Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

Part II IBM Server Flash Cache Storage I/O accelerator for SSD This is the second in a two-part post series on IBM’s Flash Cache Storage Accelerator (FCSA) for Solid State Device (SSD) storage announced today. You can view part I of the IBM FCSA announcement synopsis here.

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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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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

benchmark) tool that runs on various Windows systems as an alternative to Iometer, vdbench, iozone, iorate, fio, sqlio among other tools. Microsoft Diskspd is a synthetic workload generation (e.g.

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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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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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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 3, 2016

Happy 20th Birthday Microsoft Windows Server, get ready for Windows Server 2016 August 3, 2016 – 1:48 pm Print Friendly Version of this pagePrint Get a PDF version of this webpagePDF Happy 20th Birthday Windows Server, ready for Server 2016?

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 27, 2024

For Huawei, digitally transforming manufacturing through advanced ICT including 5G technologies, cloud computing, big data and AI, is the key to reshaping industries for the future. With plans to expand, the company needed to upgrade its IT capabilities especially for storage and processing.

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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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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 28, 2018

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Insiders Preview Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Insiders Preview has been announced. Windows Server 2019 in the past might have been named 2016 R2 also known as a Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release.

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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

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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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

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

file and data management migration software Some of you may recall back in 2006 (here and here) when Brocade bought a file management storage startup called NuView whose product was StorageX, and then in 2009 issued end of life (EOL) notice letters that the solution was being discontinued. DataDynamics StorageX 7.0

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 14, 2009

I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 NAS Network Storage for the Home and Advice for Device Manufacturers. big data. (20).

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

Now technically I know, this is a workstation or desktop […].

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Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Students will get hands-on experience installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy.

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Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Getting Caught Up What Happened In September 2017 September 28, 2017 – 10:04 pm Print Friendly, PDF & Email server storage I/O data infrastructure trends Getting Caught Up, What Happened In September? More about Microsoft Azure, Azure Stack, Windows Server, Hyper-V and related data infrastructure topics in future posts.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

software download) for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 (TP4). TP4 is the successor to Technical Preview 3 (TP3) that was released this past August and is the most recent public preview version of the next Windows Server. In case you had not heard, Microsoft recently released the bits (e.g.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Like, “we’ve got more customers, we need more storage.” Like many solutions, Nutanix converges “storage,” “compute” & virtualization. Nutanix has converged just about everything in the data center. In addition to storage, compute, and virtualization, they converged, DNS, DHCP and their own hypervisor.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

Zillow Group co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff joined the board of Palantir Technologies, a big data company backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. Seattle hybrid cloud storage startup Qumulo appointed Adriana Gil Miner as its chief marketing officer. Former Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota).

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Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Students will get hands-on experience installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

He describes cloud as the synthesis of many different forms of innovation within IT , pulling together things like open source, virtualization, distributed programming, NoSQL, DevOps/NoOps, distributed teams, dynamic languages, and Big Data (among others). Cormac Hogan has more information in this blog post. Virtualization.

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Fountainhead

JANUARY 19, 2012

With increased use of a virtualization layer, migration tools, shared storage, fat network pipes, and virtual I/O and switching, we are all now realizing that where the executable application code resides is becoming far less important. Everything is just data - and can be moved/migrated. Observation #2: Big Data is becoming bigger.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 3, 2017

Microsoft ReFS (Resilient File System) is part of Windows Servers 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 as well as Windows 8.1 Click here to view various ReFS and NTFS data services, feature functionality along with limits. and 10 platforms as an alternative to NTFS file system. Zettabytes (ZB).

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

According to Intel and Perlmutter, “data creates opportunities” There are opportunities for creating digital data, storing digital data, and analyzing digital data. All this leads to cloud and big data. DATS002: Big Data Meets High Performance Computing. IDF 2012 Keynote, Day 1.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2017

September was a busy month for data infrastructure topics as well as Microsoft in terms of new and enhanced technologies. Wrapping up September was Microsoft Ignite where Azure, Azure Stack, Windows, O365, AI, IoT, development tools announcements occurred, along with others from earlier in the month.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Benefits of Moving Hyper-V Disaster Recovery to the Cloud Webinar Benefits of Moving Hyper-V Disaster Recovery to the Cloud and Achieve global cloud data availability from an Always-On approach with Veeam Cloud Connect webinar.

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Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

This will let enterprises and/or service providers deliver Windows apps and desktops as a true cloud service from private, public and hybrid clouds for users on any device, anywhere. Cloud computing is the advancement in the earlier technology which enables the utilization of resources and data from invisible and virtual protocols.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 21, 2016

Keep an eye on among others including Cisco (Servers), Dell (Servers), EMC (DSSD), HPE, Intel (Servers, Drives and Cards), Lenovo, Micron, Microsoft (Drivers, Operating Systems, Storage Spaces), NetApp, OCZ, Oracle, PMC, Samsung, Seagate, Supermicro, VMware and Western Digital (acquisition of SANdisk and HGST).

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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 29, 2016

LTS released including Ceph, OpenStack and other updates Windows Server 2016 Tech Preview 5 (TP5) is now available, get the bits here. Highlights at a glance include: OpenStack Mitaka release (see other release information here) Ceph 10.2.0

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Linux Academy

APRIL 9, 2019

AWS Certified Big Data. Amazon Web Services describes the ideal candidate as having: Hands-on experience using compute, networking, storage, and database AWS services. Familiarity with Windows and Linux environments. AWS Certified Big Data – Specialty. This exam is primarily for data science roles.

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Fountainhead

APRIL 20, 2009

The beauty of infrastructure orchestration is that it abstracts-away all of the "plumbing" of the Server such as I/O, networking and storage connectivity -- which makes it an absolutely *ideal* complement to virtualization. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Syndications.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Identify whether or not you need support for particular scripts or Windows applications and other special software. How much storage for backups do they provide? Identify your hosting needs. What kind of website are you building? Are you using something common, like a WordPress blog? Do you plan on doing your own backups?

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Chief Seattle Greek Blog

MARCH 10, 2013

You need to spin up a few dozen servers and a couple terrabytes of storage quickly to support an election application or another urgent need? Desk telephones a tiny little window for displaying information and without video conferencing, presence or most other features found on even low-end cell phones these days.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Internet performance and control company Cedexis announced an extension to its Radar community services with the addition of many new clouds, and the availability of Radar reports as an app for Windows 8. The Windows 8 Radar app is available immediately for free on the Windows App Store. Modular Data Centers. Networking.

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A Screw's Loose

MARCH 5, 2013

They started at 64mb and today you can get a flash drive that has a terabyte of storage on it. You see, all these different ways of moving data around have existed forever and yet we still focus on the endpoint. controlling Windows for two decades. Also, the windows operating system. Windows Phone. Now that we.

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