Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 23, 2014

Today Lenovo announced its plan to acquire the IBM x86 server storage business unit for $2.3B announcement big data Cloud Comment convergence I/O Networking IT Industry Activity IT Infrastructure Topics news perspective post server ssd Storage Architecture and Access virtualization Dell HP IBM Intel lenovo microsoft storage vmware'

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CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Big data and its effect on the transformative power of data analytics are undeniable. Enabling Business Results with Big Data.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

If you are into technology and government and want to find ways to enhance your ability to serve big missions you need to be at this event, 25 Feb at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. Big data and its effect on the transformative power of data analytics are undeniable. Enabling Business Results with Big Data.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 31, 2015

In a webcast the other day, Intel and Micron announced new 3D XPoint non-volatile memory (NVM) that can be used for both primary main memory (e.g. In a webcast the other day, Intel and Micron announced new 3D XPoint non-volatile memory (NVM) that can be used for both primary main memory (e.g.

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Now that day 2 of Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012 is behind me, here’s a quick summary of the day. Most of today was taken up by meetings; some of these were meetings with various Intel folk to get my feedback on the event, others were meetings that I’m not at liberty to discuss. General Networking IDF2012 Intel'

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This is a liveblog of the Data Center Mega-Session from day 2 of Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 in San Francisco. Diane Bryant, SVP and GM of the Data Center Group takes the stage promptly at 9:30am to kick off the data center mega-session. and that includes leveraging the integrated FPGA in Intel’s new product.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 31, 2015

3D XPoint is not NAND flash, it is also not NVRAM or DRAM, it’s a new class of NVM that can be used for server class main memory with persistency, or as persistent data storage among other uses (cell phones, automobiles, appliances and other electronics).

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 11, 2017

Overall this is a good set of announcements by Intel and what we can also expect to be a flood of enhancements from their partners who will use the new family of Intel Xeon Scalable Processors in their products to enable software-defined data infrastructures (SDDI) and SDDC.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

2 SFF 8639 disk drive form factor SSD in PCIe slot Need to install or use an Intel Optane NVMe 900P or other Nonvolatile Memory (NVM) Express NVMe based U.2 For example, I needed to connect an Intel Optane […] The post Use Intel Optane NVMe U.2 Use NVMe U.2

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Third, expand the use of “big data” and analytics. I did have an extremely productive conversation regarding Intel’s rack-scale architecture (RSA) efforts. I did have an extremely productive conversation regarding Intel’s rack-scale architecture (RSA) efforts. IDF 2014: Data Center Mega-Session.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is a liveblog of the day 1 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012 at Moscone West in San Francisco, CA. This is my first time attending IDF, and I appreciate the invitation to attend from Intel. At 9:01, David (Dadi) Perlmutter takes the stage after a short video about Intel. All this leads to cloud and big data.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 26, 2016

One example how to start walking the talk is get something like the Intel 750 400GB NVMe PCIe Add in Card (AiC) which you should be able to find on different venues including Amazon for $400 USD or less (recently saw the 400GB version for about $309 USD delivered).

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 31, 2015

For example while a current die could hold up to 16 GBytes of data, multiple dies could be packaged together to create a 32GB, 64GB, 128GB etc. The initial die or basic chip building block 3D XPoint implementation is a layer 128 Gbit device which if using 8 bits would yield 16GB raw. or larger actual product.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 19, 2015

This months feature topic theme is Non Volatile Memory (NVM) which includes technologies such as NAND flash commonly used in Solid State Devices (SSDs) storage today, as well as in USB thumb drive, mobile and hand-held devices among many other uses.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, discusses the company’s vision for the data center at an event Monday. Photo: Intel).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 16, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Infrastructure Orchestration and Unified Computing are both terms referring to a technology whereby server CPU, I/O, storage connectivity, and network, are all able to be defined and configured in software. Big Data. (6). Fountainhead.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

This is a liveblog of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Day 1 keynote. The keynote starts promptly at 9AM with Ulmont Smith (I didn’t catch his title at Intel). Ulmont then introduces the new Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich, and the new Intel President, Renée James, who will be the keynote speakers in the day 1 keynote.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

