January 2012
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January 31, 2012
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steady state
Steady state is a condition in which a solid state flash drive has experienced enough program/erase (P/E) cycles that performance times for write operations becomes stable and can be evaluated in a consistent manner. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2012
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Jan'12
Nimbus CEO: Early SSD technology adoption in the Web, cloud
The operators of Web- and cloud-based businesses who rely on speedy website access are among the major adopters of SSD technology. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2012
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Jan'12
EMC Isilon aims to make Hadoop storage ready for enterprise
EMC Isilon wants to make Hadoop storage an enterprise play; the company's latest release natively supports HDFS on Isilon’s OneFS OS. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2012
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Jan'12
Nimbus makes its all-flash storage enterprise ready
Nimbus adds dual controller architecture to the all-flash storage arrays it has been selling for nearly two years. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2012
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Jan'12
Scale-out network-attached storage: What you need to know
Scale-out NAS is replacing traditional network-attached storage. In this guide, you’ll find out how to stay ahead of this emerging technology trend. Continue Reading
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January 30, 2012
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server-based SSD
A server-based SSD is a solid state drive that may be manufactured in a PCI Express form factor. Continue Reading
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January 30, 2012
30
Jan'12
managed storage
Managed storage is the process of offloading an organization’s data storage requirements to an outside managed service provider. Continue Reading
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January 30, 2012
30
Jan'12
Archiving in the cloud: Asking all the right questions
Are you considering archiving in the cloud? Learn the crucial questions to ask a cloud storage provider and how USC has implemented a massive cloud archive. Continue Reading
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January 30, 2012
30
Jan'12
Storage efficiency and data center optimization
Optimizing the data center is a major initiative for most IT operations. Optimization includes using resources more effectively, adding more efficient systems with greater capabilities and ... Continue Reading
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January 27, 2012
27
Jan'12
Virtual storage appliances drill-down: Optimizing VSAs
Read about one type of virtual storage appliance, the optimizing VSA, which improve the performance of storage access either via large caching mechanisms or via customized file systems. Continue Reading
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January 27, 2012
27
Jan'12
Quantum closing in on cloud backup
Quantum over the coming months will offer cloud backup through a combination of its DXi deduplication appliances, vmPro virtual backup and … well, that’s all we know so far. Quantum CEO Jon Gacek ... Continue Reading
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January 26, 2012
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Jan'12
AWS Storage Gateway creates 'co-opetition' with cloud appliances
Amazon’s AWS Storage Gateway may be creating 'co-opetition' with other cloud appliances, but appears to be lacking in enterprise features. Continue Reading
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January 26, 2012
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Jan'12
LSI accelerates Project Lighting into Warp speed
EMC is set to officially launch its VFCache (code-name Project Lighting) product Feb. 6, but LSI filled in one detail about the server-side flash caching product Wednesday. LSI CEO Abhi Talwalkar ... Continue Reading
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January 25, 2012
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Cleversafe Inc. prepares 10 exabyte storage system for big data
Worried about keeping up with data growth? Cleversafe Inc. unveils model for a 10 exabyte storage system using geographically dispersed objects. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2012
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EMC's Tucci looks at data storage trends, spending forecast
EMC CEO Joe Tucci predicts storage spending will outgrow lackluster IT spending in 2012 despite global financial woes and hard drive shortages. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2012
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EMC's Tucci: I'm sticking around
EMC CEO Joe Tucci has changed his mind about retiring at the end of the year. During EMC’s earnings conference call today, Tucci said he has agreed with a request from EMC’s board to stay on as ... Continue Reading
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January 24, 2012
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Jan'12
How to implement storage virtualization technology at the server level
Learn about storage virtualization technology at the server-, or host, level, including info on products from Virsto, VMware, DataCore, LeftHand and FalconStor. Continue Reading
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January 23, 2012
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fresh out of the box (FOB)
Fresh out of the box (FOB) is a term used in solid state storage (SSS) to describe a flash memory device that has experienced few or no program/erase (P/E) cycles since the device was manufactured. Continue Reading
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January 23, 2012
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write amplification factor (WAF)
Write amplification factor (WAF) is a numerical value that represents the amount of data a solid state storage controller has to write in relation to the amount of data that the host’s flash controller has to write. Continue Reading
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January 23, 2012
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Jan'12
SSD form factor
An SSD form factor is the size, configuration or physical arrangement of solid state storage (SSS) media. Continue Reading