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Storage Through the Looking Glass
This analyst report aims to help you take a much needed step away from the technical detail of storage to create some strategic perspective. News | 24 Apr 2013
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QLogic launches FabricCache for shared server flash
QLogic merges PCIe server flash and cache management in FabricCache QLE10000 to share flash cache between servers for clustered applications News | 20 Mar 2013
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WAN optimisation choices in the age of cloud and virtualisation
WAN optimisation gives you more bandwidth for your money and now comes in cloud and virtual appliance form factors. We survey the key choices News | 09 Jan 2013
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United Drug saves €30k-plus a year with Silver Peak WAN optimisation
Irish drug multinational deploys Silver Peak WAN optimisation products to cure network bottlenecks, ensure effective disaster recovery and save on network costs News | 12 Dec 2012
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IBM industrialises silicon and optical nanotechnology for big data
IBM has invented a chip that combines photonics and silicon on a single 90nm die capable of transferring data at 25Gbps. Chips and processors | 10 Dec 2012
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£60m datacentre to be built in Birmingham
A 10MW modular datacentre worth £60m will be built in Birmingham by March 2013 News | 27 Nov 2012
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Dell OS upgrade nudges Compellent arrays into enterprise SAN market
Dell announces “game changer” Compellent OS and controller upgrade that pushes at enterprise SAN market storage software | 15 Nov 2012
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NetApp records 1,000% growth on FlexPod storage stack sales
NetApp claims sales of FlexPod integrated storage stacks have risen from 160 12 months ago to a present total of 1,600 storage hardware | 13 Nov 2012
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Virtual Instruments adds AIX, Hyper-V, SVC and VPLEX SAN testing
SAN testing supplier Virtual Instruments plans to add AIX and Hyper-V virtual server environments to its capabilities News | 31 Oct 2012
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University deploys Violin flash storage array
Storage roundup: Anglia Ruskin University gets Violin's 3000 Series flash storage array; media firm dumps Veeam for Acronis; health firm deploys Coraid flash array; and more news. News | 02 Aug 2012
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Using fibre channel for storage networking
Find out why Fibre Channel is still the network of choice in data centres. Feature
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Virtual server backup software survey
In this virtual server backup software survey, we run the rule over the key third-party VM backup products, from the fully featured for the enterprise to thin and light products for SMBs. Feature
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Enterprise SAN survey: A feature-rich market with some key differences
The enterprise SAN market is full of large-capacity beasts with advanced features common to all, but vendors’ high-end array products are by no means all the same. Feature
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Options in small-business storage for server virtualisation
SMBs moving to virtualised servers need shared storage to support a new, dynamic environment. We survey the key file- and block-level options in small-business storage. Feature
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Storage capacity planning tools: Why virtual machines change everything
Because virtual servers are easy to create, delete and move and their storage needs grow rapidly and unexpectedly, you need to be on top of storage capacity planning. Feature
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iSCSI security: Networking and security options available
iSCSI security options include physical and virtual IP/Ethernet networking methods as well as built-in storage and switch device security features. Read about them here. Feature
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10 GbE: iSCSI bandwidth increase improves protocol’s position against FC
With a boost to iSCSI bandwidth with 10 Gigabit Ethernet, products that support the protocol offer features to rival Fibre Channel SANs, including scalability and hypervisor integration. Feature
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Server SSD guide to form factors and implementations
Server SSD offers immense gains in IOPS and throughput. We look at how it works, form factors available and its advantages and pitfalls, and we survey key vendors in the market. Feature
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HPC storage requirements: Massive IOPS and parallel file systems
We survey the key vendors in HPC storage, where huge amounts of IOPS, clustering, parallel file systems and custom silicon provide storage for massive number crunching operations. Feature
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Enterprise flash: Three implementation options for virtualisation
Enterprise flash now comes in a variety of form factors aimed at speeding I/O beyond what’s possible with spinning disk in server and desktop virtualisation scenarios. Feature
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Storage arrays face two-pronged flash/cloud attack
The storage array as we know it could soon be a thing of the past, as hot data heads to flash and cold data goes to the cloud, leaving a slimmer array for bulk data on HDDs. Opinion
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Has EMC missed out on the hybrid flash array?
