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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Storage IO Blog

JULY 19, 2013

HDDs for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments This is a follow-up to a recent series of posts on Hard Disk Drives (HDD’s) along with some posts about How Many IOPS HDD’s can do.

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2014

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 24, 2014

Instead of a VM host accessing its virtual disk (aka VMDK) which is stored in a VMFS formatted data store (part of ESXi hypervisor) built on top of a SCSI LUN (e.g. VVOL’s shift more intelligence and work from the hypervisor down into the storage system.

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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This hybrid learning methodology includes the incorporation of various technological tools, resources, and methods into the teaching and learning process. Distributed Cloud Distributed cloud is one of the most important buzzwords in the educational world that allows storage, access, and interaction of data flexibly and concisely.

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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

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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Kitaboo

MAY 27, 2024

In the process, digital textbook platforms for K12 publishers are constantly evolving and emerging as powerful tools in the academic domain. Printed textbooks need plenty of resources for production, distribution, and storage and incur a heavy cost.

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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. Diskspd is a command line tool which means it can easily be scripted to do reads and writes of various I/O size including random as well as sequential activity.

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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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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Data Protection Fundamental Topics Tools Techniques Technologies Tips Update 1/16/2018 Data protection fundamental ompanion 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 I of (..)

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Galido

APRIL 11, 2017

Virtualization is popular these days for businesses for several reasons, but primarily to reduce hardware and infrastructure costs, performance, backups and redundancy, while being able to scale infrastructure and provide resources on demand. . What is Virtualization? There are two methods of running virtualized software.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2014

For those not familiar or who need a recap, VCE was created to create converged server, storage I/O networking hardware and software solutions combing technologies from its investors resulting in solutions called vBlocks.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 30, 2024

Unlimited digital files of magazines, books, journals, articles, audio, and more are preserved in these virtual libraries. They can be virtually managed from any location that has internet connectivity. From the storage of images, videos, and documents to metadata management, a host of activities are included within the DAM system.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 10, 2013

Converged Compute, SSD Storage and Clouds Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) announced today several enhancements to their data storage and unified compute portfolio as part of their Maximize I.T. initiative.

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Do you need or want to do a Do It Yourself (DIY) build of a small server compute cluster, or a software defined storage cluster (e.g. scale-out), or perhaps a converged storage for VMware VSAN, Microsoft SOFS or something else? Then the TS140 could be a fit for you.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2014

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Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

This means that the drives should be transparent to the operating systems or hypervisors on servers or storage controllers without need for special adapters, controller cards or drivers. These HHDDs or SSHDs are self-contained in that the flash are built-in to the actual drive as part of its internal electronics circuit board (controller).

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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. DAS or SAN) storage that use SAS, iSCSI, FC, FCoE, IBA/SRP, nor are they NAS volumes like NFS mount points. Likewise VVOL’s are not accessed using any of the various object storage access methods mentioned above (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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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2014

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 2, 2014

If like me you are interested in FAST related technologies, trends, tools and related research, check out the conference proceedings with over 320 pages of material.

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2014

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Fundamental Tools, Technologies, Toolbox, Buzzword Bingo Trends 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 7 of a multi-part series on Data Protection fundamental (..)

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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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Dataconomy

AUGUST 8, 2023

Zoom AI tools can be trained with customer data according to new terms In an essential move towards advancing its AI capabilities, Zoom is seeking to train its artificial intelligence models with certain user data, as revealed by the newly updated terms of service. The crux of this clarification lies in the term “without customer consent.”

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Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

CompTIA needs input for their Storage+ certification, can you help? The CompTIA folks are looking for some comments and feedback from those who are involved with data storage in various ways as part of planning for their upcoming enhancements to the Storage+ certification testing.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2013

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. With this definition in hand, let’s compare network virtualization to SDN.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Server virtualization nested and tiered hypervisors A few years ago I did a piece (click here) about the then emerging trend of tiered hypervisors, particular using different products or technologies in the same environment.

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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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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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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Educational content has evolved beyond textbooks to include interactive multimedia elements like videos, simulations, animations, and virtual reality to enhance engagement and understanding. Various digital interactive tools enable real-time virtual classrooms, video lectures, and collaborative discussions among students and educators.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 12, 2014

Some Windows Server Storage I/O related commands The following are some commands and tools for Microsoft Windows environments that are useful for storage I/O activities (among others).

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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

MAY 31, 2014

Are you using less data storage than in the past either locally online, offline or remote including via clouds? IMHO there is no such thing as a data or information recession, granted storage is being used more effectively by some, while economic pressures or competition enables your budgets to be stretched further.

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