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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Cloud Musings

JANUARY 22, 2018

Over the past few years, the data storage market has changed radically. The traditional hierarchy of directories, sub-directories, and files referred to as file storage has given way to object storage , individual storage objects. User expectation of data usage drives file storage repository design.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

SAS, SATA, iSCSI, Fibre Channel aka FC, FCoE aka FC over Ethernet, IBA/SRP, etc) or an NFS file system presented by a storage system (or appliance), VVOL’s push more functionality and visibility down into the storage system. VVOL’s shift more intelligence and work from the hypervisor down into the storage system.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

By: Scott Sellers , Co-Founder and CEO, Azul From the get-go, the cloud promised to help companies scale up their architectures in seconds, run their applications faster, never turn away a transaction, and save money through economies of scale. Every company is different based on its industry, its available resources, and its needs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Zero trust has quickly cemented itself as the go-to solution to the problems of these perimeter-based architectures. Zero trust is an architecture ; it is neither an extra lever for the status quo nor a mere figment of a hopeful or naive imagination. Read on to see the four key areas protected by a complete zero trust architecture.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

However, managing PCI security compliance across various lines of business within these institutions can be a complex and resource-intensive task. CCA prerequisites Large organizations usually govern their IT portfolio via global architectural patterns, which can be thought of as building blocks, and include IT security patterns.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 22, 2017

Data storage regardless of if hardware, legacy, new, emerging, cloud service or various software defined storage (SDS) approaches are all fundamental resource components of data infrastructures along with compute server, I/O networking as well as management tools, techniques, processes and procedures.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 1, 2024

However such fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) can make it harder for IT to secure the necessary budget and resources to build services. Next craft a “to-be” blueprint of what you need to support your strategic vision, including targeted capabilities, future IT architecture, and talent required to facilitate the work.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 25, 2018

Data Infrastructure Resource Links Server Storage I/O Network By Greg Schulz – www.storageioblog.com January 25, 2018 Various data infrastructure resource links. The following are a collection of server storageioblog data infrastructure resource links.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Ten tips to reduce your cloud compute storage costs #blogtobertech The following are Ten tips to reduce your cloud compute storage costs. In some cases, reducing your cloud costs means spending the same yet getting more value and resources that provide a business benefit.

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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

MARCH 5, 2024

IDC predicts that the amount of commercial data in storage will be 12.8 The upshot of all these environments, platforms and data types is that data becomes siloed, which means that each has its own storage and protection policies, and frequently different backup and disaster recovery systems. ZB by 2026.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 17, 2017

Need to learn more about Microsoft Azure Cloud Software Defined Data Infrastructure topics including reference architecture among other resources for various application workloads? Microsoft Azure has an architecture and resources page (here) that includes various application workload reference tools.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Data Protection Diaries Fundamental Resources Where to Learn More 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 the last in a multi-part series on Data Protection fundamental (..)

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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.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 21, 2013

In this first post, I’ll start with a high-level description of the NVP architecture. The architecture I’m describing here will also be applicable to NSX, which VMware announced in early March. The architecture I’m describing here will also be applicable to NSX, which VMware announced in early March.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 14, 2017

This page provides insight in to Converged Infrastructure (CI), Cluster in box or Cloud in Box (CIB) along with Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) topics along with links to companion resources. The post Server Storage I/O Converged (CI) Hyper-converged (HCI) overview appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage IO Blog

MAY 31, 2014

Are you using less data storage than in the past either locally online, offline or remote including via clouds? IMHO there is no such thing as a data or information recession, granted storage is being used more effectively by some, while economic pressures or competition enables your budgets to be stretched further.

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IT Toolbox

MARCH 20, 2017

Like management information systems, enterprise resource planning and relational database, big data is now a standard part of information technology architecture for most large organizations. Common applications include storage and analysis of customer data, web interactions, machine sensor readings, and much more.

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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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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The MDC solves this by bringing Azure to these environments, providing datacenter scale compute resources closest to where they’re needed.”. The data center will provide compute and storage capabilities, and it will operate with an Azure Stack Hub architecture. petabytes of storage on board. Image: Microsoft.

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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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TM Forum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In an intent-based network, resources should scale and adjust dynamically according to real-time demand, as they do for cloud compute, storage, and networking and streaming services. Autonomous Networks Reference Architecture. Intent-driven autonomous networks infer closed-loop operations automation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 14, 2022

The challenge for many organizations is to scale real-time resources in a manner that reduces costs while increasing revenue. It also requires hard drives to provide reliable long-term storage. add more resources to an existing server or node) or scale out (e.g., Real-time Data Scaling Challenges.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Various Data Infrastructure including hardware, software, services related […] The post Data Infrastructure server storage I/O network Recommended Reading #blogtober appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2023

Schools are upgrading and reconstructing their existing network architecture to build leading education platforms and provide comprehensive education services. According to the hospital’s data centre architect, Huawei storage enables “hospital services to remain uninterrupted no matter what happens.”

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2022

Data gravity creeps in generated data is kept on premises and AI training models remain in the cloud’; this causes escalating costs in the form of compute and storage, and increased latency in developer workflow. Cloud Architecture, IT Leadership

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2018

How I saved money storing more data on aws s3 simple storage service #blogtobertech How I saved money storing more data on aws s3 simple storage service is an example of reducing cloud costs as opposed to merely cutting cloud costs.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 27, 2013

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

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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

MAY 31, 2016

NetApp has announced ONTAP 9 the latest version or generation of their storage software that defines and powers ONTAP storage systems and appliances (e.g. The major theme of ONTAP 9 is simple anywhere eluding to the software runs on storage system appliances (e.g. tin wrapped” or hardware platform based), virtual storage (e.g.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2017

PCIe Server Storage I/O Network Fundamentals #blogtober Peripheral Computer Interconnect Express aka PCIe is a Server, Storage, I/O networking fundamental component.

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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. There are many approaches to address (e.g.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 31, 2023

To help organizations better protect themselves against sophisticated cyber criminals, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) outlined a novel approach to security, called zero-trust architecture (ZTA). Critical infrastructure, such as servers and storage, are rarely locked up and often left unattended.

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