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SMR, HAMR and other HDD technologies you can build on
Hard disk drives could make a comeback in 2020, as new technologies such as SMR, HAMR, MAMR and dual actuators provide more capacity and speed for secondary storage. Continue Reading
The advantages of SAN technology in an HCI world
Is your organization debating whether to replace its SAN with hyper-converged storage? Know the questions to ask, SAN's advantages for certain applications and more. Continue Reading
persistent storage
Persistent storage is any data storage device that retains data after power to that device is shut off. It is also sometimes referred to as non-volatile storage. Continue Reading
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DNA data storage developments demonstrate serious potential
As futuristic as it may sound, writing to DNA-based data storage is well on its way to becoming a possibility. Mainstream use may be a ways away, but development has been steady. Continue Reading
Yes, a true private cloud can now be built
Forget everything you've heard about private cloud storage and start over with a true set of building blocks designed to let you create a public cloud-like infrastructure. Continue Reading
optical disc
An optical disc is an electronic data storage medium that can be written to and read from using a low-powered laser beam.Continue Reading
RAID 0 (disk striping)
RAID 0 (disk striping) is the process of dividing a body of data into blocks and spreading the data blocks across multiple storage devices, such as hard disks or solid-state drives (SSDs), in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) group.Continue Reading
NVMe flash storage is shaking things up
The development of the nonvolatile memory express protocol is a huge step forward in allowing enterprises to maximize the benefits inherent to flash storage. NVMe puts storage closer to the CPU, reduces latency and increases the amount of parallel ...Continue Reading
PATA and SATA: The evolution of disk standards
Disk standards have evolved over time, and while PATA and IDE may have reliability on their side, growing support and advancements for SATA may make it the preferred option.Continue Reading
What's bigger than a terabyte, and how many gigabytes are in a TB?
A terabyte comprises more than a trillion bytes. Discover how the storage measurement scale was created and how much a TB of storage will set you back.Continue Reading
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform
Red Hat OpenStack Platform is a commercially supported distribution of open source OpenStack software designed to build and manage large pools of compute, storage and networking resources in public and private clouds.Continue Reading
block storage
Block storage is an approach to data storage in which each storage volume acts as an individual hard drive that is configured by the storage administrator. In the block storage model, data is saved to the storage media in fixed-sized chunks called ...Continue Reading
OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder)
OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) is open source software designed to create and manage a service that provides persistent data storage to cloud computing applications.Continue Reading
Open source technology promises to alter enterprise storage
Open source storage software could alter the face of the industry by cutting costs and delivering greater flexibility over existing storage infrastructure.Continue Reading
open source storage
Open source storage is data storage software developed in a public, collaborative manner that permits the free use, distribution and modification of the source code.Continue Reading
ZFS
ZFS is a local file system and logical volume manager created by Sun Microsystems to control the placement, storage and retrieval of data in enterprise computing systems.Continue Reading
Take a deep dive into software-defined storage products
Understanding the software-defined storage market is key to getting real value from an implementation, as is proper research and planning before making any product or vendor decisions.Continue Reading
brontobyte
A brontobyte is a measure of memory or data storage that is equal to 10 to the 27th power of bytes.Continue Reading
Ceph
Ceph is open source software providing scalable object-, block- and file-based storage under a unified system. Red Hat and SUSE sell commercially supported versions of Ceph.Continue Reading
Hadoop Distributed File System options for big data
Because big data can scale to petabytes of capacity, organizations are looking to manage it in ways that are easier and less expensive than traditional scale-out NAS. Object storage and software-defined storage are frequently mentioned as big data ...Continue Reading
file storage
File storage stores data in a hierarchical structure, usually in a NAS system. The system storing data and the client retrieving data see files and folders in the same format.Continue Reading
cold storage
Cold storage is a computer system designed for retaining inactive data, such as information required for regulatory compliance, at low cost and high efficiency.Continue Reading
Load DynamiX
Load DynamiX is a storage performance testing appliance that can simulate production workloads and virtual desktop infrastructure workloads to determine how a system handles stress before putting that system into production. Appliances support all ...Continue Reading
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.Continue Reading
What is eventual consistency in object stores?
Eventual consistency in object stores can be an issue because object storage is spread over many nodes and up-to-date data may not always be available.Continue Reading
Why choose object storage systems over file storage?
Traditional file storage can have a hard time handling today's massive amounts of metadata. Learn why object storage has become a popular replacement.Continue Reading
Dell EqualLogic
Dell EqualLogic storage-area network arrays provide varying capacities of hard disk drives and solid-state drives using iSCSI and SATA controllers.Continue Reading
Decisions, decisions: VDI storage considerations and choices
With this essential guide, understand the different choices and strategies available when choosing storage for a virtual desktop environment.Continue Reading
storage node
A storage node is typically a physical server with one or more hard-disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state drives (SDDs).Continue Reading
FLAPE
FLAPE (flash plus tape) is an approach to tiered storage that allows administrators to archive data as soon as it is written.Continue Reading
Purpose-built storage for virtual machines
Vendors are offering storage systems specifically engineered for virtual machines with an approach that's fundamentally different from SAN or NAS.Continue Reading
green storage
Green storage is the practice of using a variety of "clean energy" storage methods and products to cut down on a data center's carbon footprint, as well as cost.Continue Reading
RADOS Block Device (RBD)
A RADOS Block Device (RBD) is software that facilitates the storage of block-based data in the open source Ceph distributed storage system.Continue Reading
RADOS (Reliable Autonomic Distributed Object Store)
Reliable Autonomic Distributed Object Store (RADOS) is an object storage service with the ability to scale to thousands of hardware devices by making use of management software that runs on each of the individual nodes. RADOS is an integral part of ...Continue Reading
Three considerations to ensure data storage efficiency
Vendors often claim their products cut out storage inefficiency, but administrators can make a difference as well with some planning.Continue Reading
Stop the data storage presses, flape is here!
