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Servers & Storage Channel

News and Analysis

4 Ways $50K Of Flash Can Boost Performance

You want to use solid state storage to boost your network's performance. Here's advice on adding SSDs without breaking the company.

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Architectures

Big Switch's OpenFlow Controller Guns for SDN Leadership

Big Switch Networks, an ambitious start up in software-defined networking (SDN), has launched a new controller and a pair of networking applications that have the potential to drive OpenFlow-based networks into the mainstream.

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Reviews & Workshops

How to Set Up Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender

Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders (FEXs) provide ToR connectivity for Nexus 5000 and 7000 series switches. This 9-step plan shows you how to bring a FEX online, and includes configuration tips and code examples.

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Blogs

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Virident Unlocks PCIe Flash From a Single Server

February 22, 2013 11:20 AM
Posted by Howard Marks

Virident is releasing software that makes PCIe flash behave more like a SAN or distributed cache, expanding the performance boost of PCIe flash across multiple servers.

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Tags: Virident, PCIe, FlashMAX, Fuision-io, cache

Channel: Tapes and Disks, Servers & Storage

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Server-Side Caching Gets Smarter Via Startup PernixData

February 20, 2013 03:25 PM
Posted by Howard Marks

Startup PernixData uses a distributed, replicated write-back cache to take full advantage of SSDs in server-side caching while addressing the risks of server failure and data loss.

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Tags: server-side caching, SSD, PernixData, write-back cache, Interop

Channel: Virtualization, Content Management, Tapes and Disks, Data Center, Servers & Storage, Interop

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InteropNet's Live Wire Act

February 19, 2013 04:30 PM
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InteropNet is the technological backbone of the Interop conference. Built four days before conference doors open, InteropNet serves more than 10,000 users and 300 exhibitors each day of the conference. Here’s how it comes together.

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Tags: InteropNet, Interop, Las Vegas, network operations center

Channel: Servers & Storage, Next Gen Network, Wireless, Security, Networking & Mgmt, Data Center

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EMC Merges High Availability, Disaster Recovery into One

February 15, 2013 12:52 PM
Posted by David Hill

EMC is combining products and services to turn high availability and disaster recovery into a single concept it calls Continuous Availability.

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Tags: EMC, Continuous Availability, VPLEX, high availability, disaster recovery

Channel: Servers & Storage, Data Center, Tapes and Disks, Backup & Recovery

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VMware Acquires Virsto To Enhance Virtual Storage Performance

February 12, 2013 05:11 PM
Posted by Howard Marks

VMware is acquiring Virsto, which provides software to accelerate virtual machine I/O and improve overall storage performance in virtual environments.

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Tags: VMware, Virsto, storage, I/O

Channel: Servers & Storage, Virtualization, Data Center, Backup & Recovery

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Open Compute's Trickle-Down Tech

February 06, 2013 09:14 AM
Posted by Howard Marks

Open Compute's goal of open source hardware sounds democratic, but the initiative targets big-budget service providers and Web brands whose needs are different from everyday enterprises. The greatest impact of Open Compute will be felt by the leading server manufacturers--and it won't be good.

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Tags: Open Compute, Facebook, Open Rack, servers, storage, Dell, HP, IBM

Channel: Green Computing, Servers & Storage, Private Cloud, Public Cloud

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