http://www.storageioblog.com/ Gregs Server and StorageIO blog: IT and ICT server storage I/O cloud and virtualization expertise en-us 360 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:11:22 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 23:11:22 GMT http://storageioblog.com/RSSfull webmaster@storageio.com (webmast storageio) storageio.com webmaster@storageio.com (webmast storageio) (C) Copyright 2006-2013 All rights reserved. The Server and StorageIO Group (www.storageio.com) http://storageioblog.com/2013-server-storageio-update-newsletter <p>Blog post: May 2013 Server and StorageIO Update Newsletter</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <table width="556" border="0"> <tr> <td width="181"><p align="center"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/May2013_Full.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_Newsletter_Image.png" alt="StorageIO News Letter Image" /></a> <strong>May 2013 News letter</strong> </td> <td width="359"> <p align="justify">Welcome to the May 2013 edition of the StorageIO Update. This edition has announcement analysis of EMC ViPR, Software Defined Storage (including a video here), server, storage and I/O metrics that matter for example how many IOPS can a HDD do (it depends). SSD including nand flash remains a popular topic, both in terms of industry adoption and customer deployment. Also included are my perspectives on the SSD vendor FusionIO CEO leaving in a flash. Speaking of nand flash, have you thought about how some RAID implementations and configurations can extend the life along with durability of SSD's? More on this soon, however check out this video to give you some perspectives.<br/> </p> <p align="justify">Click on the following links to view the May 2013 edition as (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/May2013_Full.html">HTML sent via Email</a>) version, or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/May2013_Full.pdf">PDF</a> versions. </p> <p align="justify">Visit the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">news letter page</a> to view previous editions of the StorageIO Update.</p></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <p>You can subscribe to the news letter by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://secure.campaigner.com/CSB/Public/Form.aspx?fid=651291">clicking here.</a><br/> </p> <p>Enjoy this edition of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/May2013_Full.html">StorageIO Update news letter</a>, let me know your comments and feedback.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said (for now)</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue, 21 May 2013 23:11:22 GMT http://storageioblog.com/2013-server-storageio-update-newsletter http://storageioblog.com/iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd-vmware <p>Blog post: How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O trends" /></p> <h2>How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?</h2> <p align="justify">A common question I run across is how many <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/what-is-the-best-kind-of-io-the-one-you-do-not-have-to-do/">IOPS</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/what-is-the-best-kind-of-io-the-one-you-do-not-have-to-do/">IO Operations Per Second</a>) can a storage device or system do or give.</p> <p align="justify">The answer is or should be it depends.</p> <p align="justify">This is the first of a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/part-ii-iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd">two-part series</a> looking at storage performance, and in context specifically around drive or device (e.g. mediums) characteristics across HDD, HHDD and SSD that can be found in cloud, virtual, and legacy environments. In this first part the focus is around putting some context around drive or device performance with the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/part-ii-iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd">second part</a> looking at some workload characteristics (e.g. benchmarks).</p> <p align="justify">What about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/cloud-conversations-aws-ebs-glacier-and-s3-overview-part-i/">cloud</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://tapeisalive.com">tape</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/have-ssds-been-unsuccessful-with-storage-arrays-with-poll/">storage systems</a> or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/have-ssds-been-unsuccessful-with-storage-arrays-with-poll/">appliance</a>? </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd-vmware">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Sun, 19 May 2013 22:33:44 GMT http://storageioblog.com/iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd-vmware http://storageioblog.com/part-ii-iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd <p>Blog post: Part II: How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do with VMware?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O trends" /></p> <h2>How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?</h2> <p align="justify">This is the second post of a <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd-vmware">two-part series</a> looking at storage performance, specifically in the context of drive or device (e.g. mediums) characteristics across HDD, HHDD and SSD. In the <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd-vmware">first post the focus</a> was around putting some context around drive or device performance with the second part looking at some workload characteristics (e.g. benchmarks). </p> <p align="justify">A common question is how many <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/what-is-the-best-kind-of-io-the-one-you-do-not-have-to-do/">IOPS</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/what-is-the-best-kind-of-io-the-one-you-do-not-have-to-do/">IO Operations Per Second</a>) can a storage device or system do? </p> <p align="justify">The answer is or should be it depends.</p> <p align="justify">Here are some examples to give you some more insight.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/part-ii-iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Sun, 19 May 2013 22:33:44 GMT http://storageioblog.com/part-ii-iops-hdd-hhdd-ssd http://storageioblog.com/?p=4905 <p>Blog post: FusionIO (FIO) SSD vendor CEO out in a flash, whats up with that?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O trends" /></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.fusionio.com/">FusionIO (FIO)</a> who recently bought Nexgen to expand their reach from just a server centric to a more broad flash focus has seen <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fusion-io-founders-quit-shares-154230460.html">their CEO and founder David Flynn race out the door</a>. Not surprisingly, wall street who does not like to be surprised were surprised just a week or two after the most recent earning announcements reacted with a sell off of the FIO stock.</p> <a href="http://www.fusionio.com/"><img src="http://www.fusionio.com/images/logo.png" alt="FusionIO" border="0"/></a> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4905">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed, 8 May 2013 19:43:21 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4905 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4884 <p>Blog post: EMC ViPR virtual physical object and software defined storage (SDS)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O trends" /></p> <h3 align="justify">Introducing EMC ViPR</h3> <p align="justify">This is the first in a three part series, read <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4893">part II here</a>, and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4894">part III here</a>.</p> <p align="justify">During the recent <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/index.htm">EMCworld event in Las Vegas</a> among other things, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://pulseblog.emc.com/2013/05/06/introducing-emc-vipr-software-defined-storage/">EMC announced ViPR</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2013/20130506-03.htm">read announcement here</a>) . Note that this ViPR is not the same EMC Viper project from a few years ago that was focused on data footprint reduction (DFR) including dedupe. ViPR has been in the works for a couple of years taking a step back rethinking how storage is can be used going forward. </p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_Blog_EMCworld2013.gif" alt="EMCworld" /> <p>ViPR is not a technology creation developed in a vacuum instead includes customer feedback, wants and needs. Its core themes are extensible, open and scalable.</p> <p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_Blog_EMC_VIPR0.gif" alt="EMCworld" /></p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4884">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue, 7 May 2013 17:34:56 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4884 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4893 <p>Blog post: EMC ViPR software defined object storage part II</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O trends" /></p> <p align="justify">This is part II in a series of posts pertaining to EMC ViPR software defined storage and object storage. You can read <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4884">part I here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4894">part III here</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_Blog_EMC_VIPR0.gif" alt="EMCworld" /></p> <h3 align="justify">Some questions and discussion topics pertaining to ViPR:</h3> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4893">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue, 7 May 2013 17:34:56 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4893 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4894 <p>EMC ViPR software defined object storage part III</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O trends" /></p> <p align="justify">This is part III in a series of posts pertaining to EMC ViPR software defined storage and object storage. You can read <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4884">part I here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4893">part II here</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_Blog_EMC_VIPR0.gif" alt="EMCworld" /></p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://pulseblog.emc.com/2013/05/06/introducing-emc-vipr-software-defined-storage/"><img src="http://pulseblog.emc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ASD1.jpg" alt="ViPR architecture" width="400" height="250" border="0" /></a></p> <h3>More on the object opportunity</h3> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4894">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue, 7 May 2013 17:34:56 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4894 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4869 <p>Blog post: April 2013 Server and StorageIO Update Newsletter</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <table width="556" border="0"> <tr> <td width="181"><p align="center"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/April2013_Full.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/NewsletterImage.jpg" alt="StorageIO News Letter Image" width="168" height="226" /></a> <strong>April 2013 News letter</strong> </td> <td width="359"> <p align="justify">Welcome to the April 2013 edition of the StorageIO Update. This edition includes more on nand flash SSD, after all<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.21cit.com/author.asp?section_id=1958&doc_id=245194"> its not if, rather when, where, why, with what along with how much SSD is in your future</a>. Also more on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://objectstoragecenter.com">object storage</a>, clouds, big data and little data, HDDs, SNW, backup/restore, HA, BC, DR and data protection along with data center topics and trends.<br/> </p> <p align="justify">You can get access to this news letter via various social media venues (some are shown below) in addition to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">StorageIO web sites</a> and subscriptions. </p> <p align="justify">Click on the following links to view the April 2013 edition as (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/April2013_Full.html">HTML sent via Email</a>) version, or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/April2013_Full.pdf">PDF</a> versions. </p> <p align="justify">Visit the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">news letter page</a> to view previous editions of the StorageIO Update.</p></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <p>You can subscribe to the news letter by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://secure.campaigner.com/CSB/Public/Form.aspx?fid=651291">clicking here.</a><br/> </p> <p>Enjoy this edition of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/April2013_Full.html">StorageIO Update news letter</a>, let me know your comments and feedback.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:34:56 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4869 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4843 <p>Blog post: Spring SNW 2013, Storage Networking World Recap</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Industry trend" width="160" height="120" /> </p> <p align="justify">A couple of weeks ago I attended the spring 2013 Storage Networking World (SNW) in Orlando Florida. Talking with SNIA Chairman <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4753">Wayne Adams</a> and SNIA Director <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3646">Leo Legar</a> this was the 28th edition of the US SNW (two shows a year), plus the international ones. While I have not been to all 28 of the US SNWs, I have been to a couple of dozen SNWs in the US, Europe and Brazil going back to around 2001 as an attendee, main stage as well as breakout, and tutorial presenter (see <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/contentarchive.html">here</a>).</p> <p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_SNWSpring2013.gif" alt="SNW image" /> </p> <p align="justify">For the spring 2013 SNW I was there for a mix of meetings, analyst briefings, attending the expo, doing some podcasts (see below), meeting with IT professionals (e.g. customers), VARs, vendors along with presenting three sessions (you can download them and others <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/downloads.html">here</a>).</p> <p align="justify">Some of the buzz and themes heard included big data was a little topic at the event, while cloud was in the conversations, dedupe and data footprint reduction (DFR) do matter for some people and applications. However also a common theme with customers including Media and Entertainment (M and E) is that not everything can be duped thus other DFR approaches are needed.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4843">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:22:22 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4843 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4829 <p>Blog post: How a pressure cooker should be used for good things</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O cloud virtual and big data perspectives" width="125" height="75" /> <p align="justify">First, let me say condolences to those and their families that were killed and/or injured in the tragic terrorist act at the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3006038.shtml?cat=1">Boston marathon bombings this past week</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Second, let me say thank you and congratulations to all of those involved in capturing one of the suspects and terminating another. This also goes to all of those who helped with tips and sending in large amounts of photos, video and other <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.21cit.com/author.asp?section_id=1958&doc_id=262175">big data</a> that was and is being used by investigators.</p> <p align="justify">Also best wishes to the prosecutors and their forensic investigators to tie the pieces together bringing the captured suspect to justice including determining a motive.</p> <p align="justify">Of course, also speedy recovery to those maimed or injured by the pressure cooker bombs.</p> <p align="justify">Let us talk about pressure cookers, and not in how they were used in a bad way last week in Boston.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4829">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon, 22 Apr 2013 4:44:44 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4829 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4812 <p>Blog post: HDS Claus Mikkelsen talking storage from SNW Fall 2012</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p>Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p align="justify"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O cloud virtual and big data perspectives" width="125" height="75" /></p> <p align="justify">In this episode from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">SNW</a> Fall 2012 in Santa Clara, I am joined by my co-host <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/BruceRave">@BruceRave</a>) of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Ravid and Associates</a> as we catch up with long time storage industry veteran <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Claus Mikkelsen</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/YoClaus">@YoClaus</a>) and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://blogs.hds.com/hdsblog/author/claus">HDS Chief Scientist</a>. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4812>Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Thu, 18 Apr 2013 4:44:43 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4812 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4813 <p>Blog post: Dave Demming talking tech education from SNW Spring 2013</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p>Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p align="justify"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O cloud virtual and big data perspectives" width="125" height="75" /></p> <p align="justify">In this episode from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">SNW Spring 2013</a>in Orlando Florida, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/" >Bruce Ravid</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/BruceRave">@BruceRave</a>) and me visit with our guest long time storage industry educator <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.soltechnology.com/daviddeming.htm">Dave Demming</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.soltechnology.com/">Solution Technology</a>. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4813">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Thu, 18 Apr 2013 4:44:44 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4813 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4780 <p>Blog post: Introducing Josh Apter and the Padcaster</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p>Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p align="justify"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O cloud virtual and big data perspectives" width="125" height="75" /></p> <p align="justify">Some times simplicity and flexibility without complexity (and cost) are the enablers for innovation and productivity. </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://thepadcaster.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_ThePadCaster2.gif" alt="Image of The padcaster from NAB 2013" width="443" height="336" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.nabshow.com/">NAB 2013</a> in Las Vegas (more on that in a future post), I meet up with the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://thepadcaster.com">Padcaster</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/ThePadcaster">@ThePadcaster</a>) creator Josh Apter (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/PJmakemovies">@PJmakemovies</a>). </p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://thepadcaster.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_ThePadCaster1.gif" alt="Image of The padcaster from NAB 2013" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">The Padcaster (both the name of the company and product) is a mounting bracket for iPads (among other things) that enables you to safely attach lights, lenses, microphones, tripods among other things to create a production studio.<br /> </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4780">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed, 10 Apr 2013 3:33:33 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4780 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4774 <p>Blog post: HP Moonshot 1500 software defined capable compute servers</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O cloud virtual and big data perspectives" width="125" height="75" /> <p align="justify">Riding the current <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vmware.com/solutions/datacenter/software-defined-datacenter">software defined data center</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vmware.com/solutions/datacenter/software-defined-datacenter">SDC</a>) wave being led by the likes of VMware and software defined networking (SDN) also championed by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3373">VMware via their acquisition of Nicera</a> last year, Software Defined Marketing (SDM) is in full force. HP being a player in providing the core building blocks for traditional <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3756">little data and big data</a>, along with physical, virtual, converged, cloud and software defined has announced a new compute, processor or server platform called the Moonshot 1500.</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_HP_Moonshot1500_TopView.gif" alt="HP Moonshot software defined server image" /></p> <p align="justify">Software defined marketing aside, there are some real and interesting things from a technology standpoint that HP is doing with the Moonshot 1500 along with other vendors who are offering <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://fcw.com/articles/2011/05/23/home-page-tech-briefing-microservers.aspx">micro server based</a> solutions. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4774">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon, 8 Apr 2013 20:20:20 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4774 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4761 <p>Blog post: Farley Flies into SNW Spring 2013</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p>Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com">SNW Spring 2013</a> in Orlando Florida, while Greg is in the process of boarding a flight home, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/BruceRave">@BruceRave</a>) catches up and talks with long time storage industry insider (and outsider) Marc Farley. Marc flew into SNW for a few days (or hours) to catch up with customers, partners, peers and others. For those who may not know, Marc is currently with Microsoft (they bought StorSimple last fall, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://speakingintech.com/sit-31-snarfed-by-microsoft/">check out this conversation</a> over at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://speakingintech.com/sit-31-snarfed-by-microsoft/">Speaking in Tech</a> where Marc and me were guests) and before that HP (they bought 3PAR) and before that Dell (they bought EqualLogic) among others. Bruce and Marc talk about basketball, storage, industry trends among other things.<br /> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4761">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Sun, 7 Apr 2013 19:11:22 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4761 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4760 <p>Blog post: Talking with Tony DiCenzo at SNW Spring 2013</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p>Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com">SNW Spring 2013</a> in Orlando Florida, while Greg is in the processing of boarding a flight home, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/BruceRave">@BruceRave</a>) catches up and talks with long time storage industry insider Tony DiCenzo of SNIA and Oracle. Their conversation covers industry trends, observations of SNW past and present along with other related topics. <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4760">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Sun, 7 Apr 2013 19:11:22 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4760 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4753 <p>Blog post: SNIA Spring 2013 update with Wayne Adams</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p></p> <p>Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com">SNW Spring 2013</a> in Orlando Florida, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/BruceRave">@BruceRave</a>) and me visit with our guest <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snia.org/">SNIA Chairman</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/wma01606">Wayne Adams</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/wma01606">@wma01606</a>). Wayne was one of our first pod cast guests back in 2013 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">in the episode</a> titled <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">Waynes World</a>, SNIA and SNW that you can <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">listen to here</a>. <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4753">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Fri, 5 Apr 2013 22:33:44 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4753 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4746 <p>Blog post: SNIA's new SPDEcon conference</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p>Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com">SNW Spring 2013</a> in Orlando Florida, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/BruceRave">@BruceRave</a>) and me visit with our guests <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snia.org/">SNIA Chairman</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/wma01606">Wayne Adams</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/wma01606">@wma01606</a>) and from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snia.org/education">SNIA Education</a> SW Worth. Wayne was one of our first podcast guests <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">in the episode</a> titled <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">Waynes World</a>, SNIA and SNW that you can <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">listen to here</a>. <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4746">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Fri, 5 Apr 2013 15:43:21 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4746 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4735 <p>Blog post: Conversation with Justin Stottlemyer of Shutterfly and object storage discussion</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com">SNW Spring 2013</a> in Orlando Florida, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/BruceRave">@BruceRave</a>) and me visit with Justin Stottlemyer (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/JHStott">@JHStott</a>) who is a Fellow and Storage Architect at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.shutterfly.com/">Shutterfly</a>. <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.shutterfly.com/"><img src="http://cdn3.staticsfly.com/img_/ui/sitenav/sfly_logo_header_full-v13455564620001093.png" alt="Shutterfly image via shutterfly.com" width="141" height="48" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4735">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> Object storage Fri, 5 Apr 2013 5:43:21 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4735 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4726 <p>Blog post: March 2013 Server and StorageIO Update Newsletter</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <br/> <table width="556" border="0"> <tr> <td width="181"><p align="center"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Mar2013_Full.