprise Tiered Storage Strategy appeared first on StorageIOblog. This is also why in many environments today there is a mix of SSD, HDD of various makes, types, speeds and capacities (e.g.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 31, 2013

IT Availability, it’s a shared responsibility and common sense In case you missed it, recently the State of Oregon had a data center computer problem (ok, storage and application outage) that resulted in unemployment benefits not being provided.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 8, 2013

How much storage performance do you want vs. need? The answer is probably it depends on cost, which applications or benefit among other things. I recently did a piece over at 21cit titled Parsing the Need for Speed in Storage that looks at those and other related themes including metrics that matter across tiered storage. […].

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CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

The SFN8722 OCP offers 10GbE performance, which is critical for today’s data centers where ultra scale dominates the market, supports 1000s virtual NICs and dual 10 GbE ports, and provides up to 30 million of packets per second and ultra-low latency under one microsecond. These include leading edge cloud service providers, Web 2.0

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Software Software Data Center Hardware 194

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is session COMS002, titled “Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure with Data Plane Virtualization.” Verplanke believes that DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) and virtualization are key to virtualizing workloads that move around lots and lots of packets, such as firewalls, routers, and other similar functions.

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Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 113

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

This is a liveblog of the AWS re:Invent session titled “Hybrid Architectures: Bridging the Gap to the Cloud” (ARC208). The speaker for the session is Jamie Butler, Manager of Solutions Architecture at AWS (focused on state/local government). Butler also points out that the AWS Storage Gateway has a number of uses in hybrid use cases.

Architecture 60

Architecture Cloud Storage Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a live blog of session DATS004, titled “Bare-Metal, Docker Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications.” Weaver includes a discussion of the drivers behind virtualization as well as the pros and cons of virtualization. That, naturally, leads to a discussion of containers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 7, 2022

However, many organizations simply don’t have the resources or the expertise to build or manage the complex distributed systems required for effective edge computing delivery, a distributed computing paradigm that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data.

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Healthcare Applications Enterprise Enterprise 97

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

CIOs are taking deliberate action by proactively matching workloads and applications with the ideal cloud, and companies are also seeing a proliferation of multi-cloud architectures created by mergers and acquisitions, data sovereignty needs, support for remote work, and shadow IT. The era of the multi-cloud landscape is here.

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Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Docker is a new way of abstracting applications and the data infrastructures (servers, storage, networking, hardware) they run on using containers. Check out this StorageIO Industry Trends Perspective video podcast to get an overview of docker including hearing from a docker.com systems engineer from VMworld 2014.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Diskspd is a command line tool which means it can easily be scripted to do reads and writes of various I/O size including random as well as sequential activity.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

There are different reasons for benchmarking, such as, you might be asked or want to know how many IOPs per disk, Solid State Device (SSD), device or storage system such as for a 15K RPM (revolutions per minute) 146GB SAS Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2023

We have also been investing heavily to expand our data center networking capabilities across switching, automation, and integration into HPE compute, storage, and HPE GreenLake. HPE Aruba Networking solutions are deeply integrated into a wide variety of HPE compute, storage, HCI, and HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud offerings.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 6, 2015

My reason for getting a NUC is to use it as a simple low-power platform to run different software on including bare-metal OS, hypervisors, cloud, virtual and software defined server storage and networking applications on that might otherwise be on an old laptop or mini-tower.

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Storage Intel Vmware Virtualization 40

CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

Delivers 1000s Virtual NICs for Ultimate Scalability with the Lowest Possible Latency. Combined these kernel bypass methods offer support for more applications than any other method currently available. It allows organizations the flexibility to develop and implement applications without having to modify their applications or networks.

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Software Software Data Center Hardware 151

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2023

In the education industry, immersive teaching scenarios such as webcasts, distance education, and virtual reality (VR) are becoming increasingly popular as new teaching methods emerge. Schools are upgrading and reconstructing their existing network architecture to build leading education platforms and provide comprehensive education services.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

find and fix) vs. simply move or mask data center and server storage I/O bottlenecks. Having insight and awareness into how your environment along with applications is important to know to focus resources. Even if you cant eliminate I/Os, look for ways to decrease their impact on your applications and systems.

