Is Computer Data Storage Complex? It Depends
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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Fall 2013 Dutch cloud, virtual and storage I/O seminars
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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Nand flash SSD server storage I/O conversations
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 30, 2014
Also keep in mind that a bit of SSD as storage or cache in the right place can go a long way, while a lot of SSD will give you a benefit however also cost a lot of cash. The post Nand flash SSD server storage I/O conversations appeared first on StorageIOblog.
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USENIX FAST (File and Storage Technologies) 2014 Conference Proceedings
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 2, 2014
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Data Storage Innovation Chat with SNIA Wayne Adams and David
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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Server Storage I/O Cables Connectors Chargers & other Geek Gifts
Storage IO Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2014
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Book review: Rethinking Enterprise Storage by Microsoft/Storsimple Marc Farley
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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71 Server and Storage IO Memory: DRAM and nand flash
Storage IO Blog
AUGUST 12, 2013
For example in along with around server, storage and IO networking circles including virtual as well as cloud environments terms such as nand (Negated AND or NOT And) flash memory aka (Solid State Device or SSD), […].
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Can we get a side of context with them IOPS and other storage metrics?
Storage IO Blog
JULY 16, 2013
Server, storage and IO metrics that matter need context There is an old saying that the best I/O (Input/Output) is the one that you do not have to do. In the meantime, let’s get a side of some context with them IOPS from vendors, marketers and their pundits who are tossing them around for server, [.].
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74 Green and Virtual Data Center Links
Storage IO Blog
JANUARY 31, 2015
Green and Virtual IT Data Center Links Moving beyond Green Hype and Green washing Green hype and green washing may be on the endangered species list and going away, however, green IT for servers, storage, networks, facilities as well as related software and management techniques that address energy efficiency including power and cooling along with (..)
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40 Docker for Smarties (e.g. non-dummies) from VMworld 2014
Storage IO Blog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2014
Docker is a new way of abstracting applications and the data infrastructures (servers, storage, networking, hardware) they run on using containers. Check out this StorageIO Industry Trends Perspective video podcast to get an overview of docker including hearing from a docker.com systems engineer from VMworld 2014.
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93 Backup, Big data, Big Data Protection, CMG & More with Tom Becchetti Podcast
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 26, 2017
For those of you who may not know Tom, he has been in the IT, data center, data infrastructure, server and storage (as well as […] The post Backup, Big data, Big Data Protection, CMG & More with Tom Becchetti Podcast appeared first on StorageIOblog.
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Microsoft Diskspd (Part II): Server Storage I/O Benchmark Tools
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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Green and Virtual IT Data Center Primer
Storage IO Blog
JANUARY 31, 2015
To close the gap will involve addressing green messaging and rhetoric closer to where IT organizations pain points are and where budget dollars exists that can address PCFE and other green related issues as a by-product.
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Server and Storage I/O Benchmarking 101 for Smarties
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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Green and Virtual Data Center: Productive Economical Efficient Effective Flexible
Storage IO Blog
JANUARY 31, 2015
Green hype and green washing may be on the endangered species list and going away, however, green IT for servers, storage, networks, facilities as well as related software and management techniques that address energy efficiency including power and cooling along with e-waste, environmental health and safety related issues are topics that wont be going (..)
Cloud Conversations: Revisiting re:Invent 2014 and other AWS updates
Storage IO Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2014
AWS made several announcements at re:invent including many around development tools, compute and data storage services. One of those to keep an eye on is cloud based Aurora relational database service that complement existing RDS tools. SQL Server among others).
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83 Software Defined Storage Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Algorithms + Data Structures
Storage IO Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
or those who are into, or simply like to talk about software-defined storage (SDS), APIs, Windows, Virtual Hard Disks (VHD) or VHDX, or Hyper-V among other related themes, have you ever actually looked at the specification for VHDX? How about Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, are you familiar with that?
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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers
CIO Business Intelligence
MAY 16, 2023
Big Data collection at scale is increasing across industries, presenting opportunities for companies to develop AI models and leverage insights from that data. Data Storage: Computer scientists and programmers assert that blockchain offers certain advantages for data storage compared to alternatives.
I/O, I/O how well do you know about good or bad server and storage I/Os?
