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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- VMware Launches New VDI Software, Updates VDI Suite
- Dell Doubles Down On Integrated Systems, Targets SAP HANA
- Best of Interop 2013 Nominations Open
- VMware Earnings, Examined
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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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- Calculating the Cost of Full Disk Encryption
- Is Intel's Romley for You? Getting the Most Out of the Xeon E5-2600
- Data Center Pricing Schedules: Driving Positive Vendor Behavior
- Bringing Customer Experience And Business Channel Development Together With IT
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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
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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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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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.
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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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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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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Best of the Web
VXLAN termination on physical devices
VXLAN is an Experimental IETF draft of protocols to enable the creation of a large overlay, multi-tenant network.
ONF Deadly Serious About OpenFlow-Based SDNs
: OpenFlow is poised to reach over-hyped status, yet there are practical, useful reasons for keeping an eye on Openflow. The biggest cloud players are involved and driving the feature creation.
Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
Get a primer on the Openflow protocol and what it can do for networking.
On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
This research papers investigates the practical issues in split-architecture networks and the placement of the controllers, such as Openflow controllers, in the network.
