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HA storage (high-availability storage)
High-availability storage (HA storage) is a storage system that is continuously operational or provides at least 99% uptime. Continue Reading
OpenStack Summit news: Storage and backup rank 6th on use-case list
An OpenStack Summit end-user survey shows storage and backup rank sixth among top applications, workloads in use with OpenStack cloud technology. Continue Reading
CEO corner: Sanbolic Melio 5, flash and the future of data storage
Sanbolic CEO Momchil Michailov discusses distributed storage, the power of software and commodity hardware and the future of flash. Continue Reading
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Storage pros reap rewards in 2013 salary survey
Our Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2013 Salary Survey offers encouraging news: pay for storage pros rose again to an average of $98,082. Salaries have climbed steadily over the decade, but new capacity demands and other challenges have ... Continue Reading
Martin: Using SSD as cache
In this segment of his Storage Decisions presentation, Dennis Martin of Demartek discusses the benefits of using SSD as cache. Continue Reading
SSD installation: Server-based vs. network-based
Dennis Martin of Demartek discusses server-based and network-based flash implementation when it comes to SSD installation.Continue Reading
Terascala storage appliance upholds research at University of Florida
When the University of Florida built a new data center, it chose the Terascala HPC storage appliance to store data from more than 150 research groups.Continue Reading
DataCore chairman: Software-defined storage can help SSD performance
In this interview, DataCore Chairman Ziya Aral talks about the relevance of SSDs and the way software-defined storage can help SSD performance.Continue Reading
Array freebies are still the storage management tool of choice
We asked survey respondents about the effectiveness of the storage management tool they're using in their computing environments and the capabilities they require in a tool.Continue Reading
Big data storage and analytics
There are two basic types of big data analytics—synchronous and asynchronous—but both have big data storage appetites and specialized needs.Continue Reading
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Big data storage and analytics
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
Salary survey 2013: Salaries for data storage pros continue to climb
The heavy workloads remain but the pay is a little better and the benefits are a plus. Our data storage salary survey 2013 paints a favorable picture.Continue Reading
Sub-LUN auto tiering performance considerations
Leah Schoeb of Evaluator Group discusses sub-LUN auto tiering performance considerations in this Expert Answer.Continue Reading
Salary survey 2013: Salaries for data storage pros continue to climb
How the future of data storage will stack up
In the near future, data storage won't be a passive player as it integrates more closely with applications and workloads.Continue Reading
Can we have an adult conversation about software-defined storage?
All this talk about software-defined storage seems to be missing the point. Hasn't software always defined properly constructed IT infrastructure?Continue Reading
The fundamentals of troubleshooting VMware performance
Storage expert George Crump outlines the major VMware performance tuning points, from the network to switches, controllers and devices.Continue Reading
Can we have an adult conversation about software-defined storage?