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Storage Big Data Virtualization Data Center 40

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

” Ivan Pepelnjak has some very useful and very applicable information on VRF-aware DHCP relaying. Operating Systems/Applications In Technology Short Take 166 , I mentioned Nick Schmidt’s article on D2. Thomas Heinen examines some approaches for dealing with multi-architecture Docker image builds.

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Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

A theme I mention in the above two articles as well as elsewhere about server, storage I/O and applications is PACE. That is, application Performance Availably Capacity Economics (PACE). Different applications will have various attributes, in general, as well as how they are used. PACE (figure 2.7)

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

For some applications, a simple database may suffice to record a product’s service history—when it was made, who it shipped to, what modifications have been applied—while others require a full-on 3D model incorporating real-time sensor data that can be used, for example, to provide advanced warning of component failure or of rain.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

AWS made several announcements at re:invent including many around development tools, compute and data storage services. One of those to keep an eye on is cloud based Aurora relational database service that complement existing RDS tools. SQL Server among others).

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Cloud Storage Backup Linux 83

Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 3, 2017

IMHO there is no doubt that cloud and object storage are in your future, what are some questions? Granted, what type of cloud and object storage or service along with for work or entertainment are some questions. Likewise, what are your cloud and object storage concerns (assuming you already have heard the benefits)?

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TM Forum

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

” Sourcing cloud-ready applications. Being a relatively early adopter, however, meant that many applications were not ready for the cloud when Globe Telecom began its migration. “When we first started, some of these applications still did not have … cloud native type architectures.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When you think about all the blocking and tackling a CIO needs to do for regular applications, that especially applies to AI.” As the cost of data storage has fallen, many organizations are keeping unnecessary data, or cleaning up data that’s out of date or no longer useful after a migration or reorganization.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 16, 2023

Its algorithms and architecture make it resistant to tampering and, thus, ideal for storing financial records, medical data, or other sensitive information. Data Storage: Computer scientists and programmers assert that blockchain offers certain advantages for data storage compared to alternatives.

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Artificial Intelligence Virtualization Research Industry 105

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 6, 2022

However, many organizations simply don’t have the resources or the expertise to build or manage the complex distributed systems required for effective edge computing delivery, a distributed computing paradigm that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data.

Healthcare 59

Healthcare Applications Enterprise Enterprise 59

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Challenges in APAC’s Multicloud Adoption Journey Organisations in Asia Pacific (APAC) are looking at multicloud solutions to help them navigate IT management complexity, digital skills gaps, and limited data and application visibility.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Lambda is a service that automatically and quickly runs your applications code in response to events, activities, or other triggers. In addition to announcing new higher performance Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) compute instances along with container service, another new service is AWS Lambda.

Storage 74

Storage Backup Travel Big Data 74

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. This post on using SPIFFE/SPIRE, Kubernetes, and Envoy together shows how to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) for a simple application. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Isovalent—the company behind the Cilium project—has been talking a lot about how the use of eBPF will transform things, including the architecture of a service mesh. network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit? Virtualization.

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Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

CTOvision

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Palo Alto unveils latest release of virtual firewall series. Enterprise security company, Palo Alto Networks has announced the latest release of its virtual firewall series (VM-Series). DataDirect Networks combines IBM GPFS, Storage Fusion for HPC. DHS Awards MITRE 6 Million Renewal For Federal R&D Center.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 18, 2017

Data Infrastructures exist to protect, preserve, secure and serve information along with the applications and data they depend on. The post Chelsio Storage over IP and other Networks Enable Data Infrastructures appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 29, 2018

AWS Cloud Application Data Protection Webinar AWS Cloud Application Data Protection Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET Only YOU can prevent data loss for on-premise, Amazon Web Service (AWS) based cloud, and hybrid applications.

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Applications Cloud Data Web Services 49

CTOvision

DECEMBER 11, 2015

With the private sector making the cultural and technological shift to better DevOps practices, it was only a matter of time before private providers to government clients began to probe how DevOps practices can positively impact application delivery for DoD (and other) clients. This is where container technologies help out.

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