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/NewsletterImage.jpg" alt="StorageIO News Letter Image" width="168" height="226" /></a> <strong>March 2013 News letter</strong> </td> <td width="359"> <div align="justify">Welcome to the March 2013 edition of the StorageIO Update news letter. <br/> </div> <p align="justify">You can get access to this news letter via various social media venues (some are shown below) in addition to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">StorageIO web sites</a> and subscriptions. </p> <p align="justify">Click on the following links to view the March 2013 edition as (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Mar2013_Full.html">HTML sent via Email</a>) version, or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Mar2013_Full.pdf">PDF</a> versions. </p> <p align="justify">Visit the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">news letter page</a> to view previous editions of the StorageIO Update.</p></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <p>You can subscribe to the news letter by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://secure.campaigner.com/CSB/Public/Form.aspx?fid=651291">clicking here.</a><br/> </p> <p>Enjoy this edition of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Mar2013_Full.html">StorageIO Update news letter</a>, let me know your comments and feedback.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:43:34 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4726 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688 <p>Blog post: Cloud conversations: AWS EBS Optimized Instances</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O industry trends image" width="192" height="125" /> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com">Amazon Web Services</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com">AWS</a>) recently announced global availability of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/ebs/">Elastic Block Storage</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/ebs/">EBS</a>) optimized support for four additional <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/">Elastic Cloud Computing</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/">EC2</a>) instance types. The support enables optimized performance between standard and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2012/07/31/announcing-provisioned-iops-for-amazon-ebs/">provisioned IOP</a> EBS volumes and EC2 instances to meet different bandwidth or throughput needs (learn more about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4690">AWS EBS, EC2, S3 and Glacier here</a>).</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> Cloud Tue, 25 Mar 2013 04:32:10 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4690 <p>Blog post: Cloud conversations: AWS EBS, Glacier and S3 overview (Part I)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O industry trends image" width="192" height="125" /> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com">Amazon Web Services</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com">AWS</a>) recently added <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">EBS Optimized support</a> for enhanced bandwidth EC2 instances (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">read more here</a>). This industry trends and perspective cloud conversation is the first (looking at EBS) in a three part series companion to the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">AWS EBS optimized post found here</a>. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4695">Part II is here (closer look at S3)</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4697">part III is here (tying it all together)</a>.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/webservices/AWS_LOGO._V2289989_.gif" width="170" height="69" alt="AWS image via Amazon.com" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">For those not familiar, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4695">Simple Storage Services</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4695">S3</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3427">Glacier</a> and Elastic Block Storage (EBS) are part of the AWS cloud storage portfolio of services. There are several other storage and data related service for little data database (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4212">SQL and NoSql based</a>) other offerings include compute, data management, application and networking for different needs shown in the following image.</p> <p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4690">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> Cloud Tue, 25 Mar 2013 04:32:11 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4690 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4695 <p>Blog post: Cloud conversations: AWS EBS, Glacier and S3 overview (Part II S3)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O industry trends image" width="192" height="125" /> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com">Amazon Web Services</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com">AWS</a>) recently added <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">EBS Optimized support</a> for enhanced bandwidth EC2 instances (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">read more here</a>). This industry trends and perspective cloud conversation is the second (looking at S3) in a three part series companion to the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">AWS EBS optimized post found here</a>. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4690">Part I is here (closer look at EBS)</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4697">part III is here (tying it all together)</a>.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/webservices/AWS_LOGO._V2289989_.gif" width="170" height="69" alt="AWS image via Amazon.com" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">For those not familiar, Simple Storage Services (S3), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3427">Glacier</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4690">Elastic Block Storage</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4690">EBS</a>) are part of the AWS cloud storage portfolio of services. With S3, you specify a region where a bucket is created that will contain objects that can be written, read, listed and deleted. You can create multiple buckets in a region with unlimited number of objects ranging from 1 byte to 5 Tbytes in size per bucket. Each object has a unique, user or developer assigned access key. In addition to indicating which AWS region, S3 buckets and objects are provisioned using different levels of availability, durability, SLA's and costs (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/s3-sla">view S3 SLA's here</a>). </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4695">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> Cloud Tue, 25 Mar 2013 04:32:12 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4695 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4697 <p>Blog post: Cloud conversations: AWS EBS, Glacier and S3 overview (Part III)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O industry trends image" width="192" height="125" /> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com">Amazon Web Services</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com">AWS</a>) recently added <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">EBS Optimized support</a> for enhanced bandwidth EC2 instances (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">read more here</a>). This industry trends and perspective cloud conversation is the third (tying the posts together) in a three part series companion to the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4688">AWS EBS optimized post found here</a>. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4690">Part I is here (closer look at EBS)</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4695">part II is here (closer look at S3)</a>.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/webservices/AWS_LOGO._V2289989_.gif" width="170" height="69" alt="AWS image via Amazon.com" border="0" /></a></p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4697">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> Cloud Tue, 25 Mar 2013 04:32:13 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4697 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4576 <p>Blog post: Welcome to the Object StorageIO page www.objectstoragecenter.com</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">This industry trends perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://objectstoragecenter.com">page</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://objectstoragecenter.com">www.objectstoragecenter.com</a>) has content and links on object and cloud storage. Continuing where my last book <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://astore.amazon.com/serandsto-20">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">CRC Press</a>) left off, this page expands on those themes, particular object and related storage items.</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Object Storage and IO industry trends" width="250" height="185" /> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3913" >Ceph Day Amsterdam 2012 (Object and cloud storage)</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3769" >Ceph Day in Amsterdam and Sage Weil on Object Storage</a> (Podcast)<br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3794">Mr. Backup (Curtis Preston) goes back to Ceph School</a> (Video and Podcast)<br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/DownloadItems/Nijkerk_Nov2012/SIO_StorageExpo_CVDSN_Oct23_2012.pdf">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking trends</a> presentation (StorageExpo 2013)<br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/DownloadItems/Nijkerk_Nov2012/SIO_IndustryTrends_CloudObjectStorage.pdf">Cloud and object storage primer and industry trends presentation</a> (PDF)<br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2413" rel="bookmark">AWS (Amazon) storage gateway, first, second and third impressions</a><br /> <br /> Additional related resources: <ul> <li><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4017" >The Human Face of Big Data, a Book Review</a></li> <li><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3427" rel="bookmark">Amazon cloud storage options enhanced with Glacier</a></li> <li><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://astore.amazon.com/serandsto-20">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">CRC PRess</a>) <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2813">Intel Recommended Reading</a></li> <li><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks: Designing Flexible Scalable Data Infrastructures</a> (Elsevier)</li> <li><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3267">SAS SANs for Dummies</a> (Wiley)</li> <li><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3827" title="Permanent Link: Seven databases in seven weeks, a book review of NoSQL databases">Seven databases in seven weeks, a book review of NoSQL databases</a> (Book review)</li> <li>StorageIO <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">Podcast</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">videos</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/downloads.html">downloads</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/portfolio.html">resources</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">events</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/news.html">in the news</a> pages</li> </ul> <p align="justify">Watch for more content and links to be added here soon to this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://objectstoragecenter.com">object storage center page</a> including posts, presentations, podcasts, polls, perspectives along with services and product <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/solutionbrief.html">solutions profiles.</a></p> <p>Ok, nuff said (for now...).</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> Object Storage Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:43:21 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4576 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4528 <p>Blog post: Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) BMW Private Cloud Strategy</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O cloud virtual and big data perspectives" width="250" height="150" /> <p align="justify">If your organization like <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/membership/adoptermembers/storageio">StorageIO is a member</a> of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/">Open Data Center Alliance</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/">ODCA</a>) you may be aware of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/ourwork">resources they make</a> available about cloud, virtualization, security and more. Unlike so many other industry associates or trade groups dominated by vendors, the ODCA has an IT or customer focus including member developed best practices, strategies and templates.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/ODCA_logo_final_092210.jpg" alt="Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) image" width="150" height="150" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">A good example is the recently released ODCA member <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/docs/bmw_path_to_cloud_with_alliances_white_paper.pdf">BMW group private cloud strategy document</a>.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4528">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:33:44 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4528 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4524 <p>Blog post: Where has the FCoE hype and FUD gone? (with poll)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O cloud virtual and big data perspectives" width="250" height="150" /> <p align="justify">A couple of years ago <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1808">I did this post</a> about if <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1808">Is FCoE Struggling to Gain Traction, or on a normal adoption course?</a></p> <p align="justify">Fast forward to today, has anybody else noticed that there seems to be less hype and fud on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3133">Fibre Channel</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3133">FC</a>) over Ethernet (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3133">FCoE</a>) than a year or two or three ago?</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4524">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:10:09 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4524 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4514 <p>Blog post: Are your analyst, blogger, media or press requests being read?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O cloud virtual and big data perspectives" width="250" height="150" /> <p align="justify">Are you a marketing or public relations, press or analyst relations or social media expert and your email messages, notes, updates or requests get overlooked? Are you in the first paragraph or couple of sentences indicating who you are representing, what the info or request is about as well as what call to action you are looking for? If you are doing what is done in many of the requests for coverage or meetings or even announcements, you may be getting overlooked resulting in a missed opportunity, that is unless your goal is to simply gauge how many requests you send out.</p> <p align="justify">Now do I have your attention?</p> <p align="justify">Time for some tough love.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4514">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:33:33 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4514 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4508 <p>Blog post: A Pivotal or cloudy moment for EMC and VMware?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O cloud virtual and big data perspectives" width="250" height="150" /> <p align="justify">EMC and VMware (who is majority owned by EMC) have announced a new joint initiative called Pivotal (read more <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crn.com/news/cloud/240150744/emc-vmware-to-launch-pivotal-initiative-as-separate-300m-firm.htm">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.zdnet.com/emcs-pivotal-initiative-launches-now-comes-the-execution-part-7000012562/">here</a>) as part of their software defined data center strategies and architecture.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4508">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:22:22 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4508 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4500 <p>Blog post: Some things keep going around, Seagate ships 2 Billion HDD's</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <table width="150" border="0" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <tr> <td><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.seagate.com/www/milestone/" ><img src="http://www.seagate.com/ww/universal/images/logo_w131.png" alt="Seagate image via www.seagate.com" width="131" height="42" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> </table> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.seagate.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/Seagate-celebrates-milestone-two-billion-shipped-pr-master/">Seagate</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/seagate">@Seagate</a>) <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.seagate.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/Seagate-celebrates-milestone-two-billion-shipped-pr-master/">announced today</a> that it reached a milestone of having <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.seagate.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/Seagate-celebrates-milestone-two-billion-shipped-pr-master/">shipped 2 Billion hard disk drives (HDD's)</a>, something that is round stores data that keeps growing. As part of their announcement, Seagate has a good info graphics and facts <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.seagate.com/www/milestone/">page here</a> going back to 1979 when it was founded as <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.seagate.com/about/">Shugart Technology</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.magneticdiskheritagecenter.org/100th/Bios/Al_Shugart.html">read about Al Shugart here</a>). </p> <p align="justify">By coincidence, just a few years before Seagate was founded, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/our_story/our_history.html">McDonalds</a> (who makes round things as well) announced that they had served over <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/our_story/our_history.html">20 billion hamburgers</a>. Thus McDonald feeds the appetites of consumers hungry for a quick meal while Seagate feeds the information demands, perhaps while stopping for a quick breakfast, lunch, coffee or dinner. Speaking of things that go around (like HDD's), check out what <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=882">NAS, NASA and NASCAR have in common</a> all of which are also involved in <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4017">big data</a> as well as <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3756">little data</a>.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4500">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:11:12 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4500 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4395 <p>Blog post: XtremIO, XtremSW and XtremSF EMC flash ssd portfolio redefined</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/emc-extends-flash-leadership-announces-150200143.html">EMC </a>(<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/emcflash">@EMCflash</a>)<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/emc-extends-flash-leadership-announces-150200143.html"> today announced</a> some new, enhanced, renamed and a rebrand <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/campaign/flash/index.htm">flash solid-state device</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/campaign/flash/index.htm">SSD</a>) storage portfolio around theme of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/1MillionIOPS">XtremIO</a>. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.xtremio.com/">XtremIO was the startup company</a> with a new all flash SSD storage array that <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2012/20120510-01.htm">EMC announced</a> they were buying in <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2012/20120510-01.htm">May 2012</a>. Since that announcement, Project "X" has been used when referring to the product now known as XtremIO (e.g. all flash new storage array). </p> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-21522"><img src="http://www.emc.com/images/promos/20130221-flash/hp-promo-flash-type.png" alt="EMC flash SSD image" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4395">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue 5 Mar 2013 17:47:48 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4395 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4404 <p>Blog post: Part II: XtremIO, XtremSW and XtremSF EMC flash ssd portfolio redefined</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4395">Part one of this two-part post</a> provided a summary of today's <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/emc-extends-flash-leadership-announces-150200143.html">EMC </a>(<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/emcflash">@EMCflash</a>)<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/emc-extends-flash-leadership-announces-150200143.html"> announcement</a> around <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bit.ly/1MillionIOPS">XtremIO</a> and renaming <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2697">VFCache</a> to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/collateral/data-sheet/h11411-xtremsf-ds.pdf">XtremSF</a> and associated software as <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/data-sheet/h9581-xtremswcache-ds.pdf">XtremSW</a>. </p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Storage I/O industry trends and perspectives" width="191" height="117" /> <p align="justify">Synopsis of announcement</p> <div align="justify"> <ul> <li>Product rollout and selective availability of the new all flash SSD array XtremIO</li> <li>Rename server-side PCIe ssd flash cards from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2697">VFCache</a> to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/collateral/data-sheet/h11411-xtremsf-ds.pdf">XtremSF</a></li> <li>New XtremSF models including enhanced <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/ssd-options-for-virtual-and-physical-environments-part-i-spinning-up-to-speed-on-ssd-14537/">multi-level cell (eMLC)</a> with larger capacities</li> <li>Rename VFCache caching software to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/data-sheet/h9581-xtremswcache-ds.pdf">XtremSW</a> (enables cache mode vs. target mode)</li> </ul> </div> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4404">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue 5 Mar 2013 17:47:48 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4404 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4385 <p>Blog post: February 2013 Server and StorageIO Update Newsletter</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <br/> <table width="556" border="0"> <tr> <td width="181"><p align="center"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Feb2013_Full.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/NewsletterImage.jpg" alt="StorageIO News Letter Image" width="168" height="226" /></a> <strong>February 2013 News letter</strong> </td> <td width="359"> <div align="justify">Welcome to the February 2013 edition of the StorageIO Update news letter including a new format and added content. <br/> </div> <p align="justify">You can get access to this news letter via various social media venues (some are shown below) in addition to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">StorageIO web sites</a> and subscriptions. </p> <p align="justify">Click on the following links to view the February 2013 edition as (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Feb2013_Full.html">HTML sent via Email</a>) version, or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Feb2013_Full.pdf">PDF</a> versions. </p> <p align="justify">Visit the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">news letter page</a> to view previous editions of the StorageIO Update.</p></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <p>You can subscribe to the news letter by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://secure.campaigner.com/CSB/Public/Form.aspx?fid=651291">clicking here.</a><br/> </p> <p>Enjoy this edition of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Feb2013_Full.html">StorageIO Update news letter</a>, let me know your comments and feedback.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Thu 28 Feb 2013 04:49:49 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4385 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4368 <p>Blog post: Vote for top 2013 vblogs, thanks for your continued support</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1165270/Top-vBlog-2013"><img src="http://vsphere-land.com/wp-content/uploads/uncle_sam_vote.jpg" alt="Vote for Greg Schulz (StorageIO) in top vBlogs" border="0" /></a><br /> </p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/ericsiebert">Eric Siebert</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/ericsiebert">@Ericsiebert</a>) author of the book <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://astore.amazon.com/serandsto-20/detail/B003ZUYJ68">Maximum vSphere</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://astore.amazon.com/serandsto-20/detail/B003ZUYJ68">get your copy on Amazon.com here</a>) has opened up voting for the annual <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://vsphere-land.com/news/top-blog-2012-results.html">top vBlog</a> over at his site (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://vsphere-land.com/news/voting-now-open-for-the-2013-top-vmware-virtualization-blogs.html">vSphere-land</a>). <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://astore.amazon.com/serandsto-20/detail/B003ZUYJ68"><img src="http://vsphere-land.com/wp-content/uploads/41tffndk8el_sl500_aa300_.jpg" alt="Maximum vSphere book by Eric Siebert" width="300" height="300" border="0" /></a> <p align="justify">While there is a focus on VMware and Virtualization blogs, there are also other categories such as Storage, Scripting, pod casting as well as independent for the non vendors and VARs.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://communities.vmware.com/vexpert.jspa"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/vmw_logo_vmware-expert_250x100.gif" alt="VMware vExpert" border="0" /></a></p> <p>It is an honor to be included in the polling along with my many <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3020">2012 fellow vExperts</a> on the list. <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://vsphere-land.com/news/top-blog-2012-results.html">Last year</a> I made Eric's <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://vsphere-land.com/news/top-blog-2012-results.html">2012 top 50</a> list as well as appearing in the storage and some other categories in those rankings (thanks to all who voted last year). <p align="justify">This year I forgot to nominate myself (it's a self nomination process) so while I am not on the storage, independent bloggers, pod cast sub-categories, I am however included in the general voting having made the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://vsphere-land.com/news/top-blog-2012-results.html">top 50 list last year (#46).</a> <p>A summary of Eric's recommended voting criteria vs. basic popularity are:<br /> <ul> <li>Longevity: How long has somebody been blogging and posting for vs. starting and stopping.</li> <li>Length: Short quick snippet posts vs more original content, time and effort vs. just posting.</li> <li>Frequency: How often do posts appear, lots of short pieces vs. regular longer ones vs. an occasional post.</li> <li>Quality: What's in the post, original ideas, tips, information, insight, analysis, thought perspectives vs. reposting or reporting what others are doing.