Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

This is a list of various articles, tips, post and other resources on server storage I/O performance benchmarking for legacy, virtual, cloud and software defined environments along with associated tools.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Talking about tools and technologies is one thing, installing as well as trying them is the next step for gaining experience so how about some quick hands-on time with Microsoft Diskspd (download your copy here).

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 13, 2014

In just a few weeks, I’ll be participating in a book sprint to create a book that provides architecture and design guidance for building OpenStack-based clouds. The architecture/design guide that results from this book sprint will join the results of previous book sprints: the operations guide and the security guide.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Cloud File Data Storage Consolidation and Economic Comparison Model #blogtobertech The following is a new Industry Trends Perspective White Paper Report titled Cloud File Data Storage Consolidation and Economic Comparison Model.

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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 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

JANUARY 6, 2015

Comment converged convergence I/O Networking IT Industry Activity IT Infrastructure Topics Lab report news Personal Computing perspective post Power and Cooling review server ssd Storage and Storage Management Tools Storage Architecture and Access tools virtualization computing development gaming Intel low power computing NUC programming Software Defined (..)

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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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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 21, 2019

Driving ROI with Cloud Storage Consolidation Seminars Driving ROI with Cloud Storage Consolidation Seminars Join me in a series of in-person seminars driving ROI with cloud storage consolidation for unstructured file data. The post Driving ROI with Cloud Storage Consolidation Seminars appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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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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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

Sony and Epic may want to create more ‘Fortnite’-like virtual multimedia experiences. At the time, Sweeney also said Epic had been working closely with Sony on the development of its next-gen console’s storage architecture, saying, “We’ve been working super close with Sony for quite a long time on storage.”.

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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

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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The Verge

MAY 27, 2020

Bloomberg reports that Sony’s virtual event is tentatively planned for next week but that “plans have been in flux and that the day may change.” The PS5 will feature a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU clocked at 3.5GHz (variable frequency) and a custom GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture hardware that promises 10.28

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2014

This StorageIOlab review looks at the Lenovo ThinkServer TD340 Tower Server which besides having a larger model number than the TS140, it also has a lot more capabilities (server compute, memory, I/O slots and internal hot-swap storage bays. You will need to select different options to decide your specific cost.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The focus of the white paper is to look at how the Seagate 1200 Enterprise class SSD’s and 12Gbps SAS address current and next generation tiered storage for virtual, cloud, traditional Little and Big Data infrastructure environments.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The earlier proof-points focused on SSD as a target or storage device. Using a write-through cache enables a given amount of SSD to give a performance benefit to other local and networked storage devices. In the following proof-points, the Seagate Enterprise 1200 SSD is used as a shared read cache (write-through).

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TM Forum

JUNE 30, 2021

This changed during the initial rollouts of network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN), which created new service orchestration possibilities, raising the question of how the next generation of OM functions will support them. Based on standards. OM’s potential to deliver customer experience excellence.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

“This digital showcase will run for a bit more than an hour and, for the first time, we will all be together virtually experiencing the excitement together.”. Recent reports suggested Sony would hold a PS5 event a day earlier on June 3rd, focusing mainly on games. Image: Sony. Sony’s PS5 controller.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 10, 2022

The hyperscalers (Amazon, Microsoft, and Google – the tech titans that manage massive compute infrastructure to enable the rest of us to build virtualized computing environments) all have plans to reach a goal of running their data centers on 100% renewable energy within the next decade. . Focus on consumption-based services.

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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

JUNE 14, 2017

AWS and S3 storage gateway access alternatives include those from various third-party (including that are in the AWS marketplace), as well as via data protection tools (e.g. backup/restore, archive, snapshot, replication) and more commonly storage systems. Some tools include Cloudberry, S3FS, S3 motion, S3 Browser among many others.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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. It also means many more machine identities to manage, says Murali Palanisamy, chief solutions officer at IAM platform provider AppViewX.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 12, 2017

This Server StorageIO Industry Trends Perspective report looks at common issues, trends, and how to address different application server storage I/O challenges. In this report, we look at WekaIO Matrix, an elastic, flexible, highly scalable easy to use (and manage) software defined (e.g. software based) storage solution.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2016

lightweight Nano, full data center with desktop interface, on-premise, bare metal, virtualized (Hyper-V, VMware, etc) as well as cloud). The post Gaining Server Storage I/O Insight into Microsoft Windows Server 2016 appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage IO Blog

JUNE 14, 2017

This Amazon Web Service (AWS) Storage Gateway Revisited posts is a follow-up to the AWS Storage Gateway test drive and review I did a few years ago (thus why it’s called revisited). The post AWS S3 Storage Gateway Revisited (Part I) appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The new year is off and running with many events already underway including the recent USENIX FAST conference and others on the docket over the next few months.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Foundry’s 2023 Cloud Computing Study found that 96% of APAC IT decision-makers reported significant hurdles to implementing cloud strategies, pointing to a lack of cloud management and security expertise and related skills as their top challenge. Each cloud is a silo of specific, often proprietary services and tools.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 30, 2015

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Storage IO Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

The post June 2014 Server and StorageIO Update newsletter appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 12, 2023

An edge computing architecture can begin to help solve these problems. Here’s how edge computing works: a percentage of storage and compute resources move closer to the source of the data and away from the data center. To keep workers safe while operating machinery, for example, companies can monitor activities via AI computer vision.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

The company also unveiled the SF9010 a huge, fast, all-SSD storage platform that the company says is the largest and fastest in the market today. They have demonstrated clear technological leadership with their patent pending QoS capabilities, and true scale-out architecture. SolidFire Rolls Out High-Performance SSD Cloud Storage.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 26, 2016

This is part one of a two part series of posts pertaining to using some common server storage I/O benchmark tools and workload scripts. The post Some server storage I/O benchmark workload scripts (Part I) appeared first on StorageIOblog. View part II here which includes the workload scrips and where to view sample results.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 26, 2016

This is the second in a two part series of posts pertaining to using some common server storage I/O benchmark tools and workload scripts. Following are some server I/O benchmark workload scripts to exercise various storage devices such as Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) flash Solid State Devices (SSDs) or Hard Disk Drives (HDD) among others.

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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. For example database transaction activity vs. reporting or analytics, logs and journals vs. redo logs, indices, tables, indices, import/export, scratch and temp space.

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