How the future of data storage will stack up
Hyper-V storage best practices to optimize your virtual environment
Microsoft expert Brien Posey walks through the best storage tips and features to make the most out of a Hyper-V environment.Continue Reading
How to define SDN: Understanding its function and value
Jon Toigo explains what software-defined networking is all about, and whether SDN implementations live up to expectations.Continue Reading
Moving data to the cloud: Advice, how-to tips and use cases
In this handbook on finding the right data for cloud storage, industry experts Marc Staimer and Arun Taneja share their best practices and experiences with cloud installations and moving data to the cloud. They’ll outline how to evaluate your ...Continue Reading
The past, present and future of RAID data protection
Seemingly everyone working in IT knows the power of RAID, and setting various RAID levels continues to be a solid foundation of a data protection strategy. But RAID efficiency is being put to the test by rapidly expanding data stores, and the ...Continue Reading
Tintri expands VM-aware storage line, adds global management
Tintri Inc. pushes for the enterprise with its VMstore T650 VM-aware storage appliance and adds a global management interface to support 32 systems.Continue Reading
How OpenStack Storage fits in the larger open source OpenStack picture
IDC analyst Ashish Nadkarni explains how OpenStack Storage's Swift and Cinder fit into the larger open source OpenStack cloud computing platform.Continue Reading
How OpenStack Block Storage differs from traditional block storage
OpenStack Block Storage differs from integrated stacks of traditional block storage, says IDC analyst; it's more akin to storage virtualization.Continue Reading
File storage and management issues growing, but mostly under control
Our latest survey finds the biggest problem with file storage and management is backup. Learn how respondents are managing file storage.Continue Reading
Networking server-based storage
Direct-attached or server-based storage is gaining renewed attention as emerging techs offer ways to pool and share this scalable storage resource.Continue Reading
Networking server-based storage
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
Data storage efficiency tips: Reuse, virtualize, don't overdo flash
Jon Toigo laid out his plan for data storage efficiency at Storage Decisions: Embrace block virtualization, SRM and archiving, but go easy on flash.Continue Reading
Data storage options: Exploring clustering, pooling, unified systems
Storage expert Phil Goodwin discusses several different options for storing large data sets on traditional storage systems.Continue Reading
Using an object storage system as a traditional array alternative
Storage expert Phil Goodwin discusses how object-based storage provides better flexibility and scalability than traditional shared 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
Future of data storage: Addressing traditional architecture problems
Storage expert Phil Goodwin discusses the main issues with traditional primary storage options and how those issues are being addressed.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
Wikibon CTO: Erasure coding can help reduce data backup costs
Erasure coding can help reduce the data needed for backups and lower the cost of backup and recovery over the traditional approach, Wikibon CTO says.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
Do Hadoop benefits outweigh problems with the technology?
Analyst John Webster discusses some of the criticism surrounding Hadoop technology and why it's still a hot topic.Continue Reading
Uses for Hadoop: Exploring the storage, appliance and analytics options
Analyst John Webster describes how data can best be stored with Hadoop and what it will take to drive wider adoption.Continue Reading
Coraid Inc. changes CEO, sticks with scale-out storage strategy
Kevin Brown steps down as Coraid CEO; new CEO Dave Kresse said he will accelerate the Ethernet SAN vendor's scale-out storage strategy.Continue Reading
Understanding storage options for big data projects
Ben Woo discusses why some storage options are better for big data than others, and what to consider when carrying out a big data project.Continue Reading
Red Hat Storage Server 2.1 improves geo-replication performance
Software-only Red Hat Storage Server improves geo-replication performance and updates OpenStack support, but doesn't add erasure codes or SMB 3.0.Continue Reading
How essential is a Hadoop infrastructure to a big data environment?
Expert Jon Toigo explains why Hadoop and big data are frequently used together, but argues that Hadoop has a number of downfalls.Continue Reading
More choices for virtual server backups
Virtualizing servers has had an impact on nearly every facet of storage operations, but moving from physical to virtual servers had the greatest effect on backup. Firms tried traditional approaches with backup agents in each virtual machine and ...Continue Reading
Who's making the decisions about today's IT purchases?
ESG data shows users are making more and more rogue IT purchases. Here's why it's happening and how IT can mitigate further risks.Continue Reading
There ain't no cure for the summertime data storage technologies blues
The latest forecast for data storage technologies has LTFS heating up, clouds rather cool and the forecast perhaps changing for solid-state storage.Continue Reading
Evolution of a big data environment: How storage options are changing
In this podcast, expert Jon Toigo describes how traditional storage infrastructures and practices have been changing to accommodate big data.Continue Reading
Storage considerations for a big data infrastructure
Jon Toigo discusses what big data is, the popularity of object storage and how to determine the best storage for a big data infrastructure.Continue Reading
Who's making the decisions about today's IT purchases?