</li> </ul> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1165270/Top-vBlog-2013">Voting is now open</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1165270/Top-vBlog-2013">click here on the vote image</a>) and closes on March 1, 2013 so if you read this or any of my other posts, comments and content or listen to our new pod casts at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">storageio.tv</a> (also on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a>).<br /> </p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1165270/Top-vBlog-2013"><img src="http://vsphere-land.com/wp-content/uploads/vote-button-300x298.jpg" alt="Vote for Greg Schulz (StorageIO) in top vBlogs" border="0" /></a><br /> </p> <p align="justify">Thank you in advance for <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1165270/Top-vBlog-2013">your continued support</a> and watch for more posts, comments, perspectives and pod casts about data and information infrastructure topics, trends, tools and techniques including servers, storage, IO networking, cloud, virtualization, backup/recovery, BC, DR and data protection along with big and little data (among other things).</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Sat 23 Feb 2013 19:19:19 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4368 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4360 <p>Blog post: VCE revisited, now and zen</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO Industry trends and perspectives image" width="150" height="100" /><br /></p> <p align="justify">Yesterday <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1146385">VCE and their proud parents</a> announced revenues had reached an annual run rate of a billion dollars. Today <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vce.com/about/media/news?id=tcm:20-3919">VCE announced</a> some new products along with enhancements to others. </p> <p align="justify">Before going forward though, lets take go back for a moment to help set the stage to see where things might be going in the future. A little over a three years ago, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=774">back in November 2009 VCE was born</a> and initially named ACADIA by its proud parents (Cisco, EMC, Intel and VMware). <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=774">Here is a post that I did back then</a>.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vce.com/"><img src="http://www.vce.com/asset/images/vce-logo.jpg" alt="VCE logo" width="68" height="68" border="0" /></a><br /> </p> <p align="justify">Btw the reference to Zen might cause some to think that I don't how to properly refer to the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://xen.org/">Xen hypervisor</a>. It is really a play from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.amazon.com/Tall-Cool-2006-Remastered-Version/dp/B00122MC6U">Robert Plants album Now and Zen</a> and its song <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.amazon.com/Tall-Cool-2006-Remastered-Version/dp/B00122MC6U">Tall Cool One</a>. For those not familiar, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.amazon.com/Tall-Cool-2006-Remastered-Version/dp/B00122MC6U">click on the link and listen</a> (some will have DejaVu, others might think its new and cool) as it takes a look back as well as present, similar to VCE. </p> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.amazon.com/Tall-Cool-2006-Remastered-Version/dp/B00122MC6U"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61WOcpkCUlL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" alt="Robert plant now and zen vs. Xen hypervisor" width="273" height="275" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4360">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Thu 21 Feb 2013 21:12:12 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4360 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4352 <p>Blog post: NetApp EF540, something familiar, something new</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO Industry trends and perspectives image" width="150" height="100" /><br /></p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/press-releases/news-rel-20130219-678946.aspx">NetApp announced</a> the other day a new all nand flash <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4317">solid-state devices</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4317">SSD</a>) storage system called the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/flash-ef540/ef540-tech-specs.aspx">EF540</a> that is available now. The EF540 has something's new and cool, along with some things familiar, tried, true and proven. </p> <p align="justify">What is new is that the EF540 is an all nand flash <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/ssd-options-for-virtual-and-physical-environments-part-i-spinning-up-to-speed-on-ssd-14537/">multi-level cell</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/ssd-options-for-virtual-and-physical-environments-part-i-spinning-up-to-speed-on-ssd-14537/">MLC</a>) SSD storage system. What is old is that the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.netapp.com/us/media/ds-3417.pdf">EF540</a> is based on the NetApp E-Series (read more <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/e5400/">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/e2600/index.aspx">here</a>) and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.netapp.com/us/media/ds-3171-66862.pdf">SANtricity software</a> with hundreds of thousands installed systems. As a refresher, the E-Series are the storage system technologies and solutions obtained via the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1786">Engenio acquisition from LSI in 2011</a>.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4352">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Thu 21 Feb 2013 05:45:45 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4352 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4333 <p>Blog post: Cloud, virtualization, Storage I/O trends for 2013 and beyond</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO Industry trends and perspectives image" width="150" height="100" /><br /></p> <p align="justify">It is still early in 2013, so I can make some <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.21cit.com/author.asp?section_id=1958&doc_id=258730&">cloud, virtualization, storage and IO related prediction</a>s, or more aptly, talk about some trends, in addition to those that I made in <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Dec2012_Full.html" target="new">late 2012</a>, looking forward and back. Common over-riding themes will continue to include convergence (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2156">people and technology</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3989">valueware</a>, clouds (public, private, hybrid and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4212">community</a>) among others.</p> <p align="justify"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/DataCenterDistance.jpg" alt="cloud virtualization storage I/O data center image" width="448" height="239" /></p> <p align="justify">Certainly, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4317">solid state drives</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4317">SSDs</a>) will remain popular, both in terms of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1938">industry adoption, and industry deployment</a>. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4017">Big-data</a> (and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3756">little data</a>) management tools and purpose-build storage systems or solutions continue to be popular, as are those for supporting little data applications. On the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4219">cloud storage</a> front, there are many options for various use cases available. Watch for more emphasis on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4196">service-level agreements (SLA), service-level objectives (SLO)</a>, security, pricing transparency, and tiers of service. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4333">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed 13 Feb 2013 01:45:54 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4333 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4325 <p>Blog post: VMware buys virsto, is it about storage hypervisors?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO Industry trends and perspectives image" width="150" height="100" /><br /></p> <p align="justify">Yesterday <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-virsto-021113.html">VMware announced that it is acquiring</a> the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2304">IO performance optimization</a> and acceleration software vendor <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-virsto-021113.html">Virsto</a> for an undisclosed amount. </p> <p align="justify">Some may know Virsto due to their latching and jumping onto the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4102">Storage Hypervisor</a> bandwagon as part of storage virtualization and virtual storage. On the other hand, some may know Virsto for their software that plugs into server virtualization Hypervisor such as VMware and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://virsto.com/partners/microsoft/">Microsoft Hyper-V</a>. Then there are all of those who either did not or still don't know of Virsto or their solutions yet they need to learn about it.</p> <p align="justify">Unlike <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4102">virtual storage arrays</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4102">VSAa</a>), or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4102">virtual storage appliances</a>, or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4102">storage virtualization software</a> that aggregates storage, the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://virsto.com/products/virsto-architecture/">Virsto software address the IO performanc</a>e aggravation caused by aggregation. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4325">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed 13 Feb 2013 01:02:03 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4325 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4317 <p>Blog post: Speaking of SSDs (with poll)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO Industry trends and perspectives image" width="150" height="100" /><br /></p> <p align="justify">In the spirit of solid state devices (SSD) including DRAM and nand flash, not to mention emerging <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3816">phase chance memory</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3816">PCM</a>) among others that help to boost productivity and cut latency, here are a couple of quick notes and links.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4317">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed 13 Feb 2013 00:23:45 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4317 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4202 <p>Tape is still alive, or at least in conversations and discussions</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO Industry trends and perspectives image" width="250" height="175" /><br /> <br />Depending on whom you talk to or ask, you will get different views and opinions, some of them stronger than others on if magnetic tape is dead or alive as a data storage medium. However an aspect of tape that is alive are the discussions by those for, against or that simply see it as one of many data storage mediums and technologies whose role is changing.</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=200199902&gid=75803&commentID=116290785&trk=view_disc&ut=3yelivfUfVJlA1">Here is a link</a> to an a ongoing discussion over in one of the Linked In group forums (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=200199902&gid=75803&commentID=116290785&trk=view_disc&ut=3yelivfUfVJlA1" title="This is an open group">Backup & Recovery Professionals</a>) titled <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=200199902&gid=75803&commentID=116290785&trk=view_disc&ut=3yelivfUfVJlA1">About Tape and disk drives</a>. Rest assured, there is plenty of fud and hype on both sides of the tape is dead (or alive) arguments, not very different from the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4146">disk</a> is dead vs. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4146">SSD</a> or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4091">cloud</a> arguments. After all, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4196">not everything is the same</a> in data centers, clouds and information factories.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4202">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed 30 Jan 2013 5:43:21 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4202 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4196 <p>In the data center or information factory, not everything is the same</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO Industry trends and perspectives image" width="250" height="175" /><br /> <br /> </p> <p align="justify">Sometimes what should be understood, or that is common sense or that you think everybody should know needs to be stated. After all, there could be somebody who does not know what some assume as common sense or what others know for various reasons. At times, there is simply the need to restate or have a reminder of what should be known.<br /> </p> <p><a href="http://storageio.com/DownloadItems/CVDSN_Chapter1.pdf"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/DataCenterDistance.jpg" alt="Storage I/O data center image" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Consequently, in the data center or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/DownloadItems/CVDSN_Chapter1.pdf">information factory</a>, either traditional, virtual, converged, private, hybrid or public cloud, everything is not the same. When I say not everything is the same, is that different applications with various service level objectives (SLO's) and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.21cit.com/author.asp?section_id=1958&doc_id=251276">service level agreements</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.21cit.com/author.asp?section_id=1958&doc_id=251276">SLA's</a>). These are based on different characteristics from performance, availability, reliability, responsiveness, cost, security, privacy among others. Likewise, there are different size and types of organizations with various requirements from enterprise to SMB, ROBO and SOHO, business or government, education or research.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4196">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed 30 Jan 2013 3:45:56 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4196 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4192 <p>Blog post: January 2013 Server and StorageIO Update Newsletter</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <br/> <table width="556" border="0"> <tr> <td width="181"><p align="center"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Jan2013_Full.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/NewsletterImage.jpg" alt="StorageIO News Letter Image" width="168" height="226" /></a> <strong>January 2013 News letter</strong> </td> <td width="359"> <div align="justify">Welcome to the January 2013 edition of the StorageIO Update news letter including a new format and added content. <br/> </div> <p align="justify">You can get access to this news letter via various social media venues (some are shown below) in addition to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">StorageIO web sites</a> and subscriptions. </p> <p align="justify">Click on the following links to view the January 2013 edition as (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Jan2013_Full.html">HTML sent via Email</a>) version, or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Jan2013_Full.pdf">PDF</a> versions. </p> <p align="justify">Visit the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">news letter page</a> to view previous editions of the StorageIO Update.</p></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <p>You can subscribe to the news letter by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://secure.campaigner.com/CSB/Public/Form.aspx?fid=651291">clicking here.</a><br/> </p> <p>Enjoy this edition of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter">StorageIO Update news letter</a>, let me know your comments and feedback.</p> <p>Nuff said for now</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue 22 Jan 2013 16:54:32 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4192 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4172 <p>Putting some VMware ESX storage tips together (Part I)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">Have you spent time searching the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn">VMware documentation, on-line forums</a>, venues and books to decide how to make a local dedicated <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3241">direct attached storage</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3241">DAS</a>) type device (e.g. SATA or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3267">SAS</a>) be <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx25_rawdevicemapping.pdf">Raw Device Mappings</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx25_rawdevicemapping.pdf">RDM</a>)? <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4180">Part two of this post</a> looks at how to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4180">make an RDM using an internal SATA HDD</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Or how about how to make a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3002">Hybrid Hard disk drive</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3002">HHDD</a>) that is faster than a regular <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1954">Hard Disk Drive</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1954">HDD</a>) on reads, however more capacity and less cost than a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3881">Solid State Device (SSD)</a> actually appear to VMware as a SSD? </p> <p align="justify">Recently I had these and some other questions and spent some time looking around, thus this post highlights some great information I have found for addressing the above VMware challenges and some others.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://download3.vmware.com/community/vexpert/vExpert2012-final-final-corrected.pdf"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/vmw_logo_vmware-expert_250x100.gif" border="0" alt="VMware vExpert image" /></a><br /> </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4172">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon 21 Jan 2013 16:54:32 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4172 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4180 <p>Putting some VMware ESX storage tips together (Part II)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p>Blog post: Putting some VMware ESX storage tips together: (Part II)</p> <p align="justify">In the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4172">first part of this post</a> I showed how to use a tip from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2013/01/11/faking-an-ssd-in-your-virtualized-vs">Dunacn Epping</a> to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4172">fake VMware into thinking that a HHDD (Hybrid Hard Disk Drive) was a SSD</a>. </p> <p align="justify">Now lets look at using a tip from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://blog.davidwarburton.net/2010/10/25/rdm-mapping-of-local-sata-storage-">Dave Warburton</a> to make an internal SATA HDD into an RDM for one of my Windows based VMs. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4180>Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon 21 Jan 2013 16:54:32 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4180 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4153 <p>Thanks for viewing StorageIO content and top 2012 viewed posts</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /><br /></p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Dec2012_Full.html">2012 was a busy year</a> (it was our 7th year in business) along with plenty of activity on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com">StorageIOblog.com</a> as well as on the various syndicate and other sites that pickup our content feed (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/RSSfull.xml">http://storageioblog.com/RSSfull.xml</a>).</p> <p align="justify">Excluding traditional <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/portfolio.html">media venues, columns, articles, web casts and web site visits</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO.com</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">StorageIO.TV</a>), StorageIO generated content including posts and pod casts have reached over 50,000 views per month (and growing) across <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com">StorageIOblog.com</a> and our partner or syndicated sites. Including both public and private, there were about four dozen in-person events and activities not counting attending conferences or vendor briefing sessions, along with plenty of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/news.html">industry commentary</a>. On the <a href="http://twitter.com/storageio">twitter</a> front, plenty of activity there as well closing in on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">7,000 followers</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Thank you to everyone who have visited the sites where you will find StorageIO generated content, along with industry trends and perspective comments, articles, tips, webinars, live in person events and other activities.</p> <p align="justify">In terms of what was popular on the StorageIOblog.com site, here are the top 20 viewed posts in alphabetical order.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3427">Amazon cloud storage options enhanced with Glacier</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3267">Announcing SAS SANs for Dummies book, LSI edition</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3088">Are large storage arrays dead at the hands of SSD?</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2413">AWS (Amazon) storage gateway, first, second and third impressions</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2692">EMC VFCache respinning SSD and intelligent caching</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1149">Hard product vs. soft product</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3121">How much SSD do you need vs. want?</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3373">Oracle, Xsigo, VMware, Nicira, SDN and IOV: IO IO its off to work they go</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3025">Is SSD dead? No, however some vendors might be</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2677">IT and storage economics 101, supply and demand</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3024">More storage and IO metrics that matter</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3321">NAD recommends Oracle discontinue certain Exadata performance claims</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2312">New Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid drive (SSD and HDD)</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2896">PureSystems, something old, something new, something from big blue</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2737">Researchers and marketers dont agree on future of nand flash SSD</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=719">Should Everything Be Virtualized?</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3875">SSD, flash and DRAM, DejaVu or something new?</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3026">What is the best kind of IO? The one you do not have to do</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3133">Why FC and FCoE vendors get beat up over bandwidth?</a><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2823">Why SSD based arrays and storage appliances can be a good idea</a></p> <p align="justify">Moving beyond the top twenty read posts on StorageIOblog.com site, the list quickly expands to include more popular posts around <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4091">clouds</a>, virtualization and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3476">data protection modernization</a> (backup/restore, HA, BC, DR, archiving), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3894">general IT/ICT industry trends</a> and related themes.</p> <p align="justify">I would like to thank the current StorageIOblog.com site sponsors <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.solarwinds.com/register/registrationb.aspx?Program=1645&c=70150000000PEMX&CMP=SYN-BAD-STOIO-Q113_Orange-SRTM-DL-160x600">Solarwinds</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.solarwinds.com/register/registrationb.aspx?Program=1645&c=70150000000PEMX&CMP=SYN-BAD-STOIO-Q113_Orange-SRTM-DL-160x600">management tools including response time monitoring for physical and virtual server</a>s) and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://go.veeam.com/introducing-windows-server-2012-and-veeam-backup-free.html?utm_source=storageio&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=introducing2012">Veeam</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://go.veeam.com/introducing-windows-server-2012-and-veeam-backup-free.html?utm_source=storageio&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=introducing2012">VMware and Hyper-V virtual server backup and data protection management tools</a>) for their support.</p> <p align="justify">Thanks again to everyone for reading and following these and other posts as well as for your continued support, watch for more content on the above and other related and new topics or themes throughout 2013.</p> <p>Btw, if you are into <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.facebook.com/storageio">Facebook</a>, you can give <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.facebook.com/storageio">StorageIO a like</a> at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.facebook.com/storageio">facebook.com/storageio</a> (thanks in advance) along with viewing our <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">newsletter here</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Ok, nuff said.<br /> </p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue 14 Jan 2013 23:45:43 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4153 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4146 <p>Summary, EMC VMAX 10K, high-end storage systems stayin alive</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /><br /></p> <p align="justify">This is a follow-up companion post to the larger industry trends and perspectives series from eariler today (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4112">Part I</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4115">Part II</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4117">Part III</a>) pertaining to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2013/20130114-01.htm">today's VMAX 10K enhancement and other announcements by EMC</a>, and the industry myth of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4112">if large storage arrays or systems are dead</a>.</p> <p align="justify">The enhanced <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4115">VMAX 10K</a> scales from a couple of dozen up to 1,560 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1954">HDDs</a> (or mix of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1954">HDD</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3881">SSDs</a>). There can be a mix of 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch devices in different drive enclosures (DAE). There can be 25 SAS based 2.5 inch drives (HDD or SSD) in the 2U enclosure (see figure with cover panels removed), or 15 3.5 inch drives (HDD or SSD) in a 3U enclosure. As mentioned, there can be all 2.5 inch (including for vault drives) for up to 1,200 devices, all 3.5 inch drives for up to 960 devices, or a mix of 2.5 inch (2U DAE) and 3.5 inch (3U DAE) for a total of 1,560 drives.