Musing over a new acronym, we can see how, once again, what's new is really what's old.Continue Reading
Make sense of all-flash array vendors' wild flash performance claims
Dennis Martin reveals how to interpret the often inscrutable flash performance claims of all-flash array vendors, from IOPS to throughput and latency.Continue Reading
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.Continue Reading
How does a scale-out NAS environment affect storage management?
Phil Goodwin explains how scale-out NAS systems simplify storage management through a single point of control and by combating performance problems.Continue Reading
data retention
Data retention, also called records retention, is the continued storage of an organization's data for compliance or business reasons. Continue Reading
SATA controller
A SATA controller handles how hard drives are connected to a computer's motherboard.Continue Reading
Choosing storage for streaming large files in big data sets
Learn how to select storage that can both scale and perform to effectively stream large files in big data environments.Continue Reading
Big file storage scales for large data applications
There are two sides to the big data story: analytics using vast numbers of small files, and dealing with storage for really big files.Continue Reading
Server SAN infrastructure model of Google, Facebook poised to spread
Wikibon senior analyst predicts that the server SAN infrastructure model of Google, Facebook, Amazon could spread to enterprise IT, service providers.Continue Reading
External storage might make sense for Hadoop
Using Hadoop to drive big data analytics doesn't necessarily mean building clusters of distributed storage; a good old array might be a better choice.Continue Reading
hot data
Hot data is a reference to data that is accessed the most by an organization.Continue Reading
Express Bay
Express Bay is an externally accessible storage slot that is designed to accept a high-performance PCI Express (PCIe) solid-state drive (SSD),Continue Reading
read cache
A read cache is a computer storage component that temporarily keeps a copy of data from a slower permanent storage location in order to accelerate the fulfillment of future requests for the data.Continue Reading
Big data storage challenges eased by metadata, caching and compression
Systems that provide fast access to metadata, caching and heavy compression help ease media-rich big data storage challenges, Wikibon CTO says.Continue Reading
Complete guide to Hadoop technology and storage
Learn how Apache Hadoop works, some of its benefits and drawbacks, and what it means for big data and cloud storage.Continue Reading
Erasure coding tradeoffs include additional storage, disk update needs
Erasure coding tradeoffs include requirement for additional data storage, need to update extra disks for redundancy purposes, UC professor cautions.Continue Reading
Erasure coding brings trade-off of resilience vs. performance
IT's decision on using erasure coding in storage rests on data importance, durability more than amount of data, says storage consultant Marc Staimer.Continue Reading
Erasure coding definition: RAID 5, RAID 6 are most common forms
Erasure coding definition: RAID 5, RAID 6 are most common forms; UC professor explains different types, appropriate workloads, product differentiators.Continue Reading
Accelerate the performance of virtual machines with flash technology
Learn where to implement flash in your environment to tackle virtual machine performance issues.Continue Reading
Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA)
The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is an international organization whose goal is to help its members promote Fibre Channel (FC) technology.Continue Reading
XAM (eXtensible Access Method)
XAM (eXtensible Access Method) is a standard that makes it easier to manage fixed content by freeing data from dependencies on location, applications and storage devices.Continue Reading
Expert offers top tips on Amazon S3 vs. Azure storage
Consultant Marc Staimer offers practical advice on comparing Amazon S3 and Windows Azure Storage with use cases for enterprise IT shops in mind.Continue Reading
Understanding stripped-down hyperscale storage for big data use cases
Stripped-down hyperscale storage provides rapid, efficient expansion to handle big data use cases such as Web serving and database applications.Continue Reading
Data migration projects: Avoid data migration errors with automation, orphaned storage remediation
Learn the top three things users should do when planning a data migration project, what data migration tools you should have, describe some of the most common data migration errors, and describe some storage environment challenges when migrating ...Continue Reading
wide-area file services (WAFS)
Wide-area file services (WAFS) is a storage technology that makes it possible to access a remote data center as though it were local. Among other benefits, WAFS enables businesses, academic institutions, and government agencies having numerous ...Continue Reading
storage consolidation
Storage consolidation, also called storage convergence is a method of centralizing data storage among multiple servers.Continue Reading
carrier hotel (colocation center)
A carrier hotel, also called a colocation center, is a secure physical site or building where data communications media converge and are interconnected... (Continued)Continue Reading
storage service provider (SSP)
Also see two related terms, application service provider and management service provider.Continue Reading