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Data center storage

• 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

• 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

• Definitions to Get Started

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform
  • block storage
  • OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder)
  • open source storage

  • ZFS
  • brontobyte
  • Ceph
  • file storage

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• 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

• 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

• 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