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2013/20130114-01.htm"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_VMAX10K_2U_3U_DAE.jpg" alt="Image of EMC 2U and 3U DAE for VMAX 10K via EMC" border="0" /></a><br /> Image courtesy EMC</p> <p align="justify">Note carefully in the figure (courtesy of EMC) that the 2U 2.5 inch DAE and 3U 3.5 inch DAE along with the VMAX 10K are actually mounted in a 3rd cabinet or rack that is part of today's announcement. </p> <p align="justify">Also note that the DAE's are still EMC; however as part of today's announcement, certain third-party cabinets or enclosures such as might be found in a collocation (colo) or other data center environment can be used instead of EMC cabinets. The VMAX 10K can however like the VMAX 20K and 40K <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4102">support external storage virtualized</a> similar to what has been available from HDS (VSP/USP) and HP branded Hitachi equivalent storage, or using NetApp V-Series or IBM V7000 in a similar way.</p> <p align="justify">As mentioned in <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4115">one of the other posts</a>, there are various software functionality bundles available. Note that SRDF is a separate license from the bundles to give customers options including RecoverPoint.</p> <p align="justify">Check out the three post industry trends and perspectives posts <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4112">here</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4115">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4117">here</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Disclosure: EMC is not a StorageIO client; however, they have been in the past directly and via acquisitions that they have done. I am however a customer of EMC via my Iomega IX4 NAS (I never did get the IX2 that I supposedly won at EMCworld ;) ) that I bought on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://astore.amazon.com/serandsto-20">Amazon.com</a> and indirectly via VMware products that I have, oh, and they did sent me a copy of the new book <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4017">Human Face of Big Data</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4017">read more here</a>).</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon 14 Jan 2013 19:18:17 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4146 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4112 <p>EMC VMAX 10K, looks like high-end storage systems are still alive</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /><br /> </p> <p align="justify">This is the first in a multi-part series of posts looking at if large enterprise and legacy storage systems are dead, along with <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2013/20130114-01.htm">what todays EMC VMAX 10K updates means</a>.</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-18321">EMC has announced an upgrade</a>, refresh or new version of their <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/storage/symmetrix-vmax/vmax-10k.htm">previously announced Virtual matrix (VMAX) 10,000 (10K</a>), part of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/storage/symmetrix-vmax/symmetrix-vmax.htm">VMAX family</a> of enterprise class storage systems formerly known as <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/storage/symmetrix-vmax/symmetrix-vmax.htm">DMX (Direct Matrix) and Symmetrix</a>. I will get back to more coverage on the VMAX 10K and other EMC enhancements in a few moments in <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4115">part two </a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4117">three of this series</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Have you heard the industry myth about the demise or outright death of traditional storage systems? This has been particularly the case for high-end enterprise class systems, which by the way which were first, declared dead back in the mid-1990s then at the hands of emerging mid-range storage systems. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4112">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon 14 Jan 2013 13:14:15 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4112 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4115 <p>EMC VMAX 10K, looks like high-end storage systems are still alive (Part II)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /><br /> </p> <p align="justify">This is the second in a multi-part series of posts (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4112">read first post here</a>) looking at if large enterprise and legacy storage systems are dead, along with what <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2013/20130114-01.htm">todays EMC VMAX 10K updates mean</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Thus on January 14 2013 it is time for a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://placeholder.com/">new EMC Virtual Matrix (VMAX) model 10,000 (10K) storage system</a>. EMC has been <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-18321">promoting their January 14 live virtual event</a> for a while now. January significance is that is when (along with May or June) is when many new systems, solutions or upgrades are made on a staggered basis. </p> <p align="justify">Historically speaking, January and February, along with May and June is when you have seen many of the larger announcements from EMC being made. Case in point, back in February of 2012 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2697">VFCache was released</a>, then May (2012) in Las Vegas at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3154">EMCworld</a> there were <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2012/20120521-01.htm">42 announcements made</a> and others later in the year.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4115">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon 14 Jan 2013 13:14:15 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4115 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4117 <p>EMC VMAX 10K, looks like high-end storage systems are still alive (Part III)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" ></p> <p align="justify">This is the third in a multi-part series of posts (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4112">read first post here</a> and<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4115"> second post here</a>) looking at what else <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2013/20130114-01.htm">EMC announced today</a> in addition to an enhanced VMAX 10K and dispelling the myth that large storage arrays are dead (or at least for now).</p> <p align="justify">In addition to the VMAX 10K specific updates, EMC also announced the release of a new version of their Enginuity storage software (firmware, storage operating system). Enginuity is supported across all VMAX platforms and features the following:</p> <div align="justify"> <ul> <li>Replication enhancements include TimeFinder clone refresh, restore and four site SRDF for the VMAX 10K, along with think or thin support. This capability enables functionality across VMAX 10K, 40K or 20K using synchronous or asynchronous and extends earlier 3 site to 4 site and mix modes. Note that larger VMAX systems had the extended replication feature support with VMAX 10K now on par with those. Note that the VMAX can be enhanced with <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1216">VPLEX</a> in front of storage systems (local or wide area, in region HA and out of region DR) and RecoverPoint behind the systems supporting bi-synchronous (two-way), synchronous and asynchronous <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467">data protection</a> (CDP, replication, snapshots).</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Unisphere for VMAX 1.5 manages DMX along with <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/vmware-vsphere-v5-and-storage-drs-12033/">VMware VAAI</a> UNMAP and space reclamation, block zero and hardware clone enhancements, IPV6, Microsoft Server 2012 support and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2697">VFCache</a> 1.5.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Support for mix of 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch DAEs (disk array enclosures) along with new <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3267">SAS</a> drive support (high-performance and high-capacity, and various flash-based <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3881">SSD</a> or EFD).</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The addition of a fourth dynamic tier within FAST for supporting third-party virtualized storage, along with compression of in-active, cold or stale data (manual or automatic) with 2 to 1 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1532">data footprint reduction</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1532">DFR</a>) ratio. Note that EMC was one of early vendors to put compression into its storage systems on a block LUN basis in the CLARiiON (now VNX) along with NetApp and IBM (via their Storwize acquisition). The new fourth tier also means that third-party storage does not have to be the lowest tier in terms of performance or functionality.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Federated Tiered Storage (FTS) is now available on all EMC block storage systems including those with third-party storage attached in virtualization mode (e.g. VMAX). In addition to supporting tiering across its own products, and those of other vendors that have been virtualized when attached to a VMAX, ANSI T10 Data Integrity Field (DIF) is also supported. Read more about T10 DIF <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-T10E2E/index.html">here</a>, and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emulex.com/artifacts/721a3c35.../elx_emc_orcl_wp_T10PI.pdf">here</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4043">Front-end</a> performance enhancements with host I/O limits (Quality of Service or QoS) for multi tenant and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4043">cloud</a> environments to balance or prioritize IO across ports and users. This feature can balance based on thresholds for <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3596">IOPS</a>, bandwidth or both from the VMAX. Note that this feature is independent of any operating system based tool, utility, pathing driver or feature such as VMware DRS and Storage I/O control. Storage groups are created and mapped to specific host ports on the VMAX with the QoS performance thresholds applied to meet specific service level requirements or objectives.</li> </ul> </div> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4117">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon 14 Jan 2013 13:14:15 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4117 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4102 <p>Many faces of storage hypervisor, virtual storage or storage virtualization</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Dec2012_Full.html">Storage hypervisors were a 2012 popular buzzword bingo topic</a> with plenty of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1938">industry adoption</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1938">some customer deployment</a>. Separating the hype around storage hypervisors reveals conversations around <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/downloads.html">storage virtualization and virtual storage</a>. </p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/downloads.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_BuildingBlocks.gif" alt="Cloud computing and virtualization building block components image" width="465" height="265" border="0" /></a><br /> Cloud and virtualization components</p> <p align="justify">Storage virtualization along with virtual storage and storage hypervisors have a theme of abstracting underlying physical hardware resources like server virtualization. The abstraction can be for consolidation and aggregation, or for enabling agility, flexibility, emulation and other functionality.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4102">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed 9 Jan 2013 22:11:00 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4102 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4091 <p>Cloud conversation, Thanks Gartner for saying what has been said</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></p> <p align="justify">Thank you <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://gartner.com">Gartner</a> for your statements concurring and endorsing the notion of clouds can be viable, however do your homework, welcome to the club.</p> <p align="justify">Why am I thanking Gartner? </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4091">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed 9 Jan 2013 15:43:21 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4091 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4077 <p>Congratulations Imation and Nexsan, are there any independent storage vendors left?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></p> <p align="justify">Last week <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.imation.com/en-US/">Imation</a>, the company that is known for making CDs, DVDs, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://tapeisalive.com/">magnetic tape</a> and in the past floppy disk (diskettes) bought <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.nexsan.com/">Nexsan</a>, a company known for the SATA and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3267">SAS</a> storage products.</p> <p align="justify">Imation is also (or should be) owns the TDK and Memorex names (remember is it real or is it Memorex? If not Google it). They also have had for several years <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1877">removable hard disk drive</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1877">RHDD</a>) products including the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://partner.imation.com/portal/page?_pageid=553,1595881&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_document_id=101159&p_node_id=174498&p_mode=BROWSE">Odyssey</a> (I am in the process of retiring mine), as well as partnership with the former ProStor for RDX and having acquired some of the assets of ProStor namely their RDX based InifiVault storage appliance. Imation has also been involved in some other things including USB and other forms of flash-based <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3881">solid state devices (SSD)</a>, as well as a couple of years (2007) they launched <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://ir.imation.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=73967&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1016318&highlight=">cloud backup with DataGuard</a> before cloud backup had become a popular buzzword topic. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4077">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue 8 Jan 2013 22:33:44 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4077 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4043 <p>Cloud conversations: Gaining cloud confidence from insights into AWS outages</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></p> <p align="justify">This is the first of a two-part industry trends and perspectives series looking at how to learn from cloud outages (read <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4047">part II here</a>).</p> <p align="justify">In case you missed it, there were some public cloud outages during the recent Christmas 2012-holiday season. One incident involved <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-azure-still-suffering-from-partial-outage">Microsoft Xbox</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://azurestatus.cloudapp.net/">view the Microsoft Azure status dashboard here</a>) users were impacted, and the other was another <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3435">Amazon Web Services</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3435">AWS</a>) incident. Microsoft and AWS are not alone, most if not all cloud services have had some type of incident and have gone on to improve from those outages. Google has had issues with different applications and services including some in December 2012 along with a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/gmail-back-soon-for-everyone.html#!/2011/02/gmail-back-soon-for-everyone.html">Gmail incident that received covered back in 2011</a>. </p> <p align="justify">For those interested, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://status.aws.amazon.com/">here is a link to the AWS status dashboard</a> and a link to the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/message/680587/">AWS December 24 2012 incident postmortem</a>. In the case of the recent AWS incident which affected users such as Netflix, the incident (read the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/message/680587/">AWS postmortem</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="This is not to say AWS has more outages or incidents vs. others including Microsoft, it just seems that we hear more about AWS when things happen compared to others. That could be due to AWS size and arguably market leading status, diversity of services and scale at which some of their clients are using them.">Netflix postmortem</a>) was tied to a human error. This is not to say AWS has more outages or incidents vs. others including Microsoft, it just seems that we hear more about AWS when things happen compared to others. That could be due to AWS size and arguably market leading status, diversity of services and scale at which some of their clients are using them. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4043">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon 7 Jan 2013 23:45:32 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4043 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4047 <p>Cloud conversations: Gaining cloud confidence from insights into AWS outages (Part II)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></p> <p>This is the second in a two-part industry trends and perspective looking at learning from cloud incidents, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4043">view part I here</a>.<br /> </p> <p align="justify">There is good information, insight and lessons to be learned from cloud outages and other incidents. </p> <p align="justify">Sorry cynics no that does not mean an end to clouds, as they are here to stay. However when and where to use them, along with what best practices, how to be ready and configure for use are part of the discussion. This means that clouds may not be for everybody or all applications, or at least today. For those who are into clouds for the long haul (either all in or partially) including current skeptics, there are many lessons to be learned and leveraged.</p> <p align="justify">In order to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3476">gain confidence in clouds</a>, some questions that I routinely am asked include are clouds more or less reliable than what you are doing? Depends on what you are doing, and how you will be using the cloud services. If you are applying HA and other BC or resiliency best practices, you may be able to configure and isolate from the more common situations. On the other hand, if you are simply using the cloud services as a low-cost alternative selecting the lowest price and service class (SLAs and SLOs), you might get what you paid for. Thus, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3125">clouds are a shared responsibility</a>, the service provider has things they need to do, and the user or person designing how the service will be used have some decisions making responsibilities.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4047">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Mon 7 Jan 2013 23:45:32 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4047 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4017 <p>The Human Face of Big Data, a Book Review</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">My copy of the new book <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://humanfaceofbigdata.com">The Human Face of Big Data</a> created by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt arrived yesterday compliments of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://emc.com">EMC</a> (the lead sponsor). In addition to EMC, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://humanfaceofbigdata.com/sponsors/">the other sponsors</a> of the book are <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://cisco.com">Cisco</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://vmware.com">VMware</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://fedex.com">FedEx</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.originate.com/">Originate</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/">Tableau software</a>.</p> <p align="justify">To say this is a big book would be an understatement, then again, big data is a big topic with a lot of diversity if you open your eyes and think in a pragmatic way, which once you open and see the pages you will see. This is physically a big book (11x 14 inches) with lots of pictures, texts, stories, factoids and thought stimulating information of the many facets and dimensions of big data across 224 pages.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=4017">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Sat 5 Jan 2013 18:45:45 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4017 http://storageioblog.com/?p=4006 <p>December 2012 StorageIO Update news letter</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <br/> <table width="556" border="0"> <tr> <td width="181"><p align="center"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Dec2012_Full.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/NewsletterImage.jpg" alt="StorageIO News Letter Image" width="168" height="226" /></a> <strong>December 2012 News letter</strong> </td> <td width="359"> <div align="justify">Welcome to the December 2012 year end edition of the StorageIO Update news letter including a new format and additional content. <br/> </div> <p align="justify">You can get access to this news letter via various social media venues (some are shown below) in addition to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">StorageIO web sites</a> and subscriptions. </p> <p align="justify">Click on the following links to view the December 2012 edition as <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Dec2012_Full.html">brief</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Dec2012_Full.html">short HTML sent via Email</a>) version, or the full <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Dec2012_Full.html">HTML</a> or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter/Dec2012_Full.pdf">PDF</a> versions. </p> <p align="justify">Visit the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter.html">news letter page</a> to view previous editions of the StorageIO Update.</p></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <p>You can subscribe to the news letter by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://secure.campaigner.com/CSB/Public/Form.aspx?fid=651291">clicking here.</a><br/> </p> <p>Enjoy this edition of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/newsletter">StorageIO Update news letter</a>, let me know your comments and feedback.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Tue 18 Dec 2012 21:32:45 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=4006 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3989 <p>Hardware, Software, what about Valueware?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">I am surprised nobody has figured out how to use the term <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://valueware.us/">valueware</a> to describe their hardware, software or services solutions, particular around <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3476">cloud</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3756">big data, little data</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2156">converged solution</a> stacks or bundles, virtualization and related themes. </p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_BuildingBlocks.gif" alt="Cloud virtualization storage and networking building blocks image" width="465" height="265" border="0" /></a><br /> Cloud and virtualization building blocks transformed into Valueware</p> <p align="justify">Note that I'm referring to IT hardware and not what you would usually find at a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.truevalue.com/">TrueValue hardware store</a> (disclosure, I like to shop there for things to innovate with and address the non IT to do project list).</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.truevalue.com/"><img src="http://www.truevalue.com/assets/images/logo/trueValue.gif" alt="Image for truevalue hardware stores" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Instead of value add software or what might otherwise be called an operating system (OS), or middleware, glue, hypervisor, shims or agents, I wonder who will be first to use valueware? Or who will be the first to say they were the first to articulate the value of their industry unique and revolutionary solution using valueware?</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_StackBasic1.gif" alt="Cloud and convergence stack image from Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking Book" width="465" height="240" border="0" /></a></p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3989">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Thu 13 Dec 2012 23:23:23 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3989 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3979 <p>Blog post: Predictions, did Mayans have it right, or did we read it wrong?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">It is late in the day December 12, 2012 and best I can tell, we are still here, and for some, by time you read this it will be a few days or weeks later which means that either the Mayan calendar had it wrong, or we misinterpret it. Some would say that December 12, 2012 is not the important date, that it is really <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/414052/20121212/mayan-calendar-end-world-12-meaning.htm">December 21, 2012</a> that the world will end, ok, lets wait and see what happens in a few more days.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.locogringo.com/campeche/becan.html"><img src="http://www.locogringo.com/lgunet/images/campeche/becan/P6110036a.jpg" alt="Image of Becan Mayan ruins in southern Campeche, Mexico" width="375" height="170" border="0" /></a></p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3979">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers gs<br /> </p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> General Wed 12 Dec 2012 23:32:23 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3979 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3945 <p>Blog post: Storage comments from the field and customers in the trenches</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">When I was <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3539">in Europe presenting some sessions at conferences and doing some seminars</a> last month I meet and spoke with one of the attendees at the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3539">StorageExpo Holland event</a>. The persons name (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hans-breemer/46/424/821">Han Breemer</a>) came up to visit with me after one of my presentations that include <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/DownloadItems/Nijkerk_Nov2012/SIO_StorageExpo_SSD_Oct23_2012.pdf">SSD is in your future: When, where, with what and how</a>, and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/DownloadItems/Nijkerk_Nov2012/SIO_StorageExpo_CVDSN_Oct23_2012.pdf">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> industry trends and perspectives. Note you can find additional material from various conferences and events on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/downloads.html">Downloads page</a> accessible via the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/portfolio.html">resources menu</a> on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/portfolio.html">StorageIO web site.