There ain't no cure for the summertime data storage technologies blues
Benefits of performing analytics on big data outweigh any difficulties
Companies of all sizes can benefit from performing analytics on big data. Learn what role various technologies might play in a big data environment.Continue Reading
Big data storage architecture: Categories, strengths and use cases
We explore distributed nodes, scale-out NAS, all-SSD arrays and object storage as choices for a storage architecture for big data.Continue Reading
Dell boosts Foglight's virtual storage management support
Dell's Foglight for Storage Management includes support for more arrays and performance monitoring.Continue Reading
Managing storage for virtual environments: A complete guide
Find best practices, top tips and the most effective tools for managing storage in virtual environments in this essential guide.Continue Reading
How to allocate and configure virtual machine storage
Two key tasks of a virtual server implementation are determining how much storage will be needed to support the system, and how to handle the initial provisioning and configuration of the virtual storage. The complexity of shared storage, ...Continue Reading
Stalled technology refresh plans pick up some steam
Thirty-two percent of our survey respondents are undergoing a technology refresh update, and 33% plan to upgrade in the next six to 12 months.Continue Reading
Configuring Hyper-V storage
New storage features in Windows Server and Hyper-V make storage configuration and maintenance easier for Microsoft–based virtual environments.Continue Reading
Stop making sense out of the data storage market
We need a new rating system to sort out what's going on in the data storage market. Editorial Director Rich Castagna offers his system to readers.Continue Reading
Cloud-based DR to the rescue
Disaster recovery (DR) scenarios used to require dedicated or rented alternate data center sites, but cloud storage services have helped slash the cost of getting data offsite in a recoverable mode. Pairing cloud storage with cloud-based servers ...Continue Reading
Using cloud storage: Tips on SLAs, file sharing, archiving and more
Cloud storage expert Howard Marks offers how-to advice to IT managers on topics ranging from SLAs to archiving and file sharing in the cloud.Continue Reading
Storage for virtual environments: Storage management best practices
Expert David Davis explains how storage administrators can avoid some common obstacles in managing storage for a virtual environment.Continue Reading
How virtual server storage trends affect management
David Davis explains that virtualization is changing the role of traditional storage admins, but in some ways makes their job easier.Continue Reading
Enterprise storage management: Virtualizing storage, cloud, top tools
In this expert podcast, David Davis explains what tools help administrators best manage their virtual storage environments.Continue Reading
Buyer’s checklist on storage for big data applications
The attributes of big data applications are often described as the four Vs: volume, velocity, variety and variability. Taken singly, any one of those traits would pose a serious challenge to traditional storage systems; when combined, they force a ...Continue Reading
Stop making sense out of the data storage market
Stalled technology refresh plans pick up some steam
Windows Storage Spaces
Windows Storage Spaces is a feature in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 that is used to virtualize and provision storage.Continue Reading
Coraid EtherDrive helps Emerson College simplify its VM management
Emerson College moved off its Fibre Channel SAN and simplified its virtual server environment with Coraid's EtherDrive SRX Ethernet storage array.Continue Reading
Best practices for SSD technologies
No longer a luxury item for well-heeled data centers, SSD technologies are more affordable than ever and come in a variety of form factors with a choice of deployment options.Continue Reading
Virtual data protection: Seeing is believing
Virtual data protection is hard, but could be easier if you had a better view into what's going on. Learn how to increase visibility into your virtualization protection solution.Continue Reading
Back to the future: Fleeting data storage technologies
Are all those new data storage technologies on the market actually new or is it déjà vu, only this time with cool new names masking the old ideas lurking underneath?Continue Reading
How to get the most out of solid-state technology
Our research shows solid-state technology usage is skyrocketing, with more than a third of data storage shops using flash now. Dennis Martin, a leading expert on solid-state storage, describes how companies can use the still costly storage to their ...Continue Reading
Gas firm uses Riverbed Granite to consolidate remote site storage
Gas exploration firm uses Riverbed Steelhead, and Riverbed Granite hardware and virtual appliances to consolidate storage in remote sites.Continue Reading
Back to the future: Fleeting data storage technologies
Best practices for SSD technologies
Nasuni streamlines cloud controller management
New management console for Nasuni Filer lets customers manage cloud controllers at multiple sites through one tool.Continue Reading
Startup CloudByte wants to improve cloud storage QoS with ElastiStor
CloudByte chases service providers and heavily virtualized enterprises with software that gives application-specific storage Quality of Service.Continue Reading
How Windows Server 2012 R2 will change storage management
Microsoft MVP Brien Posey explains how new features in Windows Server 2012 R2, such as native tiering and deduplication, affect storage management.Continue Reading
Hadoop clusters: Benefits and challenges for big data analytics
Brien Posey explains how Hadoop clusters can be extremely beneficial to large amounts of unstructured data, but aren't ideal for all environments.Continue Reading
FlexPod architecture: Top five things you should know
FlexPods may seem like an easy way to implement storage and a hypervisor at once, but Brien Posey explains there are several things to consider first.Continue Reading
Tips to lower data storage costs: Don't always fall for the new stuff
Experts at Storage Decisions gave their storage tips on how to buy systems and get the most from technologies such as CDP and file collaboration.Continue Reading
Does RAID have a place in object-oriented storage environments?
