CTOvision

JULY 9, 2014

In the text below, I examine an on-premise Hadoop ecosystem as a general purpose Big Data solution in relation to alternative commercial purpose-built storage technologies (-e.g. For example, there is a 50 PB MPP cluster at eBay [3]. Oracle, Teradata, IBM, SAP, Microsoft, EMC, etc).

Big Data 286

Big Data Data Analysis Fractional CTO 286

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As described in this Metacloud blog post , vxfld is designed to “handle VXLAN traffic from any operationg system or hardware platform that adheres to the IETF Internet-Draft for VXLAN” Nir Yechiel recently posted part 1 of a discussion on the need for network overlays. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With server virtualization, you can easily create, move, and delete virtual servers as needed, without the need for expensive hardware upgrades or complex reconfigurations. One of the key benefits of server virtualization is that it allows for more efficient use of hardware resources.

Virtualization 78

Virtualization Storage Hardware Disaster Recovery 78

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

This leads to a talk about VMware’s 10 years of innovation, with products and features like ESX, vMotion, DRS, Storage vMotion, and more. He gives an example of such an app—an app that leverages cloud-based resources to deliver DNA visualizations to mobile devices. But what is software-defined storage?

Vmware 63

Vmware Virtualization Data Center Storage 63

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For example, if you plan to run the application for five-plus years, but the servers you plan to run it on are approaching end of life and will need to replaced in two to three years, you’re going to need to account for that. And there could be ancillary costs, such as the need for additional server hardware or data storage capacity.

Software 131

Software Software Enterprise Enterprise 131

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Director of Field Marketing at Virident , a performance leader in flash-based storage-class memory (SCM) solutions. Storage Causes the Bottleneck. We must dispel a myth about storage costs, particularly for flash.

Storage 211

Storage Data Center Disaster Recovery Enterprise 211

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The company announced Virtual Gateway, a cross-platform keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) software development kit (SDK) that aides solution providers offer enhanced capabilities for diagnosing and troubleshooting datacenter hardware. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting. Networking.

Data Center 192

Data Center Intel Tools Development 192

Dataconomy

MAY 19, 2023

This eliminates the need for organizations to manage and maintain their own physical desktop hardware and infrastructure. DaaS aims to decouple the desktop infrastructure from physical hardware by hosting and managing virtual desktops in the cloud. What is the purpose of DaaS?

Cloud 60

Cloud Disaster Recovery Virtualization Hardware 60

Galido

JUNE 27, 2018

Thumb drive and external drives enable some flexibility for people to transport essential files, however, there are limitations to storage space, as well as security, redundancy, reliability and can easily be lost or stolen. This includes servers and virtual machines (VMs), storage, networks, operating systems.

Cloud 81

Cloud Backup Storage Applications 81

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Storage of this form of data is typically in an object format which differs significantly from the database norm. Object storage formats are now being used to optimize access to large amounts of non-transactional files across a growing number of vertical markets. Databases housed data grows very slowly because most of it is structured.

Industry 79

Industry Data Storage Disaster Recovery 79

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. The “Internet of things” and “big data” are oft-used term these days, but PureSense is a specific example of how data is being generated all around us. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

Data Center 216

Data Center Big Data Data Storage 216

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

LoPoCo says it is using Intel Xeon “brawny core” chips and standard form factors, and gaining energy savings through its hardware design. ”It took a huge pile of rejected hardware to get to this point. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Disaster Recovery. Networking.

Data Center 232

Data Center Data Intel Disaster Recovery 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

“Across network, storage and servers we continue to see significant opportunities for growth. The foundation of Intel’s software defined infrastructure will take on severs, storage and networking to help take data centers from static to dynamic, and manual to automated. ” New Atom and Xeon processors. Networking.