</a></p> <p align="justify">As I always do, I invite attendees to feel free and follow-up via email, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">twitter</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/schulzgreg">Linked In</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://plus.google.com/117336777773531755552">Google+</a> or other venue with questions, comments, discussions and what they are seeing or running into in their environments. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3945">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Thu 6 Dec 2012 6:54:32 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3945 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3929 <p>Blog post: HPs big December 3rd storage announcement</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/storage/nextera/index.aspx?jumpid=ex_r1165_ww/en/large/eg/pl_ot_so_aw_3rdpartybloggers_storage/nextera_mkg/20121101">HP has been talking and promoting</a> for several weeks (ok, months) their upcoming <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/storage/nextera/index.aspx?jumpid=ex_r1165_ww/en/large/eg/pl_ot_so_aw_3rdpartybloggers_storage/nextera_mkg/20121101">December 3rd storage announcements</a> from the HP discovery event in Frankfurt Germany.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/storage/nextera/index.aspx"><img src="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/images/storage/nextera/hpdiscover2012.png" alt="Image of HP discover day" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Well its now afternoon which means the early Monday morning December 3rd embargos have been lifted so I can now talk about what HP shared last Friday about todays announcements. Basically what I received was a series of press releases as well <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/index.html">link</a> to their <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/data-storage/index.html">updated web site</a> providing information about todays announcements.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3929">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon 3 Dec 2012 19:45:54 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3929 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3913 <p>Ceph Day Amsterdam 2012 (Object and cloud storage)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Recently <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3875">while I was in Europe presenting some sessions at conferences and doing some seminars</a>, I was invited by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/edsai">Ed Saipetch</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/edsai">@edsai</a>) of Inktank.com to attend the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://ceph.com/community/our-very-first-ceph-day/">first Ceph Day</a> in Amsterdam.</p> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://ceph.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/Ceph_Day.jpg" alt="Ceph day image" border="0" /></a> <p align="justify">As luck or fate would turn out, I was in <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.brouwerconsultancy.com/ENG/Seminars%20&%20Workshops/Agenda%20Nov12.html">Nijkerk</a> which is about an hour train ride from Amsterdam central station plus a free day in my schedule. After a morning train ride and nice walk from Amsterdam Central I arrived at the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.tobacco.nl/">Tobacco Theatre</a> (a former tobacco trading venue) where Ceph Day was underway, and in time for lunch of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://almostbourdain.blogspot.com/2010/01/kroketten-dutch-croquettes.html">Krokettens</a> sandwich.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3756"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/CephDay2012_1.jpg" alt="Attendees at Ceph Day" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Lets take a quick step back and address for those not familiar what is Ceph (Cephalanthera) and why it was worth spending a day to attend this event. Ceph is an open source distributed object scale out (e.g. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=588">cluster or grid</a>) software platform running on industry standard hardware. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3913">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon 26 Nov 2012 20:02:20 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3913 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3827 <p>Seven databases in seven weeks, a book review of NoSQL databases</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://amzn.to/10ZFoY4">Seven Databases in Seven Weeks (A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement)</a> is a book written Eric Redmond (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/coderoshi">@coderoshi</a>) and Jim Wilson (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/hexlib">@hexlib</a>), part of The Pragmatic Programmers (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/pragprog" >@pragprog</a>) series that takes a look at several non SQL based database systems. </p> <a href="http://amzn.to/10ZFoY4"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_SevenDBcover.jpg" alt="Cover image of seven databases in seven weeks book image" border="0" /></a> <p align="justify">Coverage includes PostgreSQL, Riak, Apache HBase, MongoDB, Apache CouchDB, Neo4J and Redis with plenty of code and architecture examples. Also covered include relational vs. key value, columnar and document based systems among others.</p> <p>The details: <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://amzn.to/10ZFoY4">Seven Databases in Seven Weeks</a><br /> Paperback: 352 pages <br /> Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf (May 18, 2012) <br /> Language: English <br /> ISBN-10: 1934356921 <br /> ISBN-13: 978-1934356920 <br /> Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.8 x 9 inches </p> <p align="justify">Buzzwords (or keywords) include availability, consistency, performance and related themes. Others include MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Neo4J, JSON, CouchDB, Hadoop, HBase, Amazon Dynamo, Map Reduce, Riak (Basho) and Postgres along with data models including relational, key value, columnar, document and graph along with big data, little data, cloud and object storage.</p> <p align="justify">While this book is not a how to tutorial or installation guide, it does give a deep dive into the different databases covered. The benefit is gaining an understanding of what the different databases are good for, strengths, weakness, where and when to use or choose them for various needs.</p> <a href="http://amzn.to/10ZFoY4"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_SevenDBexample.jpg" alt="Look inside seven databases in seven weeks book image" border="0" /></a><br /> A look inside my copy of Seven Databases in Seven Days <p align="justify">Who should <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://amzn.to/10ZFoY4">this book</a> includes applications developers, programmers, Cloud, big data and IT/ICT architects, planners and designers along with database, server, virtualization and storage professionals. What I like about the book is that it is a great intro and overview along with sufficient depth to understand what these different solutions can and cannot do, when, where and why to use these tools for different situations in a quick read format and plenty of detail.<br /> <br /> Would I recommend buying it: Yes, I bought a copy myself on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://amzn.to/10ZFoY4">Amazon.com, get your copy by clicking here</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Ok, nuff said (for now).</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon 26 Nov 2012 12:34:56 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3827 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3894 <p>Garbage data in, garbage information out, big data or big garbage?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Do you know the computer technology saying, garbage data in results in garbage information out?</p> <p align="justify">In other words even with the best algorithms and hardware, bad, junk or garbage data put in results in garbage information delivered. Of course, you might have data analysis and cleaning software to look for, find and remove bad or garbage data, however that's for a different post on another day.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3894">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat 24 Nov 2012 13:13:13 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3894 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3884 <p>Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) and IRM</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">There are many business drivers and technology reasons for adopting <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://webobjects.cdw.com/webobjects/media/pdf/Solutions/data-center/Infrastructure-Management.pdf">data center infrastructure management</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://webobjects.cdw.com/webobjects/media/pdf/Solutions/data-center/Infrastructure-Management.pdf">DCIM</a>) and infrastructure Resource Management (IRM) techniques, tools and best practices. Today's agile data centers need updated management systems, tools, and best practices that allow organizations to plan, run at a low-cost, and analyze for workflow improvement. After all, there is no such thing as an information recession driving the need to move process and store more data. With budget and other constraints, organizations need to be able to stretch available resources further while reducing costs including for physical space and energy consumption.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3884">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat 24 Nov 2012 11:11:11 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3884 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3881 <p>Is SSD only for performance? </p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Normally <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3803">solid state devices</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3803">SSD</a>) including non-persistent DRAM, and persistent nand flash are thought of in the context of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3024">performance</a> including bandwidth or throughput, response time or latency, and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3026">IOPS or transactions</a>. However there is another role where SSD are commonly used where the primary focus is not performance. Besides consumer devise such as iPhones, iPads, iPods, Androids, MP3, cell phones and digital cameras, the other use is for harsh environments. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3881">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat 24 Nov 2012 11:11:11 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3881 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3875 <p>SSD, flash and DRAM, DejaVu or something new?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3539">Recently I was in Europe</a> for a couple of weeks including stops at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3539">Storage Networking World (SNW) Europe in Frankfurt</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3539">StorageExpo Holland</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3769">Ceph Day in Amsterdam (object and cloud storage)</a>, and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3539">Nijkerk where I delivered two separate 2 day, and a single 1 day seminar</a>. </p> <p align="justify"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_FRA_TrainStation.jpg" alt="Image of Frankfurt transtation" width="220" height="150" /><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_FrontOfTrain.jpg" alt="Image of inside front of ICE train going from Frankfurt to Utrecht" width="220" height="150" /></p> <p align="justify">At the recent <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3539">StorageExpo Holland event in Utrecht</a>, I gave a couple of presentations, one on cloud, virtualization and storage networking trends, the other taking a deeper look at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/ssd-options-for-virtual-and-physical-environments-part-iv-what-type-of-ssd-is-best-for-your-needs-15130/">Solid State Devices</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/ssd-options-for-virtual-and-physical-environments-part-iv-what-type-of-ssd-is-best-for-your-needs-15130/">SSD's</a>). As in the past, StorageExpo Holland was great in a fantastic venue, with many large exhibits and great attendance which I heard was over 6,000 people over two days (excluding exhibitor vendors, vars, analysts, press and bloggers) which was several times larger than what was seen in Frankfurt at the SNW event.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3875">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat 24 Nov 2012 11:11:11 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3875 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3860 <p>IBM vs. Oracle, NAD intervenes, again</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">With HP announcing that they were sold a bogus deal with Autonomy (read <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-20/hp-s-accounting-claims-are-seen-as-">here</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/09/23/ray-lane-must-go-at-hp/">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20110396-92/hps-ray-lane-on-why-leo-apothek">here</a> among others) and the multi billion write off (loss), or speculation of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://allthingsd.com/20121119/whos-next-to-run-intel-a-look-at-the-internal-and-external-contenders/">who will be named the new CEO of Intel in 2013</a>, don't worry if you missed the latest in the ongoing <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3321">IBM vs. Oracle campaign.</a> The other day the NAD (National Advertising Directive) part of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) issued yet another statement about IBM and Oracle (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.asrcreviews.org/2012/11/nad-determines-oracle-acted-properly-in-discontinuing-performance-claim-couched-in-contest-language/">read here</a> and posted below).</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.asrcreviews.org/2012/11/nad-determines-oracle-acted-properly-in-discontinuing-performance-claim-couched-in-contest-language/"><img src="http://www.asrcreviews.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ASRC_Logo_TagService_WEB-Final4-300x141.jpg" alt="NAD BBB logo" width="300" height="141" border="0" /></a></p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3860">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Wed 21 Nov 2012 12:01:23 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3860 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3832 <p>vBrownbags, vForums and VMware vTraining with Alastair Cooke</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode, we go virtual, both with the topic (virtualization) and communicating around the world via Skype. My guest is <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/DemitasseNZ">Alastair Cooke</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/DemitasseNZ">@DemitasseNZ</a>) who joins me from New Zealand to talk about VMware education, training and social networking. Some of the topics that we cover include vForums, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/">vBrownbags</a>, VMware VCDX certification, VDI, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://professionalvmware.com/2012/05/vsphere-5-autolab/">Autolab</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://professionalvmware.com/vbrownbags-live/">Professional vBrownbag</a> tech talks, coffee and more. If you are into server virtualization or virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI), or need to learn more, Alastair talks about some great resources. Check out Alastairs site <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.demitasse.co.nz">www.demitasse.co.nz</a> for more information about the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://professionalvmware.com/2012/05/vsphere-5-autolab/">AutoLab</a>, VMware training and education, along with the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://professionalvmware.com/vbrownbags-live/">vBrownbag podcasts</a> that are also available on iTunes as well as the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://apacvirtual.com/">APAC Virtualisation podcasts.</a> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/AlastairCooke_VirtNov2012.mp3">Click here </a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/AlastairCooke_VirtNov2012.mp3">right-click to download MP3 file</a>) or on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/AlastairCooke_VirtNov2012.mp3">microphone image to listen</a> to the conversation with Alastair and myself.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/AlastairCooke_VirtNov2012.mp3"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/AudioIcon.jpg" alt="StorageIO podcast" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">Watch (and listen) for more StorageIO industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio blog posts pod casts</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">other upcoming events</a>. Also be sure to heck out other related pod casts, videos, posts, tips and industry commentary at <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO.com</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com">StorageIOblog.com</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy this episode <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/AlastairCooke_VirtNov2012.mp3">vBrownbags, vForums and VMware vTraining with Alastair Cooke</a>.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon 19 Nov 2012 12:34:56 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3832 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3816 <p>Podcast: SSD past, present and future with Jim Handy</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode, I talk with <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3803">SSD nand flash</a> and DRAM chip analyst <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.objective-analysis.com/Contact_Us.html#Jim_Handy">Jim Handy</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.objective-analysis.com/">Objective Analysis</a> at the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://lsi.com">LSI</a> AIS (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.lsi.com/AIS2012/Pages/default.aspx">Accelerating Innovation Summit</a>) 2012 in San Jose. Our conversation includes SSD past, present and future, market and industry trends, who are doing what and things to keep an eye and ear, open for along with server, storage and memory convergence. <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3816">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Wed 14 Nov 2012 06:44:06 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3816 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3803 <p>Have SSDs been unsuccessful with storage arrays (with poll)?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">I hear people talking about how <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3419">Solid State Devices</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3419">SSDs</a>) have not been successful with or for vendors of storage arrays, particular legacy storage systems. Some people have also asserted that <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3088">large storage arrays are dead</a> at the hands of new purpose-built SSD appliances or storage systems (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3088">read more here</a>).</p> <p align="justify">As a reference, legacy storage systems include those from EMC (VMAX and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1951">VNX</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2896">IBM</a> (DS8000, DCS3700, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2235">XIV</a>, and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1551">V7000</a>), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1951">NetApp FAS</a> along with those from Dell, Fujitsu, HDS, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3277">HP</a>, NEC and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3444">Oracle</a> among others. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3803">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:29:39 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3803 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3794 <p>Podcast: Mr. Backup (Curtis Preston) goes back to Ceph School</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode, I am at the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3769">Ceph day in Amsterdam Holland event</a> at the Tobacco Theatre hosted by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://42on.com">on42.com</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://inktank.com">inktank.com</a> with Curtis Preston.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3794">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:18:07 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3794 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3772 <p>Ben Woo on Big Data Buzzword Bingo and Business Benefits</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode, In this episode, Im joined in Frankfurt Germany by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/benwoony">Ben Woo</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/benwoony">@benwoony</a>) of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://Neuralytix.com">Neuralytix.com</a>. Our conversation includes cloud; big data and how buzzword bingo technology focused discussions can result in missed business benefits for both vendors and customers. We also reminisce about MTI where we worked together along with protecting home storage.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3772">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:18:17 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3772 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3769 <p>Ceph Day in Amsterdam and Sage Weil on Object Storage</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> <p align="justify">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 <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio and video content here</a>) as well as listening via <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344">iTunes</a> or via your preferred means using this <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">RSS feed</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml">http://storageio.com/StorageIO_Podcast.xml</a>)</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode, I am at the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://ceph.com">Ceph</a> day in Amsterdam Holland event at the Tobacco Theatre. My guest for this episode is Ceph (Cephalanthera) creator Sage Weil who is also the founder of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://inktanlk.com">inktank.com</a> that provides services and support for the open source based Ceph project.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3769">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:18:17 GMT http://storageioblog.com/?p=3769 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3756 <p>Little data, big data and very big data (VBD) or big BS?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">This is an industry trends and perspective piece about big data and little data, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1938">industry adoption and customer deployment</a>.</p> <p align="justify">If you are in any way associated with information technology (IT), business, scientific, media and entertainment computing or related areas, you may have heard big data mentioned. Big data has been a popular <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1850">buzzword bingo</a> topic and term for a couple of years now. Big data is being used to describe new and emerging along with existing types of applications and information processing tools and techniques. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3756">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:34:56 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3756 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3745 <p>Networking with Bruce Ravid and Bruce Rave</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> <p align="justify">This is the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3745">eighth</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">here is the first</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3618">second,</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3625">third,</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3630">fourth</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3646">fifth</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3658">sixth</a>, and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3744">seventh</a>) in a series of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO</a> industry trends and perspective audio blog and pod cast discussions from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">Storage Networking World (SNW)</a> Fall 2012 in Santa Clara California.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode, my co-host <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravesraves.com/">Bruce Rave</a> aka <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Ravid and Associates</a> (twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/brucerave">@brucerave</a>) recap the recent SNW conference and series of pod casts. Our conversation also covers importance of networking and career tips (Bruce is an <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://ravid.com">executive recruiter aka career advisory consultant</a>) for those of you that are new and upcoming, as well those of you who are seasoned veterans to standout in a crowd. </p> <p align="justify">Bruce also talks about his <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://godeepmusic.net/show.html">internet music radio show called Go Deep</a> on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://moheak.com">moheak.com</a> along with up and coming bands to keep an eye and ear open for in 2013. Check out <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/brucerave">Bruces</a> sites at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://ravid.com">ravid.com</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://godeepmusic.net/show.html">godeepmusic.net</a> as well as listen to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://godeepmusic.net/show.html">his internet radio show</a> that airs weekly Sunday evenings 7 to 9PM PT on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://godeepmusic.net/show.html">moheak.com</a>. </itunes:summary> <itunes:image href="http://storageio.com/images/StorageIO.JPG" /> </p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_BruceRavid.mp3">Click here </a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_BruceRavid.mp3">right-click to download MP3 file</a>) or on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_BruceRavid.mp3">microphone image to listen</a> to the conversation with Bruce and myself.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_BruceRavid.mp3"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/AudioIcon.jpg" alt="StorageIO podcast" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">Watch (and listen) for more StorageIO industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio blog posts pod casts</a> from SNW and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">other upcoming events</a>. Also be sure to heck out other related pod casts, videos, posts, tips and industry commentary at <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO.com</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com">StorageIOblog.com</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy listening to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_BruceRavid.mp3">Networking with Bruce Ravid</a>.