Opinion

Virtualisation and storage

Security Think Tank: Container security starts with good DevOps practice

Adopting containers promises great organisational efficiency advantages, but the fast-evolving technology can be problematic for security teams. What do CISOs need to know to safeguard containers? Continue Reading
Storage: How ‘tail latency’ impacts customer-facing applications

Henry He of Virtual Instruments looks at tail latency, the small percentage of storage I/O that could be causing big and costly problems for business applications Continue Reading
HPE's Simplivity purchase keeps hyper-convergence in the spotlight

Hyper-converged infrastructure is well and truly mainstream. 451 Research finds hyper-converged all set to become the number one platform for core datacentre workloads Continue Reading
IT transformation brings storage transformation

IT departments’ moves away from specialised skills to generalist skillsets are fuelling the rise of easy-to-use hyper-converged infrastructure and all-flash storage systems Continue Reading
Enterprise NAS performance challenges and how to resolve them

NAS storage can be used for mission critical workloads but NFS-based storage comes with performance challenges. Jim Bahn of Virtual Instruments outlines the main ones Continue Reading

Solid state storage in the datacentre: More than a flash in the pan

As IT organisations transform their datacentres to meet the efficiency and agility demands of the digital enterprise, flash storage is increasingly viewed as a key element Continue Reading
Is your storage ready for the future?

Research study looks at the challenge of building a storage infrastructure to meet the rapidly changing needs of business Continue Reading
Software-defined storage: a proxy for storage transformation

Software-defined storage reflects important trends that affect storage, such as increasing separation between hardware and software Continue Reading
Server-side flash cache pros outweigh cons for many

Server-side flash offers sub-millisecond latency that can be targeted at specific apps, which is why it has caught on fast for databases and VDI Continue Reading
Hyper-converged products threaten standalone SAN and NAS

Hyper-converged storage/compute, such as IBM’s modular xSeries, poses a threat to standalone SAN/NAS in the datacentre Continue Reading
You’ve got flash storage, so why isn’t everything faster?

To get the most out of flash storage you need storage performance monitoring of the whole stack, from servers to LUNs Continue Reading

Array-based or vSphere Replication for VMware SRM?

What’s the best replication method for VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)? GlassHouse Technologies’ Paul Grimwood runs the rule over array-based replication and vSphere Replication Continue Reading
The best storage for VDI environments? RAM, of course

RAM it in! VDI storage needs IOPS, but what’s the best way to get it? Not HDD or SSD, but RAM and caching software, says GlassHouse Technologies’ Jamie McGinty Continue Reading
Match disk type to VMs to boost VMware storage performance

All too often storage is the bottleneck in VMware performance. That can be solved by matching underlying VMware storage to the needs of the application and workload Continue Reading
Storage virtualisation: An old idea being revived?

When storage virtualisation first emerged, some did their best to ensure it didn’t succeed. Now the EMC appears to be reviving it. What’s going on with ViPR? Continue Reading
Why companies are turning to application virtualisation

More people are ‘getting’ the idea that you can virtualise selectively Continue Reading
The I/O blender means enterprise flash is here to stay

451 Group analyst Simon Robinson explains why enterprise flash is worthy of its hype and will consign HDDs to the background Continue Reading
2013: a year of software-defined storage, convergence and cloud

Simon Robinson of 451 Research says storage optimisation is the watchword of 2013, with software-defined storage, convergence and cloud also key trends Continue Reading