Expert Brien Posey explains whether RAID technology can bring any benefits to an object storage environment.Continue Reading
Storage for VDI: How to manage your costs
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) projects can cause frustration for IT managers who want to keep end users happy and VDI costs on par with the cost of traditional PC implementations. VDIs place different I/O and read/write demands on the storage...Continue Reading
Top tips for OpenStack Swift object storage use
Senior cloud architect Beth Cohen offers tips on how to use OpenStack Swift object storage in the most efficient and economical ways.Continue Reading
Can data storage equipment pass the Yoga Pants Test?
What criteria are you basing your data storage equipment purchases on: a prestigious label or real-world requirements?Continue Reading
Wanted: Storage professionals
All this talk about storage being a commodity might make storage professionals feel inferior. But if you look at storage pay, those gloom-and-doom prophecies just don't add up.Continue Reading
Improve data storage efficiency with archiving technology
Data archiving technology moves inactive data from primary storage to more suitable media. It may be used for compliance, governance or storage efficiency. By moving data to less-expensive media, an archiving strategy can help avoid new capacity ...Continue Reading
Can data storage equipment pass the Yoga Pants Test?
Wanted: Storage professionals
How to overcome flash-based storage limitations to ensure efficiency
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains why flash storage isn't a cure-all and how users can avoid some of the downfalls associated with the technology.Continue Reading
Tiering storage: Best practices to promote efficiency
Storage expert Jon Toigo explains how to effectively use storage tiering to boost efficiency and ultimately cut storage costs.Continue Reading
RAID alternatives: Will erasure codes rule?
Learn why the reliability of RAID technologies could be related to the increased use of erasure coding by both new and established storage vendors.Continue Reading
Can storage hypervisors bring high availability to the cloud?
Learn how the advanced functionality of a storage hypervisor provides a cloud infrastructure with high availability.Continue Reading
Is there any popular software that allows me to share PCIe SSD cards?
Learn the different methods to share PCIe SSD cards among multiple servers to improve performance and still keep costs down.Continue Reading
Can object storage systems be used with file-based apps?
Learn how to use applications such as Microsoft Exchange or SQL Server with object storage systems on the back end.Continue Reading
Storage considerations for a Hadoop implementation
Storage Switzerland analyst Colm Keegan explains how to determine whether a SAN or NAS should be used as primary storage with Hadoop.Continue Reading
Synchronous mirroring with DataCore boosts telecom's DR strategy
Great Plains Communications discovered DataCore SANsymphony-V storage and received the synch mirroring needed to beef up its DR strategy.Continue Reading
Which devices do I need for I/O virtualization?
Jon Toigo explains how I/O virtualization can simplify the server configuration used to host VMs and its role as an enabling technology for I/O processing.Continue Reading