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:33:55 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3745 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3744 <p>SNW 2012 Rapping with Dave Raffo of SearchStorage</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> <p align="justify">This is the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3744">seventh</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">here is the first</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3618">second,</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3625">third,</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3630">fourth</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3646">fifth</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3658">sixth</a>) in a series of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO</a> industry trends and perspective audio blog and pod cast discussions from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">Storage Networking World (SNW)</a> Fall 2012 in Santa Clara California.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Given how at conference conversations tend to occur in the hallways, lobbies and bar areas of venues, what better place to have candid conversations with people from throughout the industry, some you know, some you will get to know better.</p> <p align="justify">In this episode, my co-host <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravesraves.com/">Bruce Rave</a> aka <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Ravid and Associates</a> (twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/brucerave">@brucerave</a>) meets up Sr. News Director <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/about/editors">Dave Raffo of </a><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/about/editors">TechTarget and Search Storage</a> in the SNW trade show expo hall. Our conversation covers past and present SNWs along with other industry conferences, industry trends, software defined buzzwords, Green Bay Packers smack and more.</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DaveRaffo.mp3">Click here </a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DaveRaffo.mp3">right-click to download MP3 file</a>) or on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DaveRaffo.mp3">microphone image to listen</a> to the conversation with Dave, Bruce and myself.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DaveRaffo.mp3"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/AudioIcon.jpg" alt="StorageIO podcast" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">Watch (and listen) for more StorageIO industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio blog posts pod casts</a> from SNW and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">other upcoming events</a>. Also be sure to heck out other related pod casts, videos, posts, tips and industry commentary at <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO.com</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com">StorageIOblog.com</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy listening to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DaveRaffo.mp3">Rapping with Dave Raffo of Search Storage from the Fall SNW 2012 pod cast</a>.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:33:44 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3744 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3658 <p>Industry trends and perspectives: Ray on Storage and SNW</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> Now also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> <p align="justify">This is the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3658">sixth</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">here is the first</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3618">second,</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3625">third,</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3630">fourth</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3646">fifth</a>) in a series of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO</a> industry trends and perspective audio blog and pod cast discussions from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">Storage Networking World (SNW)</a> Fall 2012 in Santa Clara California.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Given how at conference conversations tend to occur in the hallways, lobbies and bar areas of venues, what better place to have candid conversations with people from throughout the industry, some you know, some you will get to know better.</p> <p align="justify">In this episode, my co-host <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravesraves.com/">Bruce Rave</a> aka <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Ravid and Associates</a> (twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/brucerave">@brucerave</a>) meets up with <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/RayLucchesi">Ray Lucchesi</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/RayLucchesi">@RayLucchesi)</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://silvertonconsulting.com/blog/">Silverton Consulting</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://silvertonconsulting.com/blog/">Ray on storage blog</a> in the Santa Clara Hyatt (event venue) lobby bar area. Our conversation covers past and present SNWs along with other industry conferences, shows and events, along with social networking, technology, being a soccer dad with teenage kids who are aspiring actors and more.</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_RayLucchesi.mp3">Click here </a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_RayLucchesi.mp3">right-click to download MP3 file</a>) or on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_RayLucchesi.mp3">microphone image to listen</a> to the conversation with Ray, Bruce and myself.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_RayLucchesi.mp3"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/AudioIcon.jpg" alt="StorageIO podcast" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Also available via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gregs-server-storageio-podcast/id572070344"><img border="0" alt="Gregs StorageIO Podcast on Apple iTunes" src="http://images.apple.com/itunes/images/product_title.png" scale="0" /></a> </p> <p align="justify">Watch (and listen) for more StorageIO industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio blog posts pod casts</a> from SNW and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">other upcoming events</a>. Also be sure to heck out other related pod casts, videos, posts, tips and industry commentary at <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO.com</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com">StorageIOblog.com</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy listening to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_RayLucchesi.mp3">Ray on storage and SNW from the Fall SNW 2012 pod cast</a>.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:45:43 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3658 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3646 <p>Industry trends and perspectives: Learning with Leo Leger of SNIA</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">This is the <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3646">fifth</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">here is the first</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3618">second,</a> <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3625">third</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3630">fourth</a>) in a series of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO</a> industry trends and perspective audio blog and pod cast discussions from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">Storage Networking World (SNW)</a> Fall 2012 in Santa Clara California.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In this episode, while <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467">I'm on a plane flying home above the clouds</a>, my co-host <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravesraves.com/">Bruce Rave</a> aka <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Ravid and Associates</a> (twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/brucerave">@brucerave</a>) meets up with SNIA executive director Leo Leger. Some of you may know or know of Leo, for those who do not, he is the person behind the scenes that puts SNW together as well as coordinates many other SNIA activities and events in conjunction with chair <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">Wayne Adams (aka listen to Waynes World here)</a> and other SNIA members and staff.</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_LeoLeger.mp3">Click here </a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_LeoLeger.mp3">right-click to download MP3 file</a>) or on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_LeoLeger.mp3">microphone image to listen</a> to the conversation with Leo and Bruce.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_LeoLeger.mp3"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/AudioIcon.jpg" alt="StorageIO podcast" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> Watch (and listen) for more StorageIO industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio blog posts pod casts</a> from SNW and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">other upcoming events</a>. Also be sure to heck out other related pod casts, videos, posts, tips and industry commentary at <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO.com</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com">StorageIOblog.com</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageio.tv">StorageIO.tv</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy listening to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_LeoLeger.mp3">learning Leo Leger from the Fall SNW 2012 pod cast</a>.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:22:33 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3646 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3630 <p>Industry trends and perspectives: Meeting up with Marty Foltyn of SNIA</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">This is the fourth (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">here is the first</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3618">second </a>and <a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3625">third</a>) in a series of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO</a> industry trends and perspective audio blog and pod cast discussions from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">Storage Networking World (SNW)</a> Fall 2012 in Santa Clara California.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Given how at conference conversations tend to occur in the hallways, lobbies and bar areas of venues, what better place to have candid conversations with people from throughout the industry, some you know, some you will get to know better.</p> <p align="justify">In this episode, while <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467">I'm on a plane flying home above the clouds</a>, my co-host <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravesraves.com/">Bruce Rave</a> aka <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Ravid and Associates</a> (twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/brucerave">@brucerave</a>) meets up with Marty Foltyn (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/martyfoltyn">@martyfoltyn</a>) of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snia.org">SNIA Hands On Lab</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.snia.org/education/hands_on_lab">HOL</a>).</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_MartyFoltyn.mp3">Click here </a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_MartyFoltyn.mp3">right-click to download MP3 file</a>) or on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_MartyFoltyn.mp3">microphone image to listen</a> to the conversation with Marty and Bruce.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_MartyFoltyn.mp3"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/AudioIcon.jpg" alt="StorageIO podcast" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> Watch (and listen) for more StorageIO industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio blog posts pod casts</a> from SNW and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">other upcoming events</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy listening to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_MartyFoltyn.mp3">meeting up with Marty Foltyn from the Fall SNW 2012 pod cast</a>.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:56:01 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3630 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3625 <p>Industry trends and perspectives: Catching up with Quantum CTE David Chapa at SNW 2012</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">This is the third (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">here is the first</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3618">the second</a>) in a series of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO</a> industry trends and perspective audio blog and pod cast discussions from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">Storage Networking World (SNW)</a> Fall 2012 in Santa Clara California.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Given how at conference conversations tend to occur in the hallways, lobbies and bar areas of venues, what better place to have candid conversations with people from throughout the industry, some you know, some you will get to know better.</p> <p align="justify">In this episode, I'm joined by my co-host <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravesraves.com/">Bruce Rave</a> aka <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Ravid and Associates</a> (twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/brucerave">@brucerave</a>) as we catch up and visit with David Chapa (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/davidchapa">@davidchapa</a>) Chief Technology Evangelist (CTE) of Quantum Corporation (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/quantumcorp">@quantumcorp</a>) in the Santa Clara Hyatt (event venue) lobby bar area. Disclosure note, Quantum has in the past been a client of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO</a>.</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DavidChapa.mp3">Click here </a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DavidChapa.mp3">right-click to download MP3 file</a>) or on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DavidChapa.mp3">microphone image to listen</a> to the conversation with David and Bruce. Our <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DavidChapa.mp3">conversations covers</a> SNW, evolution and transformation of Quantum, global travels in and around the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3476">clouds</a>, big data myths and realities, monetizing and transforming data into information, using big data to drive diapers and beer sales, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2005">people and data living longer as well as getting larger</a>, managing your diet and data footprint, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467">rethinking and modernizing data protection</a> among other topics.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DavidChapa.mp3"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/AudioIcon.jpg" alt="StorageIO podcast" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> Watch (and listen) for more StorageIO industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio blog posts pod casts</a> from SNW and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">other upcoming events</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy listening to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_DavidChapa.mp3">catching up with David Chapa from the Fall SNW 2012 pod cast</a>.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:45:54 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3625 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3618 <p>Industry trends and perspectives: Chatting with Karl Chen at SNW 2012</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">This is the second (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">here is the first</a> in the series <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611">SNW 2012 Waynes World</a>) in a series of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO</a> industry trends and perspective audio blog and pod cast about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">Storage Networking World (SNW)</a> Fall 2012 in Santa Clara California.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Given how at conference conversations tend to occur in the hallways, lobbies and bar areas of venues, what better place to have candid conversations with people from throughout the industry, some you know, some you will get to know better.</p> <p align="justify">In this episode, I'm joined by my co-host <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravesraves.com/">Bruce Rave</a> aka <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Ravid and Associates</a> as we catch up and visit with Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.starboardstorage.com">Starboard Storage Systems</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://twitter.com/karlcstorage">Karl Chen</a> in the Santa Clara Hyatt (event venue) lobby bar area.</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_KarlChen.mp3">Click here </a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_KarlChen.mp3">right-click to download MP3 file</a>) or on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_KarlChen.mp3">microphone image to listen</a> to the conversation with Karl and Bruce. Our <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_KarlChen.mp3">conversations covers</a> SNW, VMworld, Americas Cup Yacht racing, storage technology and networking with people during these events.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_KarlChen.mp3"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/AudioIcon.jpg" alt="StorageIO podcast" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> Watch (and listen) for more StorageIO industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio blog posts pod casts</a> from SNW and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">other upcoming events</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy listening to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_KarlChen.mp3">catching up with Karl Chen from the Fall SNW 2012 pod cast</a>.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:34:56 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3618 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611 <p>Industry trends and perspectives: SNW 2012 Wayne's World podcast</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">This is a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com">StorageIO</a> industry trends and perspective audio blog and pod cast about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://snwusa.com/">Storage Networking World (SNW)</a> Fall 2012 in Santa Clara California.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Given how at conference conversations tend to occur in the hallways, lobbies and bar areas of venues, what better place to have candid conversations with people from throughout the industry, some you know, some you will get to know better.</p> <p align="justify">In this episode, I'm joined by my co-host <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravesraves.com/">Bruce Rave</a> aka <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Bruce Ravid</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ravid.com/">Ravid and Associates</a> as we catch up and visit with <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.snia.org/about/organization/board">SNIA Chairman Wayne Adams</a> in the Santa Clara Hyatt (event venue) lobby bar area.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.snia.org/about/organization/board"><img src="http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/Wayne_10.jpg" alt="Image of SNIA Chairmen Wayne Adams via SNIA.com" width="170" height="196" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_WaynesWorld.mp3">Click here </a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_WaynesWorld.mp3">right-click to download MP3 file</a>) or on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_WaynesWorld.mp3">microphone image to listen</a> to the conversation with Wayne, Bruce. Our <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_WaynesWorld.mp3">conversations covers</a> SNW past and present, global SNW and travel, technology and the importance of networking, that is meeting and talking with people during these events.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_WaynesWorld.mp3"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/AudioIcon.jpg" alt="StorageIO podcast" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify"> I often hear people say how small the storage and networking (or other adjacent technology) industries are, and how everybody knows everyone. That might be true in some circles or sub-communities where everybody knows each other, however the industry is larger than many realize. As you listen to these series of pod casts what you will hear is a recurring theme of people meeting others at events, including some who may have passed each other in hallways for years yet never have had a chance to meet, or put a name to a face.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="198" height="136" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">While modern communications, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3603">social networking</a> and other advances make the world a smaller place and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3603">reducing your degrees of separation with others (and your information)</a>, there is still plenty off opportunities to meet those you have not yet meet. Watch (and listen) for more StorageIO industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv">audio blog posts pod casts</a> from SNW and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">other upcoming events</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy listening to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/audio/SNW2012_WaynesWorld.mp3">SNW 2012 Wayne's World</a>.</p> <p>Ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:45:54 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3611 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3603 <p>How many degrees separate you and your information?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="291" height="214" /></p> <p align="justify">In case you are not familiar, degrees of separation refer to how you are connected to other people. </p> <p align="justify">When you know somebody directly then you are a first connection, and you are a second degree of separation from people that they are directly connected to. The theory goes that via a mix of the number of people you are directly connected to, as well as how well they are connected to others, that you are only so many <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/technology/between-you-and-me-4-74-degrees.html?_r=0">degrees of connection separation</a> from many (if not millions of people) and if you go out seven degrees, that could be billions.</p> <p align="justify">If you are familiar with or use <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/schulzgreg">Linked In</a> and are directly connected to somebody like myself, which is a first degree. For example in the following image, person A is a first or 1 degree connection to person B, person B is a direct or first degree connection to person C who in turn is a direct connection to person D. Person A is 2 degree from person C and three degree from person D.</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/DegreesSeperate.jpg" alt="Image degrees of seperation" width="366" height="199" border="0" /></p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3603">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:31:41 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3603 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3596 <p>RAID and IOPS and IO observations</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="291" height="214" /></p> <p align="justify">There are at least two different meanings for IOPs, which for those not familiar with the information technology (IT) and data storage meaning is Input/output Operations Per second (e.g. data movement activity). Another meaning for IOP that is the international organization for a participatory society (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.iopsociety.org/">iopsociety.org</a>), and their <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.iopsociety.org/blog/fundraising-appeal">fundraising activity found here</a>.</p> <p align="justify">I recently came across a piece (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://virtualprivateserver.castlegem.co.uk/2012/10/iops-and-raid-considerations">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://dedicatedservers.castlegem.co.uk/2012/10/iops-and-raid-considerations/">here</a>) talking about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1039">RAID</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2304">IOPs</a> that had some interesting points; however, some generalizations could use some more comments. One of the interesting comments and assertions is that <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1039">RAID</a> writes increase with the number of drives in the parity scheme. Granted the specific implementation and configuration could result in an it depends type response. </p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/Media1.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="293" height="139" border="0" /></p> <p align="justify">Here are some more perspectives to the piece (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://virtualprivateserver.castlegem.co.uk/2012/10/iops-and-raid-considerations">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://dedicatedservers.castlegem.co.uk/2012/10/iops-and-raid-considerations/">here</a>) as the sites comments seem to be restricted.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3596">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:21:21 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3596 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3574 <p>Trick or treat and vendor fun games</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="291" height="214" /></p> <p align="justify">In the spirit of Halloween and zombies season, a couple of thoughts come to mind about vendor tricks and treats. This is an <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3476">industry trends and perspectives post,</a> part of an ongoing series looking at various technology and fun topics. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3574">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:12:12 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3574 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3546 <p>Does Dell have a cloudy cloud strategy story (Part I)?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="199" height="143" /></p> <p align="justify">This is <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3546">first</a> of a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3550">two-part post</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3550">click here for second post</a>) that is part of ongoing industry trends and perspective <a style="text-decoration:none" href="Cloud conversations: confidence, certainty and confidentiality">cloud conversations series</a> that looks at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://dell.com">Dell</a> and their cloud strategy story. For background, some previous Dell posts are found <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3233">here</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3222">here</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1104">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1389">here</a>. Here is a link that has video of the live <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3222">Dell Storage Customer Advisory (CAP)</a> panel that Dell asked me to moderate back in June that touches on some related themes and topics. Btw, fwiw and for disclosure <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.appassure.com/server-backup-replication-and-recovery/">Dell AppAssure is a site advertiser</a> on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com">storageioblog.com</a> ;).