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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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Data durability guarantees shouldn't be big concern with cloud storage

Data durability guarantees of cloud storage providers shouldn't be a big point of concern for customers; they're too tough to measure and enforce.
SAN and NAS storage trends include software-defined storage, flash

Forrester Research analyst Henry Baltazar predicts the top SAN and NAS storage trends over the next five years.
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.
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.
How to access cloud storage: Transfer, retrieval not so simple

Public cloud data access is straightforward, but data transfer to another provider or in-house could leave users on their own, analyst warns.
RHEV 3.1 storage: Functionality and considerations

Virtualization expert Sander van Vugt explains how RHEV storage works and discusses some of the new storage features in version 3.1.
What you need to know about improving iSCSI performance

Storage expert Dennis Martin discusses how technologies like Data Center Bridging, CHAP, IPsec and iSCSI offload adapters affect iSCSI performance.
Brian Madden: Why VDI performance improvements don’t rest on SSD alone

VDI expert Brian Madden argues that SSD alone is not a panacea for VDI performance issues and that sharing images to save capacity is a bad idea.
VM storage efficiency technologies: Dedupe, compression, thin provisioning

Thin provisioning, deduplication and compression are key storage efficiency technologies for IT shops to consider using in VM environments.
PCIe SSD technology offers benefits beyond speed

In this Q&A, expert Mark Peters looks beyond speed and talks about some of the price and performance benefits of PCIe SSDs.
Third-party tools help with VMware monitoring for storage

Third-party tools provide a single interface to help IT shops monitor the performance of storage, servers and network traffic in VMware environments.
Running VDI, virtual machines on SSD: Matching form factor to application

Solid-state storage can supply performance boost for virtual machines (VMs) running I/O-intensive apps, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) boot storms, random data-access needs.
Understanding storage and VMware vCenter Server components

In this expert podcast, with VMware expert Mike Laverick, we discuss the storage aspects of VMware vCenter Server components.
vSphere 5 storage: New storage management functionality, vSphere Storage Appliance

In this interview, find out more about new vSphere 5 storage features and how they compare to vSphere 4’s, how the new vSphere Storage Appliance works, and the latest on vStorage APIs.
Understanding primary data storage in the cloud

In this podcast with Arun Taneja, learn why IT pros avoid primary data storage in the cloud but how evolving technology can make it possible.
Cloud object storage makes scalability a reality: An expert podcast

In this expert podcast, Marc Staimer gives listeners a technical drilldown into cloud object storage, explaining how it allows for massive scalabilty.
Managing storage in a Citrix environment

In this podcast, find out how Citrix XenServer storage management functionality compares with that of VMware and Hyper-V environments.
Cloud gateways: Advantages and vendor offerings

Gene Ruth, research director at Gartner, discusses the strengths of cloud gateways, the latest AWS gateway news and what specs to look for when shopping for a gateway appliance.
FAQ: What you should know before choosing a desktop or notebook SSD

Learn how desktop and notebook SSDs compare with hard-disk drives, and how you can put the technology to work in your organization.
SSD Trends: Solid state addresses I/O bottlenecks for companies of all sizes

Faster than a spinning hard disk, learn about the latest trends in solid-state storage, reliability and what SSDs can offer to enterprises.
Hyper-V storage: Managing storage for a Hyper-V environment

In this podcast interview, Dennis Martin discusses Hyper-V storage best practices and tools and techniques to support and improve storage management in a Hyper-V environment.
Cloud storage: Calculating ROI

Calculating cloud storage ROI is a task more data storage managers must face as the technology grows in popularity. Learn how to determine your costs, and what pitfalls to avoid.
What you need to know about SMB SANs

Marc Staimer discusses what to look for in an SMB SANs this Q&A and recent developments in SMB SAN technology.
Tiering storage primer: Data classification, archiving key

Ashish Nadkarni discusses strategies and tools when tiering storage, and how data migration tools and dynamic storage tiering products tier storage.
How to build an efficient data storage environment

Explore the areas you should consider when it comes to building an efficient data storage environment and learn the latest developments in storage efficiency tools.
Using NFS to support a virtual server environment

In this podcast interview, Eric Siebert discusses the pros and cons of using NFS to support a virtual server environment. Learn how to set up NFS to get the best performance from it, and more.
Auto tiering crucial to storage efficiency

Auto tiering is a key technology for today’s storage professionals to understand, especially if you have SSDs. Find out what auto tiering does and why it’s important.
Using iSCSI for virtual server environments

In this podcast interview, Mike Laverick discusses the pros and cons of using iSCSI for virtual server environments. Learn how to implement and configure iSCSI and more.
VDI storage: Capacity and performance requirements for VDI implementation

Find out how to properly implement VDI storage in your environment in this FAQ. Learn about capacity and performance requirements, problems that arise, and how to fix them.
Implementing Fibre Channel SANs in a virtual server environment

Eric Siebert discusses the pros and cons of implementing Fibre Channel SANs in a virtual server environment in this interview.
The pros and cons of RAID disk arrays in small business data storage environments

RAID is commonly used in many data storage environments for added data protection, however there are several drawbacks when using RAID.
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 data.
EDRM: Best practices when preparing for an e-discovery request

We list the nine stages of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), and tell you why the preservation and collection stage is so important to data storage pros.

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