Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This is the third in a multi-part series (read part two here) based on a white paper hands-on lab report I did compliments of Servers Direct and Seagate that you can read in PDF form here. In this post the focus expands to hardware and software defining as well as configuring the test environments along with applications workloads.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This is the seventh and final post in this multi-part series (read part six here) based on a white paper hands-on lab report I did compliments of Servers Direct and Seagate that you can read in PDF form here.

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All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

An apples to apples comparison of the costs associated with running various usage patterns on-premises and with AWS requires more than a simple comparison of hardware expense versus always-on utility pricing for compute and storage. Total Cost of Ownership and the Return on Agility. By Werner Vogels on 16 August 2012 10:00 AM. Comments ().

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. A “five stack” of SolidFire’s all-SSD storage systems. ” SolidFire will supply storage for Tiers 0-3, with Guaranteed performance added to Tiers 1 and 2. By: Jason Verge July 11th, 2013.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

This article is an interesting read on some work being done by Microsoft Research to leverage Intel SGX to address some security concerns with today’s cloud-heavy architectures/usage models. Kenneth Hui has a couple of great articles on persistent storage with application containers (first one here , then this follow-up post ).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Cloud Computing » Services » Storage. At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. Storage News: Hitachi, EMC, nScaled, NetApp. EMC World: New Scale-out Storage and Software.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

colocation » Fortrust » White Papers. According to this white paper from FORTRUST, the key to making the right decision often depends on asking the right questions. At the end of the paper , FORTRUST provides a detailed workbook/checklist where you’ll find a list of evaluation questions. White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

With software defined infrastructure as the strategic foundation, Bryant explained plans for how Intel will invest in rack scale architecture, big data and high performance computing (HPC) technologies. “Across network, storage and servers we continue to see significant opportunities for growth. White Papers.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 19, 2009

These interactions have included among other topics, IT optimization, boosting server and storage efficiency, as well as the roll of tiering IT resources to boost efficiency, achieve better productivity while boosting performance in a cost-effective way during touch economic times, in other words, the other green IT ! " SAS 15.5K

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Cloud Computing » Storage. Remote backup and storage. Storage systems have become more efficient and can now do offsite, cloud-based backup and replication. This is where cloud storage can really help. Utility Storage for Virtual and Cloud Computing. White Papers. Five Myths of Cloud Computing.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Hewlett-Packard » Storage. DreamWorks animators use HP Z800 and Z820 workstations with Intel Xeon E5 processors, a HP FlexNetwork architecture, and HP networking to simplify collaboration among artists. White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. News Channels White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Management » White Papers. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. News Channels White Papers. By: Bill Kleyman July 11th, 2013.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Convergence » Virtualization » White Papers. In HP’s white paper , you are able to see how to more easily deliver data to any device. Download this white paper to learn what you need to protect your environment and still deliver a powerful user experience. White Papers. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Colocation centers are key components of many hybrid architectures, providing third-party space to securely host corporate infrastructure, as well as ultra-fast connections to public clouds like Amazon Web Services. “These customers are taking time to sort through what exactly hybrid architectures mean to them,” Myers continued.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

As FCW points out, the VA’s Deputy CIO for Architecture, Strategy and Design, Paul Tibbits, told an audience at 1105 Media’s Enterprise Architecture Conference that he questioned the cost-effectiveness of moving to the cloud. White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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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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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

IBM said today that it will make CloudFoundry a component of its open cloud architecture and work with Pivotal on further development of the CloudFoundry open source project and establishing an open governance model for the community. Storage Failures Hamper Cloud Foundry. White Papers. News Channels White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

This is a fully redundant, Tier IV datacenter facility constructed with environmentally friendly products and systems, utilizing the newest energy efficient technology and architectural design methodologies. The site won the Silicon Valley Power Energy Innovator Award for its energy efficient technologies and architecture. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

architecture, a modular approach to building mechanical and electrical systems. White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Many organizations are leveraging larger, more comprehensive storage arrays and the cloud that help them distribute their environment. Comments (required).

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

This news came out of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015: Ericsson has announced a new “hyperscale” hardware platform based on Intel’s Rack Scale Architecture (RSA). Via Eric Sloof , here’s a link to a white paper discussing deployment considerations around vCenter Server 6.0. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

” The San Francisco-based comnpany provides dedicated, cloud, and hybrid enterprise-class architectures, promising to manage “everything but your code.” White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. News Channels White Papers. Comments (required). Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Among many other performance metrics, memory, storage and interconnect advances, vendor changes and other things, the evolution of gigaflops to teraflops and then petaflops has led many to speculate on what it will take to achieve exaflop levels of performance. White Papers. News Channels White Papers. Networking.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Huawei Cloud has also released white papers to share its expertise on privacy protection, data security and cloud security, and is a Board Member of the EU Cloud Code of Conduct General Assembly. Huawei Cloud sees stability and reliability as critical lifelines.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

colocation » Site Selection » White Papers. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. News Channels White Papers. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The upgraded infrastructure includes HP 3PAR StoreServ T400 Storage System and HP ProLiant DL360 Servers. White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Many organizations are leveraging larger, more comprehensive storage arrays and the cloud that help them distribute their environment.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

“SoftLayer’s hosting platform features an innovative, three-tier network architecture: Every server in a SoftLayer data center is physically connected to public, private and out-of-band management networks. White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. News Channels White Papers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Architectural compatibility means that apps can move freely from private to public and back, when needed. “We White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Many organizations are leveraging larger, more comprehensive storage arrays and the cloud that help them distribute their environment.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

What we’re seeing from vendors: We can expect upstart vendors to produce commercial versions of open reference architectures, and hopefully, more standardization from established vendors as SDN matures. White Papers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. News Channels White Papers.

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Cloud Musings

JUNE 7, 2016

Dwight Bu e s & Kevin Jackson This is Part 1 of a three part series that addresses the need for a systems engineering approach to IoT and cloud network design: The “Internet of Things” depends on the “Cloud” for the processing and storage of data. The Cloud’s backbone, however, is the network.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

2] Foundational considerations include compute power, memory architecture as well as data processing, storage, and security. The most innovative unstructured data storage solutions are flexible and designed to be reliable at any scale without sacrificing performance.

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