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I/O blender effect
The I/O blender effect is a phenomenon in virtualized environments that degrades storage performance. The I/O blender effect occurs when multiple virtual machines (VMs) all send their input/output (I/O) streams to a hypervisor for processing.
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I/O contention (input/output contention)
I/O contention (input/output contention), occurs when virtual machines compete for I/O resources because there is a limited storage bandwidth.
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I/O virtualization (IOV)
I/O virtualization (IOV), or input/output virtualization, is technology that uses software to abstract upper-layer protocols from physical connections or physical transports.
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IBM General Parallel File System (IBM GPFS)
The IBM General Parallel File System is one of the top file systems used in high-performance computing and the basis for many storage products used in supercomputing.
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IBM racetrack memory
Racetrack memory is a type of non-volatile, solid-state nanotech memory being developed by IBM.
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IBM Spectrum
IBM ships six storage and management software products that fall under the IBM Spectrum umbrella. They provide services such as capacity, data movement and backup.
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IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) refers to the integration of the controller and drive.
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iFCP (Internet Fibre Channel Protocol)
iFCP (Internet Fibre Channel Protocol) is an emerging standard for extending Fibre Channel storage networks across the Internet.
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illumos
Illumos is a free, open source operating system (OS) developed as a fork of Unix-based OpenSolaris, the open source community-built derivative of the Solaris OS.
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InfiniBand
InfiniBand is an architecture and specification for data flow between processors and I/O devices. The technology is most often used in high-performance computing (
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information architecture
In technical writing, information architecture is the set of ideas about how all information in a given context should be treated philosophically and, in a general way, how it should be organized.
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information life cycle management (ILM)
Information life cycle management (ILM) is a comprehensive approach to managing the flow of an information system's data and associated metadata from creation and initial storage to the time when it becomes obsolete and is deleted.
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intelligent switch
An intelligent switch is a high-level storage area network (SAN) routing switch that provides features such as storage virtualization, quality of service (QoS), remote mirroring, data sharing, protocol conversion, and advanced security.
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International Standard Recording Code (ISRC)
The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is an international code used to identify sound and audio-visual recordings on compact discs (CDs), music videos, and other media, primarily to ensure royalty payments.
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Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) adapter
An iSCSI adapter is a network interface card that enables the transmission of data between host computers and iSCSI-based storage arrays and typically handles the TCP/IP processing.