Storage & Mgmt Channel
News and Analysis
Data Center Operators Flock To Cold Climates
Service providers such as Microsoft are building new data centers in cold locations such as Finland to cut power and cooling costs.
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- Government Shutdown: What Are IT Systems Risks?
- EMC CEO Talks Up The Software-Defined Data Center
- Riverbed Adds Whitewater Capacity, Speed
- Cloud Backup Vs. Tape: Think Hybrid
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Architectures
LV 1871: Taking Virtualization to the Next Level
German insurance Firm LV 1871 boosted its data center, IT and storage capabilities through the use of "next gen" virtualization, which goes beyond servers and works to eliminate costly NAS storage by creating a virtualized storage SAN backbone.
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- A New SAN Improves Application Performance And Saves Paydays
- Two Companies Cope With Storage And Transfer Of Large Files
- School District Optimizes Virtual Machine Archiving
- Expanding Role Of Data Deduplication
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Reviews & Workshops
Rackspace Open Cloud Takes on Amazon AWS
The vendor rolls out three Open Cloud offerings--Cloud Servers, Control Panel and Cloud Databases--based on the OpenStack cloud project. Can Rackspace turn OpenStack into the de facto standard? What does Open Cloud have that AWS doesn't? Find out.
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Blogs
VCE Chooses Cisco SDN Over VMware NSX
September 27, 2013 10:39 AM
Posted by Greg Ferro
VCE, maker of integrated Vblock systems, will use Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure for SDN. So what about customers who want NSX?
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Flash Write-Back Caching Limitations
September 26, 2013 03:08 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
As flash-based caching systems add write-back capabilities, be aware that performance gains can hit a wall.
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Mastering The Art Of Troubleshooting
September 23, 2013 01:07 PM
Posted by Amy Arnold
From social media to blogs, there's a ton of information engineers can tap to solve technical problems. Here's what I find works best.
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How Oracle ZS3 Stacks Up
September 20, 2013 05:03 PM
Posted by Tom Trainer
The new ZFS-based storage systems feature new capabilities designed to boost performance.
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Pure Storage Aims To Close The Flash Price Gap
September 19, 2013 12:40 PM
Posted by David Hill
Startup says its flash storage is cheaper than high-performance HDDs by using deduplication and compression as standard features.
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Nirvanix Killed By Unforgiving Cloud Economics
September 19, 2013 10:07 AM
Posted by Howard Marks
Cloud storage provider Nirvanix, which is closing its doors, ran afoul of harsh cloud financing models.
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