Data Center 221

Data Center Intel Data Storage 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

At the O’Reilly OSCON 2013 this week in Portland, Oregon, Fusion-io made the announcement that its Atomic Writes API contributed for standardization to the T10 SCSCI Storage Interfaces Technical Committee is now in use in mainstream MySQL databases MariaDB 5.5.31 Fusion-io: Making Apps Faster With Flash Storage. Networking.

Open Source 177

Open Source Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 177

CTOvision

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Mobile and embedded Agile environments – Proliferation of new device types, form factors, firmware and OS versions, and native hardware all present new complications for testers. This is accomplished using virtualisation software to create a layer of abstraction between workloads and the underlying physical hardware. Robotics.

Government 301

Government Artificial Intelligence Virtualization Big Data 301

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Storage and bandwidth is growing accordingly.” I wasn’t sure cloud load balancing would be right, for example, but they showed us the numbers. After studying the bandwidth profile, the suggestion from Latisys was to use blended network, as another example of the cooperative process.”. Disaster Recovery.

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

I’ve been in the data storage industry for years, and our customers STILL have some sort of tape storage lingering around. In the past, linear storage media was used as the first line of defense to restore lost data. Evolution of Storage and Backup Technology. Yet in 2013, many data centers are still using tape.

Data Center 195

Data Center Data Backup Storage 195

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

One Wilshire is an iconic 30-story, 663,000 square feet building housing data center, office, storage and retail space with a five-level subterranean parking garage. One Wilshire is a prime example of this strategy, as the building is filled with tenants, with about 60 percent of its space occupied by telecom ro data center firms.

Data Center 205

Data Center Real Estate Data Storage 205

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

KVM Hardware Overcomes Connectivity Challenges, but Introduces Others. When early versions of keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switches were introduced almost 30 years ago (initially supporting only keyboard and display functions), these hardware solutions simplified connections to managed infrastructure assets.

Data Center 187

Data Center Data Hardware Virtualization 187

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Among many other performance metrics, memory, storage and interconnect advances, vendor changes and other things, the evolution of gigaflops to teraflops and then petaflops has led many to speculate on what it will take to achieve exaflop levels of performance. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Networking.

Data Center 204

Data Center Storage Applications System 204

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

The latest price drops are for dedicated instances, which are different from regular EC2 instances in that they run on single-tenant hardware. They are isolated from other instances belonging to other customers at the host hardware level. For example the price of an m1.xlarge AWS wants to win over the enterprise. Networking.

Enterprise 207

Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 207

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Open-Xchange is a good example of how the office is shifting over to the cloud to enable distributed, mobile workforces. “OX Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Disaster Recovery. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 186

Data Center Cloud Disaster Recovery Internet 186

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Fundamentally, the concept abstracts-away a servers I/O, disk, storage connectivity, and out-of-band controls, making it a stateless entity. Both of these technologies instantly resulted in additional hardware on the motherboard: The Network Interface Card (NIC) for connection to Ethernet, etc., An alternative model.

Hardware 100

Hardware Data Center Storage Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In essence, a server’s logical IO is consolidated down to a single (physical) converged network which carries data, storage and KVM traffic. Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g. can be recovered onto another domain (assuming shared/replicated storage). Qlogic , Emulex ).

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

and storage connectivity (LUN mapping, switch control) are all abstracted and defined/configured in software. The result is a pooling of physical servers, network resources and storage resources that can be assigned on-demand. Because the physical CPU state (i.e. Converged Infrastructure and Software Virtualization.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100

Dataconomy

APRIL 4, 2023

From software and hardware to data and security, XaaS solutions provide businesses with a flexible and scalable platform to meet their technology needs without the need for significant capital investments or in-house expertise. This allows businesses to access the hardware they need without the high upfront costs associated with ownership.

Backup 31

Backup Devops Resources Network 31

Dataconomy

APRIL 4, 2023

From software and hardware to data and security, XaaS solutions provide businesses with a flexible and scalable platform to meet their technology needs without the need for significant capital investments or in-house expertise. This allows businesses to access the hardware they need without the high upfront costs associated with ownership.

Backup 28

Backup Devops Resources Network 28