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'

IBM 83

IBM HP Dell Vmware 83

Fountainhead

MARCH 25, 2013

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. landscape will include many servers (often virtual machines) linked by. connected to differing forms of storage (not to mention storage tiering, backup etc.) QoS), and storage (connectivity, tiering, caching). Fountainhead.

Applications 214

Applications Cloud Data Center Load Balancer 214

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Hewlett-Packard » Storage. DreamWorks “Turbo” Accelerated By HP. DreamWorks “Turbo” Accelerated By HP. HP’s advanced Converged Infrastructure portfolio enabled our artists and engineers to create the highest-quality picture possible.”. By: John Rath July 19th, 2013. 75 million render hours.

HP 221

HP Data Center Data Film 221

Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2014

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a networking topic that is starting to get more and more attention (some may equate “attention” with “hype”; I’ll allow you to draw your own conclusion there). Virtualization. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage HP Virtualization 60

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The two big recent entrants/announcements were Ciscos Unified Computing System (made this past March) and then HPs BladeSystem Matrix (made in June). As sophisticated as it is, in contrast to HP, this software is essentially "1.0" Fountainhead.

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

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.

Data Center 100

Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Scott Lowe

APRIL 3, 2013

After all, if I can use a controller—there are numerous open source and proprietary controllers out there—to gain programmatic access to controlling individual flows within my data center, why do I need VLANs? Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

Load Balancer 106

Load Balancer Network HP Virtualization 106

Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. One of those new technologies in the Enterprise Data Center space is what I call Infrastructure Orchestration (others term it fabric computing or unified computing ). regardless of whether those applications are virtual, or native.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Disaster Recovery Storage 100

Fountainhead

APRIL 20, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Indeed, there are a number of similar technologies out there (Cisco with its UCS, and HP with its own offerings). Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Monday, April 20, 2009.

Disaster Recovery 100

Disaster Recovery Data Center Virtualization Banking 100

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I don’t track or get involved in the consumer space; my focus is on the data center. There were no major data center-centric announcements yesterday (day 1), but I suspect there will be some today (day 2) in a mega-session with Diane Bryant (SVP and GM of the Data Center Group at Intel). Both were good sessions.

Intel 60

Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

IBM boosts its System z portfolio by acquiring CSL International, Actian leverages previous acquisitions to launch new cloud and big data platforms and EastWest Bank selects HP to build a private cloud for updating its infrastructure. ” Actian Launches DataCloud and big data analytics platforms.

Data Center 190

Data Center IBM System Cloud 190

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 29, 2017

Gelsinger announces a deepening of the relationship between HP and VMware around VMware Unified Endpoint Management solution will be integrated into HP’s device-as-a-service platform. (I’m The evolution of virtualization, according to Gelsinger, lead to the virtualization of the entire data center.

Vmware 60

Vmware Cloud IBM Security 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Big Data » Hewlett-Packard. MapR M7 is now available on Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Fruit of the Loom implements a Teradata Data Warehouse, and HP updates its ArcSight Security Analytics portfolio using big data to protect critical information and mitigate risk. MapR M7 big data platform available on Amazon EMR.

HP 179

HP Big Data Data Center Storage 179

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Data Tape: Dying a Slow Death or Already Dead? Data Tape: Dying a Slow Death or Already Dead? Yet in 2013, many data centers are still using tape. I’ve been in the data storage industry for years, and our customers STILL have some sort of tape storage lingering around. Data Tape Killers.

Data Center 195

Data Center Data Backup Storage 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Content delivery and security specialist CloudFlare has been growing rapidly as it builds out a global network of data centers. RELATED POSTS: OVH Builds Custom Servers at its Data Centers. WordPress.com Shifts Storage to Amazon S3. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers. Networking.

Data Center 208

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 208

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Its conference demo illustrated a 12GB/s Fusion powered pipeline, with ioControl Hybrid storage, HP Z820 ioTurbine Cache, and HP Z820 Artist workstations with ioFX 1.6TB. Avatar, Hollywood and the Data Center. About John Rath John Rath is a veteran IT professional and regular contributor at Data Center Knowledge.

Data Center 187

Data Center Meeting Data Storage 187

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

.” In 2012 the company made an upgrade to its system, which resides in a containerized data center from IBM, located outdoors next to offices at Fox Studios in Australia. The supercomputer was upgraded with 450 new HP blade servers with Intel CPUs (16 cores and 64GB memory), to bring total capacity up to 10,000 cores. Networking.

Cloud 188

Cloud Data Center Data Storage 188

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Green Data Centers. The technology will enable ARM to remotely monitor data such as operating temperature, lamp status and energy consumption, plus lamps can be controlled and light levels adjusted during periods of low use to make additional savings. Roundup: ARM, Dell, HP. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter.

Internet 200

Internet Data Center Data Energy 200

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated a $36 million contract with HP Enterprise services, initially announced last November. This win was important not only for HP, the systems integrator, but for Microsoft’s Office 365. Labor Department Consolidating Data Centers Into ByteGrid Facility. HP and U.S.