</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://dell.com"><img src="http://i.dell.com/images/global/brand/ui/storm80/logo80.png" alt="Dell image" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Depending on your view of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2299">what is or is not a cloud service, product or solution</a>, naturally you will then have various opinions of where Dell is at with their cloud strategy and story.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3546">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:45:32 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3546 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3550 <p>Does Dell have a cloudy cloud strategy story (Part II)?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="199" height="143" /></p> <p align="justify">This is the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3550">second</a> of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3546">two posts</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3546">here is the first post</a>) that are part of ongoing industry trends and perspectives <a style="text-decoration:none" href="Cloud conversations: confidence, certainty and confidentiality">cloud conversations series</a> that looks at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://dell.com">Dell</a> and their cloud strategy story.</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="199" height="143" /></p> <p align="justify">So what does the above have to do with <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3546">Dell having a cloudy cloud strategy story</a>?</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3550">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:45:32 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3550 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3539 <p>StorageIO going Dutch and Deutsch fall 2012</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="199" height="143" /></p> <p align="justify">Following a busy <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467">spring and summer schedule</a>, the fall 2012 StorageIO <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467">out and about activities</a> are underway including <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">events</a> on both the European and North American continents.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/Schedule1.jpg" alt="StorageIO events, object storage, ssd cloud, virtualization and big data" width="199" height="143" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In addition to in person events, there are also some <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.tv/">virtual activities including live and recorded video and audio sessions</a>, as well as webcast on the fall schedule with more in the works.</p> <p align="justify">Some of the fall events include SNW (past SNW posts <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2986">here</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2223">here</a>, and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2383">here</a>) in Santa Clara, as well as <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://poweringthecloud.com/home">SNW Europe and Power the Cloud event</a> (Frankfurt Deutschland aka Germany) October 30 and 31st where I will be doing some meetings and briefing, along with attending sessions and the expo activities.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_CloudEngine_Aug2012.jpg" alt="StorageIO modernize data protection with clouds, for virtualization and big data" width="242" height="197" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">On November 1st its off to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.storage-expo.nl/en/Bezoeker/Activiteiten/Seminarprogramma.aspx">Storage Expo Holland</a> in Utrecht (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=200">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=326">here</a>) where I will be presenting two sessions. One is on SSD industry trends and tips on deployment with a theme of not if, rather when, where, why and with what to use SSD. In addition I will be doing a general industry trends and perspective session on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3476">gaining confidence with clouds</a>, virtualization, data and storage networking including object storage and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467">backup (e.g. data protection modernization</a>).</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2228"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/GettingReady2LeaveAMS.JPG" alt="Storage IO travel clouds and virtualization" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></a><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2228"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/ChangingTrains2Airport.JPG" alt="Storage IO travel clouds and virtualization" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></a><br /> European travel tools and technologies </p> <p align="justify">In addition to the above activities, following successful past events in Nijkerk Holland including the most recent May 2012 sessions, a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.brouwerconsultancy.com/ENG/Seminars%20&%20Workshops/Agenda%20Nov12.html">new seminar</a> has been announced focused on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/DownloadItems/SIO_Brouwer_Backup_Abstract_Sep08_2012.pdf">backup, restore, BC, DR and archiving</a> hosted by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.brouwerconsultancy.com/ENG/Seminars%20&%20Workshops/Agenda%20Nov12.html">Brouwer Consultancy</a> on November 5th and 6th 2012. These workshop format seminars are very interactive providing independent perspectives on technology, tools, trends and what to do to address various challenges including more informed and effective <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3480">IT decision-making</a>.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.brouwerconsultancy.com/ENG/Seminars%20&%20Workshops/seminar_7,8,9-05-12.html"><img border="0" width="448" height="91" src="http://storageio.com/images/GregNijkerkaction.jpg" alt="Greg in action Nijkerk Storage Seminar" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In addition to the new seminar that you can <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.brouwerconsultancy.com/ENG/Seminars%20&%20Workshops/Agenda%20Nov12.html">learn more about here</a>, two other sessions will also be offered in Holland. These include a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/DownloadItems/SIO_Brouwer_Abstract_DeepDive_Sep08_2012.pdf">one day storage technology deep dive, speeds and feeds, who is doing what workshop seminar on November 7th</a>. The other session is a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/DownloadItems/SIO_Brouwer_CVDSN_Abstract_Sep08_2012.pdf">two-day workshop seminar on November 8th and 9th</a> covering storage and networking industry trends covering clouds, virtualization and other broad topics.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2228"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/BeerBitterBallen.JPG" alt="Storage IO travel clouds and virtualization" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></a><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2228"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/CoffeeMachine.JPG" alt="Storage IO travel clouds and virtualization" width="142" height="150" border="0" /></a><br /> Examples of Dutch refreshments</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.brouwerconsultancy.com/ENG/Seminars%20&%20Workshops/Agenda%20Nov12.html">Learn more about the dutch seminars including how to register here</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Watch for more events, seminars, live video, webinars and virtual trade shows by visiting the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">StorageIO events page</a>.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/Schedule1.jpg" alt="StorageIO events, object storage, ssd cloud, virtualization and big data" width="199" height="143" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Drop me a note if you would like to schedule or arrange for a meeting, webinar, seminar or other activity at an event near you. If you planning to be in or near Holland early November, and interested in scheduling a meeting or session, send me a note or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.brouwerconsultancy.com/">contact Brouwer Consultancy (here)</a> to make arrangements.</p> <p>Time to get ready for these and other events, ok, nuff said.</p> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Thu, 4 Oct 2012 20:02:02 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3539 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3485 <p>Cloud, virtualization, storage and networking in an election year</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">My how time flies, seems like just yesterday (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=13">back in 2008</a>) that I did a piece titled <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=13" title="Permanent Link: Politics and Storage, or, storage in an election year V2.008">Politics and Storage, or, storage in an election year V2.008</a> and if you are not aware, it is 2012 and thus an election year in the U.S. as well as in many other parts of the world. Being an election year it's not just about politicians, their supporters, pundits, surrogates, donors and voters, it's also a technology decision-making and acquisition year (as are most years) for many environments. </p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html"><img src="http://www.storageio.com/DNC.jpg" alt="DNC logo" width="171" height="143" border="0"/></a><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/UncleSAM.jpg" alt="StorageIO and uncle sam want you for cloud virtualization and data storage networking" width="171" height="143" border="0"/></a><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html"><img src="http://www.storageio.com/RNC.png" alt="RNC logo" width="171" height="143" border="0"/></a></p> <p align="justify">Similar to politics, some technology decisions will be major while others will be minor or renewals so to speak. Major decisions will evolve around strategies, architectures, visions, implementation plans and technology selections including products, protocols, processes, people, vendors or suppliers and services for traditional, virtual and cloud data infrastructure environments.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3485">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:15:16 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3485 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3480 <p>Technology buying, do you decide on G2 or GQ?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="199" height="143" /> <p align="justify">While at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://vmworld.com">VMworld 2012 in San Francisco</a> and walking around the expo floor, something familiar was taking place. </p> <p align="justify">Sure, there were the vendors trying to outdo themselves with give away, magicians and other techniques to draw you into their booths or show areas. </p> <p align="justify">What I also saw and heard were plenty of sales and marketing pitches that seemed more focus on selling and closing a demo, vs. selling the company or product, let alone trying to show a reason for wanting to learn more about the company. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3480">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:18:17 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3480 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467 <p>Cloud conversations: confidence, certainty and confidentiality</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">Here is an<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/ecpa-warrant-reform/"> interesting article</a> from over at wired about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/ecpa-warrant-reform/">proposed privacy law and court warrants for cloud data</a>, along with <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.informationweek.com/government/policy/cloud-privacy-update-tackled-by-lawmaker/240005041">this one</a> over at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.informationweek.com/government/policy/cloud-privacy-update-tackled-by-lawmaker/240005041">information week</a>. Both got me thinking about some things that I hear when out and about talking with IT professionals and their concerns around clouds.</p> <div align="justify"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends cloud, virtualization and big data" width="199" height="143" /></div> <p align="justify">Common themes at the recent modernizing data protection and new realities of cloud and virtualization event series that I was involved with pertained to cloud concerns. Some organizations are already using clouds to some degree while others are taking a cautious approach. Some are all in, while others will take longer for various reasons. Likewise some are using a mix of public, private and hybrid to compliment their environments for collaboration, shared storage, compute, content distribution, backup, archive or BC and DR among other things. These environments range from SOHO or small SMB to ROBO to workgroup to enterprise, education and government of various size. </p> <p align="justify">Often the conversations would evolve around gaining confidence with clouds as well as virtualization. In the case of clouds, given that some of the services as well as products, solutions or technologies are still young, there is still a learning and maturing curve. There are also other factors including the amount of hype and FUD around clouds has some people more skeptical or cautious to move forward. Granted there are also the true cynics which tend to be offset by the cloud crowd cheerleaders thus canceling each other out.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3476">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:45:54 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3476 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467 <p>More modernizing data protection, virtualization and clouds with certainty</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">This is a follow-up to a recent post about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3341">modernizing data protection and doing more than simply swapping out media or mediums like flat tires on a car</a> as well as part of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3339">Quantum protecting data with certainty event series</a>.</p> <p align="justify">As part of a recent 15 city <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">event series</a> sponsored by Quantum (that was a disclosure btw ;) ) titled <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://events.techtarget.com/strategicbackup/index.html">Virtualization, Cloud and the New Realities for Data Protection</a> that had a theme of <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://events.techtarget.com/strategicbackup/index.html">strategies and technologies that will help you adapt to a changing IT environment</a> I was asked to present a keynote at the events around <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3341">Modernizing data protection</a> for cloud, virtual and legacy environments (see earlier and related posts <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3341">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3339">here</a>).</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:43:21 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3467 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3452 <p>Do software vendors eliminate or move location of vendor lock-in?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">I'm always interested when I hear or read a software vendor or their <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1727">value added reseller (VAR)</a> or business partner claim that their solution eliminates <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1602">vendor lock-in</a>. </p> <p align="justify">More often than not, I end up being amazed if not amused over the claims which usually should be rephrased as eliminating hardware <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1602">vendor lock-in</a>.</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.copsplus.com/prodnum3066.php"><img src="http://www.copsplus.com/products/large/56101.jpg" alt="Cops plus supples" border="0"/></a></p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3452">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Thu, 6 Sep 2012 13:45:43 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3452 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3444 <p>Who will be winner with Oracle $10 Million dollar challenge?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/advertising/10millionchallenge-entry-form-168090.pdf"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_Oracle_10M.jpg" alt="Oracle 10 million dollar challenge ad image" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In case you missed it, Oracle has a ten million dollar challenge (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/advertising/412m-exd-ibm-challenge-1639795.pdf">here</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/features/ibmchallenge/10millionchallenge-entry-form-1631186.pdf">here</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/advertising/10millionchallenge-entry-form-168090.pdf">here</a>) to prove that their servers and database software technologies are <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/advertising/412m-exd-ibm-challenge-1639795.pdf">5 times faster than IBM</a>. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3444">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:55:51 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3444 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3435 <p>Cloud conversations: AWS Government Cloud (GovCloud)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends clouds, virtualization, data and storage networking image" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Following earlier <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2986">cloud conversations posts</a>, cloud computing means many things from products to services, functionality and positioned for different layers of service delivery or capabilities (e.g. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3413">SaaS, AaaS, PaaS, IaaS</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=684">XaaS</a>).</p> <p align="justify">Consequently it is no surprise when I hear from different people their opinion, belief or perception of what is or is not a cloud, confidence or concerns, or how to use and abuse clouds among other related themes. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3435">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:17:18 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3435 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3427 <p>Amazon cloud storage options enhanced with Glacier</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trend for storage IO" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">In case you missed it, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/">Amazon Web Services (AWS)</a> has enhanced their cloud services (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/">Elastic Cloud Compute or EC2</a>) along with storage offerings. These include <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/rds/">Relational Database Service (RDS)</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/faqs/">DynamoDB</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/ebs/">Elastic Block Store (EBS)</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/s3/">and Simple Storage Service (S3)</a>. Enhancements include new functionality along with availability or <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3246">reliability in the wake of recent events</a> (outages or service disruptions). Earlier this year AWS announced their Cloud Storage Gateway solution that you can <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2413">read an analysis here</a>. More recently AWS announced <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2012/07/31/announcing-provisioned-iops-for-amazon-ebs/">provisioned IOPS</a> among other enhancements (see AWS <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2012/07/31/announcing-provisioned-iops-for-amazon-ebs/">whats new page here</a>).</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/#highlights"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/webservices/AWS_LOGO._V2289989_.gif" alt="Amazon Web Services logo" / border="0" ></a><br /> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3427">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:18:19 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3427 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3419 <p>IBM buys flash solid state device (SSD) industry veteran TMS</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <br /> </p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3121">How much flash (or DRAM) based Solid State Device (SSD) do you want or need?</a></p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://ibm.com">IBM</a> recently <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/38594.wss">took a flash step</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/38594.wss">announcing</a> it wants and needs more <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/ssd-options-for-virtual-and-physical-environments-part-i-spinning-up-to-speed-on-ssd-14537/">SSD</a> capabilities in different packaging and functionality capabilities to meet the demands and opportunities of customers, business partners and prospects by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ramsan.com/products">acquiring Texas Memory Systems</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.ramsan.com/products">TMS</a>).</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3419">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p align="justify">Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:54:32 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3419 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3413 <p>Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) publishes two new cloud usage models</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/"><img src="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/images/logo.png" alt="Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) logo" width="200" height="160" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/">The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA)</a> has <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/newsroom/mediaresources#newusagemodels">announced</a> and published <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/library">more documents</a> for data center customers of cloud usage. These new cloud usage models for to address customer demands for interoperability of various clouds and services before for <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/library">Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)</a> among other topics which are now joined by the new <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/library">Software as a Service (SaaS)</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/library">Platform as a Service (PaaS)</a> and foundational document for cloud interoperability.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3413">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:11:11 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3413 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3409 <p>Over 1,000 entries now on the StorageIO industry links page</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://storageio.com/interestinglinks.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Industry trends and perspective data protection modernization" width="200" height="160" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Is your company, organization or one that you are a fan of, or represent listed on the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/interestinglinks.html">StorageIO industry links page</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none"href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1708">click here to learn more about it</a>).</p> <p align="justify">The <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/interestinglinks.html">StorageIO industry links page</a> has been updated with over thousand different industry related companies, vendors, vars, trade groups, component and solution suppliers along with cloud and managed service providers. The common theme with these industry links is information and data infrastructures which means severs, storage, IO and networking, hardware, software, applications and tools, services, products and related items for traditional, virtual and cloud environments.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3409">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:15:16 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3409 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3397 <p>What are some endangered IT species?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infoworld.com/author-bios/dan-tynan">Dan Tynan</a> has a good piece over at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/information-technology-careers/the-9-most-endangered-species-in-it-198726">InfoWorld</a> discussing the 9 most endangered species (e.g. skill sets) in the IT workforce. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/information-technology-careers/the-9-most-endangered-species-in-it-198726">His article</a> is along the lines that the IT job landscape is evolving rapidly and provides some ideas and points for discussion how to avoid becoming extinct. </p> <p>Here is an excerpt from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/information-technology-careers/the-9-most-endangered-species-in-it-198726">Dans article</a>:</p> <table width="538" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFDDD"> <tr> <td width="25"></td> <td width="497"><p><em><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/information-technology-careers/the-9-most-endangered-species-in-it-198726">How to avoid extinction: Broaden and diversify your knowledge base now, while there's still time, says Greg Schulz, senior adviser for the StorageIO Group, an IT infrastructure consultancy. </a></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/information-technology-careers/the-9-most-endangered-species-in-it-198726"><em>"If you are the hardware guy, you better start learning and embracing software," he says. "If you are the software geek, time to appreciate the hardware. If you are infrastructure-focused, it's time to learn about the business and its applications. You don't want to be overgeneralized, but make sure to balance broader knowledge with depth in different areas."</em></a></p></td> </tr> </table> <p align="justify">Check out Dans <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/information-technology-careers/the-9-most-endangered-species-in-it-198726">article</a> to see what the other endangered skill sets are, along with other perspectives by myself and others as well as what you can do to avoid becoming extinct. Hmm, maybe read a book? ;)...</p> <p align="justify">Ok, nuff said.</p> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:17:16 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3397 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3383 <p>What does new EMC and Lenovo partnership mean?