Storage IO Blog

MARCH 20, 2015

In case you forgot or did not know, World Backup Day is March 31 2015 (@worldbackupday) so now is a good time to be ready. The only challenge that I have with the World Backup Day (view their site here) that has gone on for a few years know is that it is a good way to call out the importance of backing up or protecting data.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 29, 2013

Tiering technology and the right data center tool for a given task Depending on who or what is your sphere of influence, or your sources of information and insight are, there will be different views of tiering, particular when it comes to tiered storage and storage tiering for cloud, virtual and traditional environments.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder It’s that time of year again, World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder. In case you have forgotten, or were not aware, this coming Saturday March 31 is World Backup (and recovery day).

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 25, 2014

Some recent industry activity has included Cisco announcing its Cloud intentions (e.g. more than simply selling servers and networking hardware). Another industry activity involving servers storage I/O networking hardware software and virtualization (aka software defined) was the general announcement (GA) by VMware of Virtual SAN (VSAN).

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2014

I often get asked, or, told that computer data storage is complex with so many options to choose from, apples to oranges comparison among other things.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 19, 2013

HDDs for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments This is a follow-up to a recent series of posts on Hard Disk Drives (HDD’s) along with some posts about How Many IOPS HDD’s can do. HDD and storage trends and directions include among others HDD’s will continue to be declared dead into the next decade, just [.].

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Enabling Recovery Points (Backup, Snapshots, Versions) Companion to Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials – Cloud, Converged, Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft ( CRC Press 2017) By Greg Schulz – www.storageioblog.com November 26, 2017 This is Part 4 of a multi-part series on Data Protection fundamental tools topics (..)

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 18, 2015

Note that most reputable cloud providers do not hide their fees even though there are myths that all cloud vendors have hidden fees, instead they list what those costs are on their sites. However that means the smart shopper or person procuring cloud services needs to go look for those fee’s and what they mean to avoid surprises.

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Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Fall 2013 Dutch cloud, virtual and storage I/O seminars It is that time of the year again when StorageIO will be presenting a series of seminar workshops in the Netherlands on cloud, virtual and data storage networking technologies, trends along with best practice techniques.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 12, 2015

It’s springtime in Kentucky and recently I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Kendrick Coleman to talk about S3motion, Buckets, Containers, Objects, AWS S3, Cloud and Object Storage, node.js, EMCcode and open source among other related topics which are available in a podcast here, or video here and available at StorageIO.tv.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 24, 2014

Listen in to our podcast conversation here as we cover cloud, convergence, software defined and more pertaining to data storage. The post Data Storage Innovation Chat with SNIA Wayne Adams and David appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

backup BC and DR big data Cloud Comment converged Data protection database Education fun I/O Networking IT Industry Activity IT Infrastructure Topics music perspective pod cast post server ssd Storage Architecture and Access tools Travel virtualization evo:rail vmware VMworld'

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Enjoy this edition of the Server and StorageIO update newsletter and watch for new tips, articles, StorageIO lab report reviews, blog posts, videos and podcasts along with in the news commentary appearing soon.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Since the August newsletter, things have been busy with a mix of behind the scenes projects, as well as other activities including several webinars, on-line along with in-person events in the US as well as Europe.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 2, 2018

Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR It’s time for Data Protection Recovery Life Post World Backup Day Pre GDPR Start Date. The annual March 31 world backup day focus has come and gone once again.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 10, 2013

A couple of months ago at EMCworld there were announcements around ViPR, Pivotal along with trust and clouds among other topics. During the recent EMCworld event there were some questions among attendees what about backup and data protection announcements (or lack there of)?

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Note that in Information Technology (IT) conversations there are multiple meanings for SMB including Server Message Block aka Microsoft Windows CIFS (Common Internet File System) along with its SAMBA implementation, however for this piece the context is Small Medium Business. A […].

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 13, 2014

Book review: Rethinking Enterprise Storage – A Hybrid Cloud Model by Marc Farley The O’Reilly @oreillymedia media folks (oops, excuse me, Microsoft Press) sent me out (that’s a disclosure btw) an real soft cover print copy of Rethinking Enterprise Storage – A Hybrid Cloud Model by Marc Farley aka @MicroFarley of Microsoft/Storsimple (..)

