Podcasts
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Storage Spaces Direct a key option in Windows Server 2016 features
Windows Server 2016 includes new and updated capabilities with Storage Spaces, Storage Replica, Storage Quality of Service, data deduplication and Resilient File System.
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NVMe, NVMe over Fabrics protocols merit consideration
NVMe protocols are growing in importance as enterprises switch to flash storage. Demartek founder Dennis Martin explains the technologies and why IT needs to keep an eye on them.
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Analyst: 3D NAND technology could stick around for 20 years
3D NAND flash will probably stick around for 20 years, despite continued higher cost-per-GB of NAND flash vs. hard disk drives, says semiconductor analyst Jim Handy.
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Weigh private vs. public cloud for cold data storage
The private cloud versus public cloud decision for cold data storage hinges on data amounts, length of storage and access needs, consultant advises.
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Object-oriented storage performance improves to handle primary data
Consultant Marc Staimer explains how vendors have improved the performance of object storage so it can be considered a viable option for primary data.
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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.
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VMware hypervisor swap-out means loss of data storage features
Switching from VMware's hypervisor to a commercial or open source alternative might necessitate third-party tools to replace storage features.
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A tiered storage model is different from caching
In this podcast, Evaluator Group strategist Randy Kerns looks in-depth at today's tiered storage model, including how it differs from flash caching.
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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.
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How NAND flash degrades and what vendors do to increase SSD endurance
Storage Switzerland senior analyst Eric Slack digs into the technical aspects of SSD cell degradation and how vendors are increasing SSD endurance.
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Decoding common virtual data storage terms
In this podcast, Storage Switzerland analyst Eric Slack breaks down some common virtual storage definitions to help you decode the gibberish.
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Target audience to determine big data storage solutions in M&E area
Wikibon CTO predicts object-based systems will be popular as big data storage solutions; advises tape for long-form video files, disk for short clips.
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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.
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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.
Photo Stories
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Speeds of storage networking technologies rise as flash use spikes
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Keep tabs on the following data storage startup vendors in 2017
Videos
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What new storage capabilities are coming in OpenStack Pike?
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How does storage capacity growth affect operations?
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How to survive the growth of unstructured data and capacity limits
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The resilient and adaptable nature of object data
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Majority of object storage use cases point back to the cloud
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EMC Unity dashboard demo reveals management features