EMC has announced a three-pronged entry into the world of the flash array, but why hasn’t the giant vendor adopted the hybrid flash array pioneered by some innovative startups? Opinion
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How big storage vendors can win the server-side flash wars
With Fusion-io up against EMC’s Project Lightning, it’s becoming clear how the big array vendors can win the server-side flash wars in the battle to speed storage I/O. Opinion
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TLC flash could relegate spinning disk to the background
Solid-state drives are currently blocked in their quest for dominance by cost and wear limits, but could TLC flash overcome such challenges and deal a blow to spinning disk? Opinion
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CW500: Gavin Cole, Oracle UK
Making sense of storage in a big data world Video
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CW500: Sean Sadler, Kings College London
One of the dilemmas of the modern CIO is the ever-expanding need for data storage. Video
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CW500: Robert White, Morgan Stanley
One of the dilemmas of the modern CIO is the ever-expanding need for data storage. Video
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Hybrid flash array: What it is and how to use it
Hybrid flash storage marries the performance of flash with the cost effectiveness of spinning disk. But products range from retrofits to an entire new category of array. Podcast
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The key capabilities of SAN as virtual machine storage
Virtual server and desktop environments demand the use of shared storage for maximum efficiency, but what are the key advantages of SAN as virtual machine storage? Podcast
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Unified storage architecture buying choices
Chris Evans outlines the key choices when buying unified storage systems and looks at what’s driving the multiprotocol storage market. Podcast
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The best place for SSD in a virtual machine environment
Using SSD in a virtual machine environment is the ideal choice to speed response times to I/O demands, but where should you install it within the server and storage infrastructure? Podcast
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Midrange storage SAN market analysis
Midrange storage has matured into one encompassing fully featured SANs with easy-to-use management interfaces for larger SMBs. But where is that market heading now? Podcast
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Virtual machine storage and block vs file
Virtual machine storage requires greater performance, capacity and resiliency than with physical servers and requires a careful choice between block and file access. Podcast
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Enterprise MLC (eMLC) and solid-state storage for the enterprise
Enterprise MLC (eMLC), which relies on techniques such as wear leveling, bad-block mapping, improved error correction and write amplification, are making less costly MLC suited to enterprise use. Podcast
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SNW Europe 2012 coverage
SNW Europe is taking place 30-31 October at The Congress Centre, in Frankfurt, Germany. guide
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Storage Through the Looking Glass
This analyst report aims to help you take a much needed step away from the technical detail of storage to create some strategic perspective. News
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CW500: Gavin Cole, Oracle UK
Making sense of storage in a big data world Video
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CW500: Sean Sadler, Kings College London
One of the dilemmas of the modern CIO is the ever-expanding need for data storage. Video
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CW500: Robert White, Morgan Stanley
One of the dilemmas of the modern CIO is the ever-expanding need for data storage. Video
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QLogic launches FabricCache for shared server flash
QLogic merges PCIe server flash and cache management in FabricCache QLE10000 to share flash cache between servers for clustered applications News
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WAN optimisation choices in the age of cloud and virtualisation
WAN optimisation gives you more bandwidth for your money and now comes in cloud and virtual appliance form factors. We survey the key choices News
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United Drug saves €30k-plus a year with Silver Peak WAN optimisation
Irish drug multinational deploys Silver Peak WAN optimisation products to cure network bottlenecks, ensure effective disaster recovery and save on network costs News
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IBM industrialises silicon and optical nanotechnology for big data
IBM has invented a chip that combines photonics and silicon on a single 90nm die capable of transferring data at 25Gbps. Chips and processors
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£60m datacentre to be built in Birmingham
A 10MW modular datacentre worth £60m will be built in Birmingham by March 2013 News
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Dell OS upgrade nudges Compellent arrays into enterprise SAN market
Dell announces “game changer” Compellent OS and controller upgrade that pushes at enterprise SAN market storage software
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