Virtualisation and storage
Container technologies and trends: What enterprises need to know
In this e-guide, we take a look at how and why enterprises are tapping into containers to bolster the business agility of their IT infrastructure and application estates, and some of the latest thinking about how best to utilise container technologies.
News : Virtualisation and storage
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May 13, 2021
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May'21
Portworx gets container-native array management for Pure hardware
Container storage player Portworx builds in container-native functionality to allow discovery, provisioning and management from inside Kubernetes cluster, but only on Pure arrays so far
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April 27, 2021
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Apr'21
Scality launches Artesca container-native object storage
Object storage specialist gets on a burgeoning container object storage market with Artesca, which runs from Kubernetes to provide persistent storage for containerised applications
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April 21, 2021
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Apr'21
Winemaker racks Pure all-NVMe all-flash for rapid SAP response
Concha Y Toro also pocketed a 35% saving in storage costs following a move from as-a-service storage provision to Pure Storage FlashArray//X all-flash hardware
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April 12, 2021
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Apr'21
Ctera KubeFiler to bring Kubernetes storage to its cloud gateways
KubeFiler uses the container storage interface to allow Kubernetes to access persistent storage as if it were from a local NAS device, and while keeping existing access profiles
In Depth : Virtualisation and storage
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Backup failure: Four key areas where backups go wrong
We look at the key ways that backups can fail – via software issues, hardware problems, trouble in the infrastructure and good old human error – and suggest ways to mitigate them Continue Reading
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Five reasons to look at hyper-converged infrastructure
HCI promises easy setup, purchasing flexibility, low procurement and operation costs, reliability and all in one box – but there are challenges too Continue Reading
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Where now for storage? Dell EMC, NetApp and HPE
Part I: Storage supplier strategy in the cloud era: Dell EMC, NetApp and HPE. We snapshot the big six hardware makers, as they take things to the cloud and as-a-service models Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Virtualisation and storage
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Nutanix’s IPO launches hyper-converged but can it escape the rules of the storage universe?
We’ve been tracking the rise of hyper-converged infrastructure recently, and one key measure that seems to confirm this as a rising star of the tech world is Nutanix’s IPO last week. Its shares ... Continue Reading
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Hyper-converged and all-flash shine against backdrop of declining storage revenues
Writing about the rise of hyper-converged infrastructure yesterday, and its likely impact on entry-level storage arrays, I based my blog-ument entirely on anecdotal evidence. IE, simply what I see ... Continue Reading
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Primary Data and the latest incarnation of the “storage hypervisor”
At VMworld in Las Vegas this week Primary Data showcased its re-worked version of storage virtualisation. That is, in their case, a way of aggregating disparate storage resources from multiple ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Virtualisation and storage
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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
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Time to rethink IT for containerized workloads
Employing IT tools that span on- and off-premises hybrid environments is a first step toward optimizing infrastructure design and management for container-based environments. Continue Reading
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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
Videos : Virtualisation and storage
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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.