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Data center storage
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 data storage typically used in storage-area network (SAN) environments where data is stored in volumes, also referred to as blocks. 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
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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
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Definitions to Get Started
View All Definitions 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
Extract the most value from the software-defined storage market
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
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
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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