March 2014 StorageIO Update Newsletter : Cisco Cloud, VMware VSAN and More
Some recent industry activity has included Cisco announcing its Cloud intentions (e.g. more than simply selling servers and networking hardware). Another industry activity involving servers storage I/O...
View ArticleData Protection Diaries: March 31 World Backup Day is Restore Data Test Time
World backup day is time to test restore and data protection of data and other digital assets including photos images and documents.
View ArticleNand flash SSD server storage I/O conversations
The following are some of my tips, articles, blog posts, presentations and other content on SSD. Keep in mind that the question should not be if SSD are in your future, rather when, where, with what,...
View ArticleChat with Cash Coleman talking ClearDB, cloud database and Johnny Cash
If you are a database person, you will want to listen to what Cash has to say about boosting performance and getting more value out of your physical hardware or cloud services. On the other hand if you...
View ArticleEnterprise SSHD and Flash SSD Part of an Enterprise Tiered Storage Strategy
Solid State Hybrid Disks (SSHD) are the successors to previous generation Hybrid Hard Disk Drives (HHDD) that I have used for several years (you can read more about them here, and here). While it would...
View ArticleIs there an information or data recession? Are you using less storage? (With...
Is there an information recession where you are creating, processing, moving or saving less data? Are you using less data storage than in the past either locally online, offline or remote including via...
View ArticleApril and May 2014 Server and StorageIO Update newsletter
Welcome to the April and May 2014 edition of the StorageIO Update (newsletter) containing trends perspectives on cloud, virtualization and data infrastructure topics. In this edition there is coverage...
View ArticleJune 2014 Server and StorageIO Update newsletter
Even with flash SSD vendor and technology consolidation, this is in no way an indication of the health of the market. Quite the opposite in that flash SSD has a very bright future and we are still in...
View ArticleAWS adds Zocalo Enterprise File Sync Share and Collaboration
In case you missed it today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Zocalo an enterprise class storage and file sharing service. As you might have guessed, by being file sync and share of cloud storage...
View ArticleJuly 2014 Server and StorageIO Update newsletter
Server and StorageIO Update newsletter – July 2014 Welcome to the July 2014 edition of the StorageIO Update (newsletter) containing trends perspectives on cloud, virtualization and data infrastructure...
View ArticleSeagate has shipped over 10 Million storage HHDD’s, is that a lot?
These HHDDs or SSHDs are self-contained in that the flash are built-in to the actual drive as part of its internal electronics circuit board (controller). This means that the drives should be...
View ArticleSeptember October 2014 Server and StorageIO Update Newsletter
Hello and welcome to this joint September and October Server and StorageIO update newsletter. Since the August newsletter, things have been busy with a mix of behind the scenes projects, as well as...
View ArticleIs Computer Data Storage Complex? It Depends
I often get asked, or, told that computer data storage is complex with so many options to choose from, apples to oranges comparison among other things.
View ArticlePart II: Seagate 1200 12Gbs Enterprise SAS SSD StorgeIO lab review
The earlier proof-points focused on SSD as a target or storage device. In the following proof-points, the Seagate Enterprise 1200 SSD is used as a shared read cache (write-through). Using a...
View ArticleSeagate 1200 12Gbs Enterprise SAS SSD StorgeIO lab review
Back to the Seagate 1200 12Gbs Enterprise SAS SSD which is covered in this StorageIO Industry Trends Perspective thought leadership white paper. The focus of the white paper is to look at how the...
View ArticleNovember 2014 Server StorageIO Update Newsletter
Hello and welcome to this November Server and StorageIO update newsletter. Enjoy this edition of the Server and StorageIO update newsletter and watch for new tips, articles, StorageIO lab report...
View ArticlePart II: Revisiting re:Invent 2014, Lambda and other AWS updates
In addition to announcing new higher performance Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) compute instances along with container service, another new service is AWS Lambda. Lambda is a service that automatically...
View ArticleCloud Conversations: Revisiting re:Invent 2014 and other AWS updates
AWS made several announcements at re:invent including many around development tools, compute and data storage services. One of those to keep an eye on is cloud based Aurora relational database service...
View ArticleServer Storage I/O Cables Connectors Chargers & other Geek Gifts
It is that time of the year when annual predictions are made for the upcoming year, including those that will be repeated next year or that were also made last year. Then there are the gift lists or...
View ArticleJanuary 2015 Server StorageIO Industry Trends Newsletter
Hello and welcome to this January 2015 Server and StorageIO update newsletter. Its 2015 and the new year is off and running picking up where 2014 left off. January is typically a relatively quiet month...
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