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3154"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/6938210660_ab6e26200b_q.jpg" alt="EMC and EMCworld" border="0" /></a><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3285"><img src="http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/img_lib/products/splitter/notebooks/ThinkPad/x-Series/gallery/X1-1L.jpg" alt="Lenovo Thinkpad" width="148" height="146" border="0" /></a><br /> </p> <p align="justify">The past several weeks have been busy with various <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3373">merger, acquisitions and collaborating activity</a> in the IT and data storage world. Summer time often brings new relationships and even <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=584">summer marriages</a>. The most recent is <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2012/20120731-02.htm">EMC and Lenovo announcing a new partnership</a> that includes OEM sourcing of technology, market expansion and other initiatives. Hmm, does anybody remember who EMCs former desktop and server partner was, or who put Lenovo out for adoption several years ago?</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3387">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Wed, 1 Aug 2012 13:45:54 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3387 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3373 <p>Oracle, Xsigo, VMware, Nicira, SDN and IOV: IO IO its off to work they go</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="StorageIO industry trends and perspectives" width="240" height="160" /></p> <p align="justify">In case you missed it, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-nicira-07-23-12.html">VMware recently announced</a> spending $1.05 billion USD acquiring startup Nicira for their virtualization and software technology that enables software defined networks (SDN). Also last week <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3321">Oracle was in the news</a> getting its hands slapped by for making misleading advertisement performance claims vs. IBM.<br /> </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3373">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:35:17 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3373 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3341 <p>Data protection modernization, more than swapping out media</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://storageio.com/downloads.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Industry trends and perspective data protection modernization" width="200" height="160" border="0" /></a></p> <p align="justify">Have you modernized your data protection strategy and environment?</p> <p align="justify">If not, are you thinking about updating your strategy and environment?</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3341">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:15:16 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3341 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3339 <p>Modernizing data protection with certaintyg</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">Speaking of and about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3341">modernizing data protection</a>, back in June I was invited to be a keynote presenter on industry trends and perspectives at a series of five dinner <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/events.html">events</a> (Boston, Chicago, Palo Alto, Houston and New York City) <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://blog.quantum.com/index.php/2012/06/techtarget-dinner-series//">sponsored by Quantum</a> (that is a disclosure btw). </p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/downloads.html"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Industry trends and perspective data protection modernization" width="200" height="160" border="0" /></a></p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3339">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:15:16 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3339 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3321 <p>NAD recommends Oracle discontinue certain performance claims for Exadata</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">I Received the following press release in my inbox today from the National Advertising Division (NAD) <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.asrcreviews.org/2012/07/nad-finds-oracle-took-necessary-action-in-discontinuing-comparative-performance-claims-for-exadata-oracle-to-appeal-nad-decision/">recommending that Oracle stop making certain performance claims about Exadata after a complaint from IBM</a>. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3321">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:00:02 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3321 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3295 <p>SSD and Green IT moving beyond green washing</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">Keeping in mind that there is <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3140">no such thing as a data or information recession</a>, not to mention that <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2005">people and data are living longer</a>, there is the need to discuss <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2065">expanding data footprints</a>. When researching his <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://searchsolidstatestorage.techtarget.com/news/2240159909/SSD-storage-offers-more-for-less-when-it-comes-to-energy">new article</a> over on <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://searchsolidstatestorage.techtarget.com/news/2240159909/SSD-storage-offers-more-for-less-when-it-comes-to-energy">SearchSolidstateStorage.com</a> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/contributor/John-Hilliard">John Hilliard</a> reached out to ask about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3121">SSD</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">Green IT</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1828">energy efficiency and effectiveness</a> trends and perspectives (you can <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://searchsolidstatestorage.techtarget.com/news/2240159909/SSD-storage-offers-more-for-less-when-it-comes-to-energy">read the article</a> and my comments <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://searchsolidstatestorage.techtarget.com/news/2240159909/SSD-storage-offers-more-for-less-when-it-comes-to-energy">here</a>).</p> <p align="justify">In the past when Green IT and Green storage was mentioned, discussions focused around energy avoidance along with space capacity reduction. While storage efficiency and optimization in the context of space-saving and capacity consolidation are part of Green storage, so too are storage IO consolidation with SSD. For inactive or less frequently accessed data, storage optimization and efficiency can focus on using various data footprint reduction techniques including archive, backup and data protection modernization, compression, dedupe, data management and deletion, along with storage tiering and thin provisioning among others.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=2304"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IO_Consolidate.jpg" alt="SSD and IO consolidation for Green IT and productivity" border="0" /></a></p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3295">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:53:35 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3295 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3285 <p>Kudos to Lenovo: Customer service redefined, or reestablished?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">Kudos to <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/thinkpad/x-series/x1">Lenovo</a> who I called yesterday to get a replacement key for <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3170">my X1 laptop</a> keypad.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/thinkpad/x-series/x1"><img src="http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/img_lib/products/splitter/notebooks/ThinkPad/x-Series/gallery/X1-1L.jpg" alt="Lenovo X1 laptop" width="450" height="210" border="0"/></a></p> <p align="justify">After spending time on their website including finding the part number, sku and other information, I could not figure out how to actually order the part. Concerned about calling and getting routed between different call centers as is too often the case, I finally decided to give a try on the phone route.</p> <p align="justify">I was surprised, no, shocked at how quick and easy it was once I got routed to the Atlanta Lenovo support center to get what I needed.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3285">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:55:55 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3285 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3277 <p>Give HP storage some love and short strokin</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Server and StorageIO industry trends and perspective DAS" width="194" height="117" border="0"></a></p> <p align="justify">Following up from my <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infostor.com/storage-management/metrics-and-measurements-that-matter-getting-started.html">last post</a> over at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infostor.com/storage-management/metrics-and-measurements-that-matter-getting-started.html">InfoStor</a> about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infostor.com/storage-management/metrics-and-measurements-that-matter-getting-started.html">metrics that matter</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infostor.com/storage-management/is-hp-short-stroking-for-performance-and-capacity-gains.html">here is a link</a> to a new piece that I did on storage vendors benchmarking and related topics. This new post looked at an <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.storageperformance.org/benchmark_results_files/SPC-1/HP/A00109_HP_P10000-3PAR-V800/a00109_HP-P10000-3PAR-V800_SPC1_full-disclosure.pdf">storage performance council</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.storageperformance.org/benchmark_results_files/SPC-1/HP/A00109_HP_P10000-3PAR-V800/a00109_HP-P10000-3PAR-V800_SPC1_full-disclosure.pdf">SPC1</a>) benchmark that <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12169-304616-5044010-5044010-5044010-5157544.html?dnr=1">HP did</a> with their <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12169-304616-5044010-5044010-5044010-5157544.html?dnr=1">P10000</a> (e.g. <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12169-304616-5044010-5044010-5044010-5157544.html?dnr=1">3PAR</a>) storage system under assertions by some in the industry that they were <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.infostor.com/storage-management/is-hp-short-stroking-for-performance-and-capacity-gains.html">short stroking to meet better performance</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://www.amazon.com/gp/r.html?R=2YNKP95DZYHVJ&C=100HVXGV55CJS&H=TQWPFEXPSY80E8VMJU34J5AWPUGA&T=O&U=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fnav%2Ftransp.gif" alt="Amazon Web Services (AWS)" id="_x0000_i1025" /><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12169-304616-5044010-5044010-5044010-5157544.html?dnr=1"><img src="http://welcome.hp-ww.com/img/hpweb_1-2_topnav_hp_logo.gif " alt="HP P10000 (3PAR) storage system" name="_x0000_i1026" width="121" height="95" border="0" id="_x0000_i1026" /></a><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12169-304616-5044010-5044010-5044010-5157544.html?dnr=1"><img src="http://h10003.www1.hp.com/digmedialib/prodimg/lowres/c02975184.jpg" alt="HP P10000 (3PAR) storage system" name="_x0000_i1026" border="0" id="_x0000_i1026" /></a></a> <p align="justify">I'm surprised some creative technical marketer, blogger or prankster has yet to rework <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.amazon.com/Strokin/dp/B000V9DHHS/ref=dm_att_trk1#">Clarence Carters</a> (e.g. Dr. CC) <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.amazon.com/Strokin/dp/B000V9DHHS/ref=dm_att_trk1#">iconic song</a> into something about storage <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.amazon.com/Strokin/dp/B000V9DHHS/ref=dm_att_trk1#">performance and capacity short strokin</a>. <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.clarencecarter.net/"><img src="http://www.clarencecarter.net/images/!_onemorehit_back_sm.jpg" alt="From the creator of Strokin, Check out Clarence Carter new album" border="0"/></a> <p>Ok, nuff said before I get a visit from the HP truth squads, in the meantime, give HP a hug and some love if so inclined.</p> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:45:54 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3267 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3267 <p>Announcing SAS SANs for Dummies book, LSI edition</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">There is a new (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.lsi.com/sasswitch">free</a>) book that I'm a co-author of along Bruce Grieshaber and Larry Jacob (both of LSI) along with foreword by Harry Mason of LSI and President of the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.scsita.org/serial-storage-wire/2009/09/the-many-faces-of-sas-beyond-the-das-factor.html">SCSI Trade Association</a> titled <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.lsi.com/sasswitch">SAS SANs for Dummies compliments of LSI</a>.</p> <p align="justify"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.lsi.com/sasswitch"><img src="http://media.wiley.com/assets/7029/47/9781118378564_220x341.gif" alt="SAS SANs for Dummies, LSI Edition" width="341" height="443" border="0"/></a></p> <p align="justify"> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.lsi.com/sasswitch">This new book</a> (ebook and print hard copy) looks at <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1261">Serial Attached SCSI</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1261">SAS</a>) and how it can be used beyond traditional <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3241">direct attached storage</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3241">DAS</a>) configurations for support various types of storage mediums including <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3088">SSD</a>, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1954">HDD</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1742">tape</a>. These configuration options include as entry-level SAN with SAS switches for small clusters or server virtualization, or as shared <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.scsita.org/serial-storage-wire/2009/09/the-many-faces-of-sas-beyond-the-das-factor.html">DAS</a> as well as being a scale out back-end solution for NAS, object, cloud and big data storage solutions.</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3267">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:23:33 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3267 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3256 <p>3rd of July fireworks grand finale video</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p align="justify">Last week here in the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence-Day.shtml">U.S.</a> was the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence-Day.shtml">independence day holiday</a> also known as the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence-Day.shtml">4th of July</a> which means vacations, out side fun, backyard parties and barbeques, time in and around the water and other forms of fun. It also means fireworks which tend to be on the evening of the 4th, however some towns host their fireworks shows and events the day after or the day before.</p> <p align="justify">One such town is <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://marine.govoffice.com/">Marine on St. Croix Minnesota</a> which if you saw <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107050/">Grumpy Old Men</a> when <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107050/">Walter Matthau</a> and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107050/">Jack Lemmon</a> (aka <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107050/">Putz and Moron</a>) where racing to the wedding, you saw main street (hint, if you blinked you might have missed it). Sometimes we go the few miles to Marine by land and watch the 3rd of July fireworks from main street, sometimes as we did this year we go up the <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.nps.gov/sacn/index.htm">St. Croix River</a> a few miles to watch fireworks via water. As a reference for, the St. Croix flows to the Mississippi which in turns flows to the Gulf of Mexico for those of you who are not geography majors or navigators.</p> <p><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szqCYrnOzFw"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/SIO_3rdJuly.jpg" alt="3rd of July fireworks video via greg schulz storageio" width="194" height="200" border="0"></a></p> <p align="justify">Anyway, as the saying goes a <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szqCYrnOzFw">picture or video</a> is worth a 1,000 words.</p> <p align="justify">While not one of the major metropolitan areas, check out part of the Marine on St. Croix fireworks grand finale <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szqCYrnOzFw">video here</a> for what IMHO is a great event.</p> <p align="justify">Ok, nuff said for now.</p> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:33:01 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3256 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3246 <p>Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the NetFlix Fix?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><img src="http://www.amazon.com/gp/r.html?R=2YNKP95DZYHVJ&C=100HVXGV55CJS&H=TQWPFEXPSY80E8VMJU34J5AWPUGA&T=O&U=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fnav%2Ftransp.gif" alt="Amazon Web Services (AWS)" id="_x0000_i1025" /><br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/r.html?R=2YNKP95DZYHVJ&C=100HVXGV55CJS&H=PFCIJP1PBGRXE5ZUGL0MTSODJQSA&T=C&U=http%3A%2F%2Faws.amazon.com%3Fref_%3Dpe_12300_24755140"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/webservices/AWS_LOGO._V2289989_.gif" alt="Amazon Web Services (AWS)" border="0" id="_x0000_i1026" /></a> <br /> <p align="justify">I received the following note from <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/">Amazon Web Services</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/">AWS</a>) about an enhancement to their <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/">Elastic Compute Cloud</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/">EC2</a>) service that can be seen by some as an enhancement to service or perhaps by others after <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/06/30/amazon-data-center-loses-power-during-storm/">last weeks outages</a>, a fix or addressing a gap in their services. Note for those not aware, you can view current <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://status.aws.amazon.com/">AWS service status portal here</a>. </p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3246">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sat, 7 Jul 2012 14:14:14 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3246 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3241 <p>How can direct attached storage (DAS) make a comeback if it never left?</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a href="http://storageio.com"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/IndustryTrend.jpg" alt="Server and StorageIO industry trend and perspective DAS" width="194" height="117" border="0"></a></p> <p align="justify">Have you seen or heard the theme that <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1261">Direct Attached Storage</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1261">DAS</a>), either dedicated or shared, internal or external is making a comeback?</p> <p align="justify">Wait, if something did not go away, how can it make a comeback?</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3241">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Tue, 3 Jul 2012 16:54:32 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3241 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3233 <p>Dell is buying Quest software, not the phone company Qwest</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <p><a href="http://dell.com"><img src="http://i.dell.com/images/global/brand/ui/storm80/logo80.png" alt="Dell Storage Customer Advisory Panel (CAP)" border="0"></a> </p> <p align="justify">For those not familiar with <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.quest.com/">Quest</a>, they are a software company not to be confused with the telephone communications company formerly known as Qwest (aka now known as <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.centurylink.com/">centurylink</a>).</p> <p align="justify">Both Dell and Quest have been on software related acquisition initiatives that past few years with Quest having purchased vKernel, Vizoncore (vRanger virtualization backup), BakBone (who had acquire Alavarii and Asempra) for traditional backup and data protection among others. Not to be out done, as well as purchasing Quest, Dell has also more recently bought <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.appassure.com/server-backup-replication-and-recovery/windows-server-backup/">Appassure (Disclosure: StorageIOblog site sponsor)</a> for data protection, Sonicwall and Wyse in addition to some other recent purchases (ASAP, Boomi, Compellent, Exanet, EqualLogic, Force10, InsightOne, KACE, Ocarina, Perot, RNA and Scalent among others).</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3233">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:22:22 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3233 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3222 <p>Dell Storage Customer Advisory Panel (CAP)</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <a href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3140"><img src="http://i.dell.com/images/global/brand/ui/storm80/logo80.png" alt="Dell Storage Customer Advisory Panel (CAP)" border="0"></a> <p align="justify">Recently I was asked by <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://dell.com">Dell</a> to moderate and host their North America storage customer advisory panel (CAP) session (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/#storagecap">twitter #storagecap</a>) that followed their 2012 storage forum (see comments about <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=1974">2011 storage forum here</a>) event in Boston (Disclosure Dell covered my trip to Boston).</p> <p align="justify">This was an interesting event in many ways because it was a diverse group some of whom were long-time EqualLogic and Compellent (both before and post acquisition) customers of various size or customers of Dell who have yet to buy storage from them.</p> <a href="https://new.livestream.com/accounts/201054/storagecap"><img src="https://img.new.livestream.com/events/00000000000e4623/a4ad2112-237c-4f2b-adee-8130298d458d_3416.jpg" alt="Dell Storage Customer Advisory Panel (CAP)" width="222" height="124" border="0"></a><br /> Click on above image for video feed</p> <br /> <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3222">Click here to read more.</a> <br /> <p>Ok, nuff said for now</p> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:20:30 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3222 http://storageioblog.com/?p=3216 <p>EPA Energy Star for data center storage draft 3 specification</p> <p>By Greg Schulz</p> <a href="http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=new_specs.enterprise_storage"><img src="http://www.energystar.gov/images/ES_Logo.gif" alt="US EPA Energy Star for Data Center Storage" border="0" /></a><a href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=3140"><img src="http://storageio.com/images/UncleSAM.jpg" alt="Uncle SAM wants you to be energy efficient and effective with optimized data center storage" border="0"></a> <p align="justify">The <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=534">U.S. EPA</a> is ready to release <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=new_specs.enterprise_storage">DRAFT 3 of the Energy Star for data center storage</a> specification and has an upcoming web session that you can sign up for if are not on their contact list of interested stake holders. If you are not familiar with the EPA Energy star for data center storage program, <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageioblog.com/?p=534">here is some background information</a>.</p> <p align="justify">Thus if you are interested, see the email and information below, signup and take part if so inclined as opposed to saying that you did not have a chance to comment.</p> <table width="600" border="1"> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"> <tr> <td width="600"><div align="center"> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="590"> <tr> <td width="590" valign="top"><p>Dear ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage Manufacturer or Other Interested Party:</p> <p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would like to announce the release of the Draft 3 Version 1.0 ENERGY STAR Specification for Data Center Storage. The draft is attached and is accompanied by a cover letter and Draft Test Method. Stakeholders are invited to review these documents and submit comments to EPA via email to <a href="mailto:storage@energystar.gov">storage@energystar.gov </a> by <strong>Friday, July 27, 2012.</strong> </p> <p><strong>EPA will host a webinar on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, tentatively starting at 1:00PM EST. </strong>The agenda will be focused on elements from Draft 3, Product Families, and other key topics. <strong>Please</strong> <strong>RSVP to </strong><a href="mailto:storage@energystar.gov"><strong>storage@energystar.gov</strong> </a><strong> no later than Tuesday, July 3, 2012</strong> with the subject RSVP Storage Draft 3 specification meeting.<strong> </strong></p> <p>If you have any questions, please contact Robert Meyers, EPA, at <a href="mailto:Meyers.Robert@epamail.epa.gov">Meyers.Robert@epa.gov </a> or (202) 343-9923; or John Clinger, ICF International, at <a href="mailto:jclinger@icfi.com">John.Clinger@icfi.com </a> or (202) 572-9432.</p> <p>Thank you for your continued support of the ENERGY STAR program.</p></td> </tr> </table> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="590" valign="top"><div align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="590"> <tr> <td width="590"><p align="center"><strong>For more information, visit: <a href="http://links.mkt1943.com/ctt?kn=5&ms=NDE2Mjk4MQS2&r=Mjk2NzgyMTY4ODMS1&b=0&j=MTI2ODE2MjU0S0&mt=1&rt=0" target="_blank">www.energystar.gov </a></strong></p></td> </tr> </table> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="9590" valign="top"><p align="center">This message was sent to you on behalf of ENERGY STAR. Each ENERGY STAR partner organization must have at least one primary contact receiving e-mail to maintain partnership. If you are no longer working on ENERGY STAR, and wish to be removed as a contact, please update your contact status in your <a name="MESA" id="MESA"></a><a href="http://links.mkt1943.com/ctt?kn=1&ms=NDE2Mjk4MQS2&r=Mjk2NzgyMTY4ODMS1&b=0&j=MTI2ODE2MjU0S0&mt=1&rt=0" target="_blank">MESA </a> account. If you are not a partner organization and wish to opt out of receiving e-mails, you may call the ENERGY STAR Hotline at 1-888-782-7937 and request to have your mass mail settings changed. Unsubscribing means that you will no longer receive program-wide or product-specific e-mails from ENERGY STAR.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="907" valign="top"><p></p></td> </tr> </table> <p></p></td> </tr> </table> <p>Ok, you have been advised, nuff said for now</p> <p>Cheers Gs</p> <p>Greg Schulz - Author <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book3.html">Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking</a> (<a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439851739">CRC Press, 2011</a>), <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book2.html">The Green and Virtual Data Center</a> (CRC Press, 2009), and <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://storageio.com/book1.html">Resilient Storage Networks</a> (Elsevier, 2004) <br/> </p> <p>twitter <a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://twitter.com/storageio">@storageio</a></p> <p>All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2013 StorageIO All Rights Reserved</p> General Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:22:33 CST http://storageioblog.com/?p=3216