Storage IO Blog

MARCH 25, 2014

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

AUGUST 24, 2014

VVOL’s are accessed via the VMware software and associated API’s that are supported by various storage providers. VVOL’s are not LUN’s like regular block (e.g. DAS or SAN) storage that use SAS, iSCSI, FC, FCoE, IBA/SRP, nor are they NAS volumes like NFS mount points.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

Dell Inspiron 660 i660, Virtual Server Diamond in the rough? During the 2013 post thanksgiving black friday shopping day, I did some on-line buying including a Dell Inspiron 660 i660 (5629BK) to be used as a physical machine (PM) or VMware host (among other things). Now technically I know, this is a workstation or desktop […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 13, 2022

The result of years of consolidation, the sprawling facility was the home of more than 40 networks, different virtualization platforms and hypervisor levels, nearly 10,000 virtual machines, 585 servers, and a massive collection of legacy software. They showed up that Monday and we moved the first workload a few days later.

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Network World

JANUARY 11, 2018

They effect Dell EMC's Avamar Server, NetWorker Virtual Edition, and Integrated Data Protection Appliance, which use a common component called Avamar Installation Manager. In addition to this, a related problem in the VMware vSphere Data Protection backup product has also been uncovered, but it has already been patched.

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2014

scale-out), or perhaps a converged storage for VMware VSAN, Microsoft SOFS or something else? 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

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 7, 2018

VMware continues cloud construction with March announcements VMware continues cloud construction with March announcements of new features and other enhancements.

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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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Galido

JUNE 28, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - Product Review: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor - Information Technology Blog. PRTG Network Monitor from Paessler AG is a powerful network monitoring solution. This network software is not only powerful but also easy to use. Problems in the network cause emergencies in business.

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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

APRIL 11, 2017

VMware vSAN 6.6 hyper-converged (HCI) software defined data infrastructure In case you missed it, VMware announced vSAN v6.6 This is the first of a five-part series about VMware vSAN V6.6. Part II (just the speeds feeds please) is located here, part III (reducing cost and complexity) located […] The post VMware vSAN 6.6

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2018

VMware vSphere vSAN vCenter v6.7 SDDC details VMware vSphere vSAN vCenter v6.7 This is part two (part one here) of a three-part (part III here) series looking at VMware vSphere vSAN vCenter v6.7 Last week VMware announced vSphere vSAN […] The post VMware vSphere vSAN vCenter v6.7

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2022

More than 1,000 engineers serve more than 130,000 customers worldwide with a global network that includes 7,500 deployed servers, more than 10,000 virtualized servers and more than 50 data centers. Learn more about THG Ingenuity Cloud Services and its partnership with VMware here. Green IT, IT Leadership

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2018

VMware vSphere vSAN vCenter version 6.7 SDDC Update Summary VMware announced last week vSphere vSAN vCenter version 6.7 announcement updates followed those from this past March when VMware announced cloud enhancements with partner AWS (more on that […] The post VMware vSphere vSAN vCenter version 6.7

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 11, 2017

VMware vSAN V6.6 Part III (Reducing costs complexity) In case you missed it, VMware announced vSAN v6.6 This is the third of a five-part series about VMware vSAN V6.6. View Part I here, Part II (just the speeds feeds please) is located here, part IV (scaling ROBO […] The post VMware vSAN V6.6

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2023

Today, the Glasgow-based firm has customers in both the public and private sectors, including businesses in virtually every industry. Some of its many additional services include Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Backup-as-a-Service, Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service, and a full portfolio designed to address enterprises’ security needs.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2018

VMware vSphere vSAN vCenter Server Storage I/O Enhancements This is part three of a three-part series looking at last weeks v6.7 VMware vSphere vSAN vCenter Server Storage I/O Enhancements. The focus of this post is on server, storage, I/O along with deployment and other wrap up items.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 7, 2015

Eric has run for several years now an annual top VMware, Virtualization, Storage and related blogs voting now taking place until March 16th 2015 (click on the image below). You will find a nice mix of new school, old school and a few current or future school theme blogs represented with some being more VMware specific.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 11, 2017

VMware vSAN v6.6 Part II (just the speeds feeds features please) In case you missed it, VMware announced vSAN v6.6 This is the second of a five-part series about VMware vSAN V6.6. View Part I here, part III (reducing cost and complexity) located here, part IV (scaling […] The post VMware vSAN V6.6

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 2, 2018

Dell Technologies Announces Class V VMware Tracking Stock exchange for stock or cash Dell Technologies Announces Class V VMware Tracking Stock exchange for stock or cash. Image via Dell Technologies Summary of Dell transaction announcement includes: VMware declares an $11 Billion USD cash dividend pro rata to all VMware stock holders.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 11, 2017

VMware vSAN V6.6 Part V (vSAN evolution and summary) In case you missed it, VMware announced vSAN v6.6 This is the fifth of a five-part series about VMware vSAN V6.6. View Part I here, Part II (just the speeds feeds please) is located here, part III (reducing […] The post VMware vSAN V6.6

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Storage IO Blog

MAY 26, 2015

VMware vCloud Air provides a platform similar to those just mentioned among others for your applications and their underlying resource needs (compute, memory, storage, networking) to be fulfilled.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 11, 2017

VMware vSAN V6.6 Part IV (HCI scaling ROBO and data centers today) In case you missed it, VMware announced vSAN v6.6 This is the fourth of a five-part series about VMware vSAN V6.6. View Part I here, Part II (just the speeds feeds please) is located here, […] The post VMware vSAN V6.6

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2017

September was a busy month including VMworld in Las Vegas that featured many Dell EMC VMware (among other) software defined data infrastructure updates and announcements. The post Dell EMC VMware September 2017 Software Defined Data Infrastructure Updates appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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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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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Networking. This article provides a few practical examples of how using VPC Endpoints to reduce network traffic moving through NAT Gateways can help save money. Even if you use an online service such as GitHub, GitLab, or Codeberg, you still need to ensure you have backups of your repositories. Virtualization.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2014

Finding a Windows physical disk, SSD or storage system device name So you may know and how to find out the more familiar Windows storage device (Solid State […].

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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

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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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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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Networking. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. See this SDx Central article or this Network World article for more details.). Virtualization. Servers/Hardware. GitHub would be a good way.

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Storage IO Blog

JUNE 7, 2018

Announcing Windows Server Summit Virtual Online Event Announcing Windows Server Summit Virtual Online Event Microsoft will be hosting a free (no registration required) half day virtual (e.g. online) Windows Server Summit Virtual Online Event June 26, 2018 starting at 9AM PT.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Sure you can go to a manufactures website and look at the speeds and feeds (technical performance numbers) however are those metrics applicable to your environments applications or workload?

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2014

In this post, I’ll show you how I got Arista’s vEOS software running under KVM to create a virtualized Arista switch. I can’t provide you with a copy; you’ll have to register on the Arista Networks site (see here ) in order to gain access to the download. The vEOS disk image, provided as a VMware VMDK.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Networking. In the last Technology Short Take , I mentioned that some testing with macOS Big Sur indicated that Apple had left itself a backdoor for network traffic from its own applications. How did I not know about Network Time Security (NTS)? Virtualization. It’s definitely on my list!

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