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Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) recently added EBS Optimized support for enhanced bandwidth EC2 instances ( read more here ). This industry trends and perspective cloud conversation is the third (tying the posts together) in a three-part series companion to the AWS EBS optimized post found here . Part I...
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Filed under: SSD, Convergence, virtualization, cloud, tools, backup, server, object storage, big data, little data, Education, BC and DR, IT Industry Activity, IT Infrastructure Topics, I/O Networking, database
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Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) recently added EBS Optimized support for enhanced bandwidth EC2 instances ( read more here ). This industry trends and perspective cloud conversation is the second (looking at S3) in a three-part series companion to the AWS EBS optimized post found here . Part I is here (closer...
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Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) recently added EBS Optimized support for enhanced bandwidth EC2 instances ( read more here ). This industry trends and perspective cloud conversation is the first (looking at EBS) in a three-part series companion to the AWS EBS optimized post found here . Part II is here ...
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Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) recently announced global availability of Elastic Block Storage ( EBS ) optimized support for four extra Elastic Cloud Computing ( EC2 ) instance types. The support enables optimized performance between standard and provisioned IOP EBS volumes and EC2 instances to meet different...
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When I was in Europe presenting some sessions at conferences and doing some seminars last month I meet and spoke with one of the attendees at the StorageExpo Holland event . The persons name ( Han Breemer ) came up to visit with me after one of my presentations that include SSD is in your future: When...
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Recently I was in Europe for a couple of weeks including stops at Storage Networking World (SNW) Europe in Frankfurt , StorageExpo Holland , Ceph Day in Amsterdam (object and cloud storage) , and Nijkerk where I delivered two separate 2 day, and a single 1 day seminar . At the recent StorageExpo Holland...
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Now also available via This is a new episode in the continuing StorageIO industry trends and perspectives pod cast series (you can view more episodes or shows along with other audio and video content here ) as well as listening via iTunes or via your preferred means using this RSS feed ( http://storageio...
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I hear people talking about how Solid State Devices ( SSDs ) have not been successful with or for vendors of storage arrays, particular legacy storage systems. Some people have also asserted that large storage arrays are dead at the hands of new purpose-built SSD appliances or storage systems ( read...
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If you store your VMware bits on external SAN or NAS-based disk storage systems, this post is for you. The subject of the post, VM Volumes , is a potential storage management game changer! Fellow blogger Stephen Foskett mentioned VM Volumes in his [ Introducing VMware vSphere Storage Features ] presentation...
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Filed under: ibm, vmware, ssd, vSphere, vVOL, VM Volumes, Spain, Barcelona, RPO, XIV, Stephen Foskett, VMworld
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How much flash (or DRAM) based Solid State Device (SSD) do you want or need? IBM recently took a flash step announcing it wants and needs more SSD capabilities in different packaging and functionality capabilities to meet the demands and opportunities of customers, business partners and prospects by...
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IBM has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Texas Memory Systems, Inc. (TMS), a privately held Houston, Texas-based company with about 100 employees, that focuses on solid-state flash optimized systems and solutions, including the RamSan family of external rack-mounted storage...
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Keeping in mind that there is no such thing as a data or information recession , not to mention that people and data are living longer , there is the need to discuss expanding data footprints . When researching his new article over on SearchSolidstateStorage.com John Hilliard reached out to ask about...
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June 17, 2012 - 12:52 pm Print PDF Image courtesy of Microsoft.com Recently I added a new thin laptop to the fleet of Windows 7 laptop and workstations that I have in active use. The other devices run Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit with Bitlocker security encryption enabled. However I ran into a problem getting...
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I have been getting asked by IT customers, VAR's and even vendors how much solid state device ( SSD ) storage is needed or should be installed to address IO performance needs to which my standard answer is it depends. I also am also being asked if there is rule of thumb (RUT) of how much SSD you...
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May 17, 2012 - 11:58 am Print PDF An industry trends and perspective. . Are large storage arrays dead at the hands of SSD? Short answer NO not yet. There is still a place for traditional storage arrays or appliances particular those with extensive features, functionality and reliability availability...