This is a liveblog of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Day 1 keynote. The keynote starts promptly at 9AM with Ulmont Smith (I didn’t catch his title at Intel). Ulmont then introduces the new Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich, and the new Intel President, Renée James, who will be the keynote speakers in the day 1 keynote.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 11, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. A "unified fabric" is part of what we term " infrastructure orchestration " and "unified computing" - it is the abstraction of compute, I/O, storage and network infrastructure into a dynamically-configurable "fabric". Big Data. (6).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. ITs Blind Spots in the data center. I called these the " big blind spots ". Virtualization does not equal agility. Virtualization does not equal simplification In many ways, virtualization simplifies sofware. Big Data. (6).

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Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Why do we have data networks, storage networks and management networks (all distinct, I might add). an audio jack to a cassette tape for storage.). Network Interface Cards) as well as with storage connectivity (e.g. Fountainhead.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. A data center trifecta? It also simplifies automated management and portability of workloads, such as with virtual appliances / AMIs. And #3 is how the actual software (physical, virtual, appliances, AMIs, etc.) Fountainhead.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

Instead the questions are what type of NVM including NAND flash among other mediums will be deployed where, using what type of packaging or solutions (drives, cards, systems, appliances, cloud) for what role (as storage, primary memory, persistent cache) along with how much among others.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 29, 2016

aka Jewel released including CephFS for NAS file serving Micron announces new NVM flash-based SSD including NVMe, SAS and SATA Intel announces new faster Broadwell based processors enabling new servers Ubuntu 16.04 Highlights at a glance include: OpenStack Mitaka release (see other release information here) Ceph 10.2.0

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

DataStax Raises $45 million for Big Databases. DataStax Raises $45 million for Big Databases. The evolution of enterprise applications and rise of big data has eclipsed traditional database capabilities and provides an opening for a significant new market entrant,” said Andy Vitus, partner, Scale Venture Partners.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 5, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. What if software virtualization is the tip of the iceberg? Chock-full of great presentations, networking and predictions, topped-off with a closing keynote from Nick Carr on The Big Switch. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency.

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Storage IO Blog

MAY 8, 2017

What this means is an expanded focus because of the new Dell EMC that has added servers among other items to the event focus. Granted, EMC had been doing servers via its VCE and converged divisions, however with the Dell EMC integration completed as of last fall, the Dell Server group is now part of the Dell EMC organization.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a liveblog for the day 1 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014. Among the accomplishments Krzanich lists, he mentions that Intel was the #2 shipper of tablets last year. At this point Krzanich hands it off to Diane Bryant, SVP and GM of the Data Center Group at Intel. One would assume that Apple is #1.)

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Storage IO Blog

MAY 9, 2018

Part IV Dell Technology World 2018 PowerEdge MX Gen-Z Composable Infrastructure This is Part IV Dell Technology World 2018 PowerEdge MX Gen-Z Composable Infrastructure that is part of a five-post series (view part I here, part II here, part III here and part V here).

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 30, 2018

July 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter Volume 18, Issue 7 (July 2018) Hello and welcome to the July 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter. In cased you missed it, the June 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter can be viewed here ( HTML and PDF).

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 21, 2017

On January 26 2017 join me and others at the Savoy hotel in London UK for the SDx summit organized by Wipro. My presentation titled Planning and Enabling Your Journey to SDx will have a theme of Transiting from Hype and Marketing Hope to Deployment and Management.

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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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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This is the sixth in a multi-part series (read part five 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. The focus is looking at the Servers Direct (www.serversdirect.com) converged Content Solution platforms with Seagate Enterprise Hard Disk Drive (HDD’s).

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

This posts looks at the Servers Direct (www.serversdirect.com) converged Content Solution platforms with Seagate Enterprise Hard Disk Drive (HDD’s). I was given the opportunity to do some hands-on testing running different application workloads with a 2U content solution platform along with various Seagate Enterprise 2.5”

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Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Intel recently announced it would begin shipping Core i7 Xeon processors, codenamed Nehalem-EP, as part of its Xeon 5000 series. "The Instead, the blades would talk directly to the storage servers. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.

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