Commentary
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Howard MarksVMware Gets Real About Virtual Storage
September 09, 2013 03:19 PM VMware is making good on its talk about software-defined storage with three products: vFlash, VSAN and Virsto. But as always, there are pros and cons.
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David HillEMC VNX: Flash Storage Takes Center Stage
September 06, 2013 11:22 AM With its new flash-optimized VNX storage arrays, EMC makes a case for flash in traditional storage systems.
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Howard MarksWhy Software-Defined Storage Is Good For Seagate
September 05, 2013 11:33 AM Some vendors won't fare well if software-defined storage takes off, but disk drive specialists will reap benefits. Here's how.
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Howard MarksA Bad Combo: PernixData's FVP and VSAN
September 04, 2013 02:39 PM Using FVP from startup PernixData together with VMware's VSAN is an all-around bad idea. Combining two flash management layers would be inefficient and reduce performance.
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Howard MarksEMC Reboots VNX for Flash Storage
September 04, 2013 12:53 PM EMC launches new VNX arrays with upgraded software to take full advantage of SSD performance. All-flash startups still have an advantage, but VNX takes a big step forward.
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David HillSpeeding Up Flash Storage Via Software
September 04, 2013 12:05 PM IBM's new FlashCache Storage Accelerator uses software to boost flash performance. The technology could signal a trend for the industry.
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Howard MarksSkyera Soars With 250TB SSD skyEagle Array
August 27, 2013 05:10 PM Skyera’s newest SSD appliance skyEagle boasts up to 250TB of storage. That gives Skyera the highest-density system on the market.
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Kurt MarkoVMworld 2013 Preview: Virtualization Eats the World
August 23, 2013 11:01 AM Expect 31 flavors of "software-defined" at VMworld as VMware updates its SDDC vision and promotes software abstractions and tools at every layer of the data center.
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David HillVanished: The Line Between Main Memory And Primary Storage
August 19, 2013 09:00 AM SMART Storage Systems' ULLtraDIMM product, developed with Diablo Technologies, puts flash storage on the memory channel. It's a game changer for the storage industry.
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Tom TrainerNAS Options for Public and Private Clouds
August 15, 2013 02:16 AM Public and private clouds can present challenges for file-based applications that use NAS. Here's how several vendors are helping companies meet those challenges.
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Serdar YegulalpSelf-Encrypting Drives Aren't Magic Security Dust
August 13, 2013 06:49 PM SEDs may be attractive in this time of heightened data security awareness but they're not necessarily a better option than software-based encryption for data protection.
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Tom TrainerOpen Source Poised for Innovation Explosion
August 06, 2013 07:16 PM Cost pressures and the fast feedback of open source's development model will spur new levels of innovation in open software in the next ten years.
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Howard MarksThe Next Step For Flash: 3D
August 06, 2013 05:18 PM 2D NAND flash is fast reaching its limit but Samsung's new 3D chip is an encouraging development in flash memory's evolution.
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David HillTackling Information Infrastructure Complexity
August 02, 2013 05:16 PM Taking a software and data-driven approach can help reduce costs and maintain availability as IT becomes more complex. Here's a look at Sanbolic, one of the companies in this emerging area.
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Tony KontzerNSA Utah Data Center Scrutiny Is Misguided, Experts Say
July 25, 2013 12:54 PM Critics upset about the soon-to-open data center are overlooking the larger issues of the NSA's surveillance activities, according to some privacy and security experts.
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Jasmine McTigueMicrosoft ReFS and Oracle ZFS: How They Compare
July 25, 2013 11:55 AM Microsoft's ReFS and Oracle/Sun's ZFS file systems are designed to remedy errors that might otherwise corrupt data. Here's how they stack up against one another.
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Howard MarksSeagate Proves Disk Drives Aren't Dead
July 24, 2013 02:15 PM Traditional disk drives may lack the flash of flash drives, but Seagate shows there's still room for innovation with spinning disks.
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David HillShifting The Backup And Recovery Focus To Recovery
July 23, 2013 01:43 PM Asigra's new pricing model focuses on how much data needs to be recovered rather than how much storage is used. Could this be a game changer for the backup/recovery market?
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Tom HollingsworthSoftware Defined Data Center: Marketing or Meaty?
July 19, 2013 02:53 PM The software-defined data center is the latest term being applied to the abstraction, orchestration and automation of hardware-based resources via layers of code. Is it just empty marketing, or is there something you can sink your teeth into?
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Jasmine McTigueDIY Storage Part 4: Building Redundancy
July 16, 2013 02:08 PM In building my own SAN to meet some storage needs at work, I figured out how to overcome problems on the path to redundancy and high availability. Here's what I learned works for creating a HA array.
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