Storage IO Blog
JANUARY 31, 2015
find and fix) vs. simply move or mask data center and server storage I/O bottlenecks. There are many approaches to address (e.g. Having insight and awareness into how your environment along with applications is important to know to focus resources.
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40 September October 2014 Server and StorageIO Update Newsletter
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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Cloud conversations: If focused on cost you might miss other cloud storage benefits
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 18, 2015
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40 PCIe Server Storage I/O Network Fundamentals #blogtober
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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Small Medium Business (SMB) IT continues to gain respect, what about SOHO?
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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AWS Announces New S3 Cloud Storage Security Encryption Features
Storage IO Blog
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
AWS Announces New S3 Cloud Storage Security Encryption Features Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced new Simple Storage Service (S3) encryption and security enhancements including Default Encryption, Permission Checks, Cross-Region Replication ACL Overwrite, Cross-Region Replication with KMS and Detailed Inventory Report.
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51 Who Will Be At Top Of Storage World Next Decade?
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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Spring 2014 StorageIO Events and Activities Update
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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58 Driving ROI with Cloud Storage Consolidation Seminars
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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Viking SATADIMM: Nand flash SATA SSD in DDR3 DIMM slot?
Storage IO Blog
AUGUST 12, 2013
Today computer and data storage memory vendor Viking announced that SSD vendor Solidfire has deployed their SATADIMM modules in DDR3 DIMM (e.g. Random Access Memory (RAM) main memory) slots of their SF SSD based storage solution. Solidfire SD solution with SATADIMM via Viking Nand flash SATA SSD in a DDR3 DIMM slot?
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March 2014 StorageIO Update Newsletter : Cisco Cloud, VMware VSAN and More
Storage IO Blog
MARCH 25, 2014
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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StorageIO Out and About Update – VMworld 2014
Storage IO Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
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74 Part II: Revisiting re:Invent 2014, Lambda and other AWS updates
Storage IO Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2014
What this means is that instead of paying for an hour of time for your code to run, you can choose to use the Lambda service with more fine-grained consumption billing.
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74 Data Infrastructure server storage I/O network Recommended Reading #blogtober
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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August 2014 Server and StorageIO Update newsletter
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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Fall 2013 StorageIO Update Newsletter
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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November 2013 Server and StorageIO Update Newsletter
Storage IO Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
November 2013 Server and StorageIO Update Newsletter Welcome to the November 2013 edition of the StorageIO Update (newsletter) containing trends perspectives on cloud, virtualization and data infrastructure topics.
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July 2014 Server and StorageIO Update newsletter
Storage IO Blog
JULY 29, 2014
Server and StorageIO Update newsletter – July 2014 Welcome to the July 2014 edition of the StorageIO Update (newsletter) containing trends perspectives on cloud, virtualization and data infrastructure topics. For some of you it is mid summer (e.g. in the northern hemisphere) while for others it mid-winter (southern hemisphere).
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April and May 2014 Server and StorageIO Update newsletter
Storage IO Blog
MAY 31, 2014
Welcome to the April and May 2014 edition of the StorageIO Update (newsletter) containing trends perspectives on cloud, virtualization and data infrastructure topics. In this edition there is coverage of vendors technology announcements, trends, earnings results and much more.
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Fall 2015 Server Storage I/O Cloud Virtual Seminars Going Dutch
Storage IO Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
I will be participating in four days of workshop seminars being organized by Brouwer Storage Consultancy in Nijkerk covering server storage decision-making, converged and bulk storage options, software defined storage management, data center infrastructure management and data protection along with industry trends and update sessions.
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Ten tips to reduce your cloud compute storage costs #blogtobertech
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. For example, paying the same yet upgrading to fewer, faster servers, […] The post Ten tips to reduce your cloud compute storage costs #blogtobertech appeared first on StorageIOblog.
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February 2014 Server StorageIO Update Newsletter Data Infrastructure Insights
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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64 Is more of something always better? Depends on what you are doing
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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Top vblog voting V2.015 (Its IT award season, cast your votes)
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). However there are also many blogs at the vpad site that have a cloud, virtual, server, storage, networking, software defined, development and other related themes.
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