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Storage IO Blog

JUNE 24, 2013

In this edition coverage includes data center infrastructure management (DCIM), metrics that matter, industry trends, IBM buying Softlayer for Cloud, IaaS and managed services. Other items include backup and data protection topics for SMBs, as well as big data storage topics. [.].

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Storage IO Blog

MAY 31, 2014

Is there an information recession where you are creating, processing, moving or saving less data? Are you using less data storage than in the past either locally online, offline or remote including via clouds? The post Is there an information or data recession? Check out the attached polls and cast your vote.

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Are you a virtualization or software defined person looking to create a small VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) needing three or more servers to build a proof of concept or personal lab system? Then the TS140 could be a fit for you.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

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

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 25, 2015

Some of those tools and technologies are open-source or free, some are freemium and some are premium for a few that also vary by interface (some with GUI, others with CLI or APIs) including ability to mount an S3 bucket as a local network drive and use tools to sync or copy.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 12, 2014

The current calendar which continues to be updated includes a mix of webinars (playback are available), and live events covering data infrastructure topics from cloud, virtual, physical and software defined across servers, storage I/O networking, SSD, performance, object storage and data protection among other related themes.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 6, 2014

Blog post – Goodbye 2013, hello 2014, predictions past, present and future Good by 2013 and hello 2014 along with predictions past, present and future First, for those who may have missed this, thanks to all who helped make 2013 a great year! Looking back at 2013 I saw a continued trend of more vendors […].

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 10, 2014

As you might have guessed, by being file sync and share of cloud storage Zocalo can be seen as a competitor or option to other services including Box, Dropbox and Google among many others in the enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) space. The post AWS adds Zocalo Enterprise File Sync Share and Collaboration appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 10, 2013

This is the second part of a two-part series on recent EMC backup and data protection announcements. In addition to articulating their strategy for modernizing data protection (covered in part I here), EMC announced enhancements to Avamar, Data Domain, Mozy and Networker. Data protection storage [.].

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 27, 2017

Preparing For World Backup Day 2017 Are You Prepared In case you have forgotten, or were not aware, this coming Friday March 31 is World Backup (and recovery day). The annual day is a to remember to make sure you are protecting your applications, data, information, configuration settings as well as data infrastructures.

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Hello and welcome to this December Server and StorageIO update newsletter.

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Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Is more better for example (among others): Facebook likes Twitter followers or tweets (I’m @storageio btw) Google+ likes, follows and hangouts More smart phone apps LinkedIn connections People in your circle or community […].

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 29, 2014

Part III – Until the focus expands to data protection – Taking action This is the thrid of a three-part series (read part II here) about how vendors are keeping backup alive, however what they can and should do to shift and expand the conversation to data protection and related themes.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

Welcome to the Summer 2013 (combined July and August) edition of the StorageIO Update (newsletter) containing trends perspectives on cloud, virtualization and data infrastructure topics. This summer has been far from quiet on the merger and acquisitions (M&E) front with Western […].

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 31, 2014

Welcome to the August 2014 edition of the StorageIO Update (newsletter) containing trends perspectives on cloud, virtualization, software defined and data infrastructure topics. This past week I along with around 22,000 others attended VMworld 2014 in San Francisco.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 29, 2015

Thus this months newsletter has a focus on data protection, after all March 31 is World Backup Day which means it should also be World Restore test day! A reminder on the importance of data protection including backup, BC, DR and related technologies is to make sure they are occuring as planned.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Likewise 2014 so far is continuing the momentum living up to the mantra that while there may be economic challenges, there is no such thing as a data or information recession.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Fall 2013 StorageIO Update Newsletter Welcome to the Fall 2013 (joint September and October) edition of the StorageIO Update (newsletter) containing trends perspectives on cloud, virtualization and data infrastructure topics.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Is your company, organization or one that you are a fan of, or represent listed on the StorageIO industry links page?

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