Cloud 190

Cloud Data Center HP Disaster Recovery 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 21, 2013

5 Insights Into the Data Center Industry. 5 Insights Into the Data Center Industry. This week’s Industry Perspectives represented an intersection of top-of-mind topics for data center professionals and executives. In the past, linear storage media was used as the first line of defense to restore lost data.

Data Center 100

Data Center Industry Data Disaster Recovery 100

Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 1, 2011

Here are some notes taken from his excellent keynote: One of the key values for tagging data is to differentiate between the value of information. Currently all data is stored equally. Having metadata allows you to take different approaches to how you store and backup data depending on its value. Array-based. Backup is broken.

Storage 97

Storage Backup Data HP 97

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

He starts with the data center, and briefly discusses Intel’s leadership in CPUs (from the low-end with Atom and Avoton to the high-end with Xeon E5), server rack-scale architecture, and software-defined networking. ” Data volume, battery life, and security are all very important. IDF 2013 Keynote, Day 1.

Intel 62

Intel Internet Architecture Healthcare 62

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

He starts with the data center, and briefly discusses Intel’s leadership in CPUs (from the low-end with Atom and Avoton to the high-end with Xeon E5), server rack-scale architecture, and software-defined networking. ” Data volume, battery life, and security are all very important. IDF 2103 Keynote, Day 1.

Intel 60

Intel Internet Architecture Healthcare 60

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. IO Virtualization: The “Hypervisor” for Your Infrastructure. More than ever in 2010, IO Virtualization (IOV) has been showing-up in products, written about, spoken about. IO Virtualization. HP VirtualConnect ).

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

The company seeks to provide seamless movement of apps between cloud platforms and data centers, as shown in this diagram. CloudVelocity says its software will make it easier to seamlessly move complex cloud deployments between data centers and multiple public clouds. Apigee Wrangles Oceans of App Data With API Tools.

Tools 205

Tools Data Center Disaster Recovery Cloud 205

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #33, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles discussing various data center technology-related links, articles, rants, thoughts, and questions. Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” Networking. I was wrong.

HP 105

HP Virtualization Hardware Network 105

The Accidental Successful CIO

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Just how secure do we need to keep our data? What makes this break-in even worse is that Anthem didn’t bother to encrypt the customer data that was sitting in their database. The Case For Encrypting Customer Data. The shortcomings of Anthem’s customer data storage decisions were revealed when they were hacked.

Data 100

Data Social Security Healthcare 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this week in Houston Microsoft (MSFT) is focusing all attention on its transformation to a devices and services company – emphasizing the underpinning trends of cloud, mobility, big data and enterprise social. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 178

Data Center Microsoft Cloud Data 178

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2013

I try to keep the information linked to data center technologies like networking, storage, virtualization, and the like, but occasionally other items slip through. Chris Wahl provides a quick overview of the HP Moonshot servers , HP’s new ARM-based offerings. I hope you find something useful. Networking.

Vmware 106

Vmware Storage Virtualization HP 106

Fountainhead

MARCH 5, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. What if software virtualization is the tip of the iceberg? It was all about unifying and consolidating the data center network, they said. When most IT professionals think "virtualization" they are mostly wanting to consolidate/reduce hardware.

Virtualization 124

Virtualization Software Software Data Center 124

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

The company also unveiled the SF9010 a huge, fast, all-SSD storage platform that the company says is the largest and fastest in the market today. The company says that all-SSD now storage has crossed a major threshold, and now has a lower cost than disk. HP 3PAR StoreServe has 1.6PB capacity with 2TB drives in RAID 6.

Data Center 226

Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery Cloud 226

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

This landscape is pushing even more complex, multi-layered IT systems that need to keep up with the dynamic atmosphere that produces volumes of data (far more than was ever imaginable), yet is critical to daily performance and operations. IT Operations Analytics is better equipped to manage this kind of big data challenge.

Data Center 209

Data Center Big Data Data Analysis 209

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #33, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles discussing various data center technology-related links, articles, rants, thoughts, and questions. Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” Networking. I was wrong.

HP 60

HP Virtualization Hardware Network 60

Sean Daniel

APRIL 4, 2011

Well, I’m positive this is something that HP will not support, so don’t even think of calling them if you go down this road, but I figured it’d be fun if you wanted to continue to use the same hardware. I’m actually using the Data Traveller by Kingston. Hi Sean, how does the HP MicroServer cope with 2011?

Windows 92

Windows How To HP Backup 92

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Kumar mentions that Krzanich mentions rack-scale architecture (RSA, not to be confused with a security company of the same name) as one of three pillars of accelerating the data center, and this session will be diving a bit deeper on rack-scale architecture. I’d contend that virtualization helps address most of this concern.)

Architecture 60

Architecture Cloud Intel Storage 60

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Fundamentally, the concept abstracts-away a servers I/O, disk, storage connectivity, and out-of-band controls, making it a stateless entity. and the Host Bus Adaptor (HBA) for connection to storage. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.

Hardware 100

Hardware Data Center Storage Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

JANUARY 26, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. First of all, what we’re talking about here are systems like Cisco UCS, Egenera PAN Manager, HP VirtualConnect, IBM Open Fabric Manager, and a few others. As physical/virtual servers move, migrate and scale, storage simply follows.

Data Center 138

Data Center Virtualization HP Cloud 138