July 2015 Server StorageIO Update Newsletter
In addition to big fast data, other content solution applications include: content distribution network (CDN) content caching, network function virtualization (NFV), software-defined network (SDN),...
View ArticleIntel and Micron unveil new 3D XPoint Non Volatie Memory (NVM) for servers...
In a webcast the other day, Intel and Micron announced new 3D XPoint non-volatile memory (NVM) that can be used for both primary main memory (e.g. what’s in computers, serves, laptops, tablets and many...
View ArticlePart III – 3D XPoint new server storage memory from Intel and Micron
The initial die or basic chip building block 3D XPoint implementation is a layer 128 Gbit device which if using 8 bits would yield 16GB raw. Over time increased densities should become available as the...
View ArticlePart II – Intel and Micron new 3D XPoint server and storage NVM
3D XPoint is not NAND flash, it is also not NVRAM or DRAM, it’s a new class of NVM that can be used for server class main memory with persistency, or as persistent data storage among other uses (cell...
View ArticleSupermicro CSE-M14TQC Use your media bay to add 12 Gbps SAS SSD drives to...
Do you have a computer server, workstation or mini-tower PC that needs to have more 2.5" form factor hard disk drive (HDD), solid state device (SSD) or hybrid flash drives added yet no expansion space?...
View ArticleSome August 2015 Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure Cloud Updates
Cloud Services Providers continue to extend their feature, function and capabilities and the following are two examples. Being a customer of both Amazon Web Services (AWS) as well as Microsoft Azure...
View ArticleNon Volatile Memory (NVM), NVMe, Flash Memory Summit and SSD updates
The question is not if NVM is in your future, it is! Instead the questions are what type of NVM including NAND flash among other mediums will be deployed where, using what type of packaging or...
View ArticleAugust Server StorageIO Update Newsletter – NVM and Flash SSD Focus
This months feature topic theme is Non Volatile Memory (NVM) which includes technologies such as NAND flash commonly used in Solid State Devices (SSDs) storage today, as well as in USB thumb drive,...
View ArticleFall 2015 Server Storage I/O Cloud Virtual Seminars Going Dutch
It’s that time of the year again where the fall 2015 events and activities are underway which also includes a week of sessions in Holland October 13-16. I will be participating in four days of workshop...
View ArticlePACE your Server Storage I/O decision making, its about application requirements
A theme I mention in the above two articles as well as elsewhere about server, storage I/O and applications is PACE. That is, application Performance Availably Capacity Economics (PACE). Different...
View ArticleServer StorageIO October 2015 Update Newsletter
This edition of the Server StorageIO update newsletter has a focus on industry trends perspectives including recent M&A and PTSA activity. In addition to industry fall industry M&A and PTSA...
View ArticleThe NVMe Place (Non Volatile Memory Express)
Welcome to the NVM Express (NVMe) place containing various links and content on you guessed it, NVMe, which is a companion to The SSD Place, which has a broader Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) focus...
View ArticleRIP Windows SIS (Single Instance Storage), or at least in Server 2016
Single Instance Storage (SIS) has been removed from Windows Server 2016 (Read the Microsoft Announcement here, or below). Windows SIS is part of Microsoft’s portfolio of tools and technology for...
View ArticleServer StorageIO January 2016 Update Newsletter
Is it just me, or did January disappear in a flash like data stored in non-persistent volatile DRAM memory when the power is turned off? It seems like just the other day that it was the first day of...
View ArticleBig Files and Lots of Little File Processing and Benchmarking with Vdbench
Need to test a server, storage I/O networking, hardware, software, services, cloud, virtual, physical or other environment that is either doing some form of file processing, or, that you simply want to...
View ArticleVarious Hardware (SAS, SATA, NVM, M2) and Software (VHD) Defined Odd’s and Ends
Ever need to add another GbE port to a small server, workstation or perhaps Intel NUC, however no PCIe slots are available? How about attaching a M2 form factor flash SSD card to a server or device...
View ArticleEMC DSSD D5 Rack Scale Direct Attached Shared SSD All Flash Array Part I
EMC announced today the general availability of their DSSD D5 Shared Direct Attached SSD (DAS) flash storage system (e.g. All Flash Array or AFA) which is a rack-scale solution. If you recall, EMC...
View ArticlePart II – EMC DSSD D5 Direct Attached Shared AFA
Up to 48 Linux servers attach via dual port PCIe Gen 3 x8 cards that are stateless. Stateless simply means they do not have any flash or are not being used as storage cards, rather, they are...
View ArticleServer StorageIO February 2016 Update Newsletter
Even with an extra day during the month of February, there was a lot going on in a short amount of time. This included industry activity from servers to storage and I/O networking, hardware, software,...
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