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December 25, 2020March 7, 2022

2020 Holidays Seasons Greetings from StorageIO

2020 Holidays Seasons Greetings from StorageIO. Here’s a video link from our compansion sister site Pictures Over Stillwater featuring drone based aerial footage from downtown Stillwater Minnesota on the St Croix river and inaugural lighting of the nearly 100 year old historic lift bridge, along with Stillwater Lights.

Downtown Stillwater Lights Night Bridge Lighting

In addition to being an FAA part 107 certified (e.g. licensed) commercial drone operator, Im also authorized for night flying in the U.S with a daylight waiver (107.29). Thus the following night drone images were captured using my daylight waiver. The first 30 seconds or so of the following video was shot in 4K, the remainder in 6K rendered down for subsequent posting.

The following sunset aerial view is from downtown St Paul over looking Rice Park across from the Landmark Center with the Minnesota State Capital in the background (top left). Note that this location is a “0” zero altitude drone no fly zone due to proximity to downtown St Paul Airport, however I have an FAA airspace authorization and applicable state licenses to fly in this area.

Rice Park Landmark Center Downtown St Paul

You might wonder what do the above images other than having a holiday theme to them have to do with StorageIO?

Simple, all of the primary big data captured by the IoT devices, sensors, cameras and associated telemetry and metadata need to be moved, stored, processed, and protected somewhere which is one of the focuses of StorageIO. Meanwhile Pictures Over Stillwater has as one of its focuses, capturing and generating data including 6K video, 360 still and video images, VR, photogrammetry (2D/3D ortho models) among other rich content.

Where to learn more

Learn and view more via the following links:

Pictures Over Stillwater
Stillwater Lights
Next Generation Hybrid Software Defined Data Infrastructures Are In Your Future
Data Protection Diaries Fundamental Topics Tools Techniques Technologies Tips
Data Infrastructure Server Storage I/O related Tradecraft Overview
The SSD Place (SSD, NVM, PM, SCM, Flash, NVMe, 3D XPoint, Optane, MRAM and related topics)
The NVMe Place (NVMe related topics, trends, tools, technologies, tip resources

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What this all means

2020 Happy Holidays Seasons Greetings from StorageIO

Ok, nuff said, for now.

Cheers GS

Greg Schulz – Multi-year Microsoft MVP Cloud and Data Center Management, former ten-time VMware vExpert. Author of Data Infrastructure Insights (CRC Press), Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press), as well as Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press), Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier) and twitter @storageio. Also visit www.picturesoverstillwater.com to view various UAS/UAV e.g. drone based aerial content created by Greg Schulz. Courteous comments are welcome for consideration. First published on https://storageioblog.com any reproduction in whole, in part, with changes to content, without source attribution under title or without permission is forbidden.

All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2024 Server StorageIO and UnlimitedIO. Visit our companion site https://picturesoverstillwater.com to view drone based aerial photography and video related topics. All Rights Reserved. StorageIO is a registered Trade Mark (TM) of Server StorageIO.

October 17, 2018March 7, 2022

Not Dead Yet Zombie Technology (Declared Dead yet still alive) October 2018 Update #blogtobertech

Not Dead Yet Zombie Technology (Declared Dead yet still alive) October 2018 Update. Musician Phil Collins has an excellent name for his current tour Not Dead Yet which is a reminder that he is still alive and performing, at least one more time. With Halloween just around the corner, it is that time of the year to revisit zombie technology, those technologies, tools, techniques, trends that are declared dead yet still alive.

IT Zombie Technology Declared Dead Not Dead Yet

With a concert tour named Not Dead Yet, that sets the stage for this post which is about IT Zombie Technology and in particular data infrastructure related technology, tools, trends and related topics that have been declared dead by some people, yet are still alive. Not only are these tools and techniques being used, but they are also being enhanced to be around for future years of zombie technology updates, not dead yet.

As a refresher, a Zombie technology is one that is declared dead, usually by some upstart vendor and its pundits along with other followers in favor of whatever new has been announced. As luck or fate would have it, some of these startup or new technologies that declare an older established one as being dead, tend to end up on the where are they now list.

In other words, some technologies do survive and gain in both industry adoption, as well as the even more critical customer deployment category. Likewise, some of these technologies that result in something existing being declared dead-end up surviving to live alongside or near what its supporters declared dead.

Another not so uncommon occurrence is when the new technology that its supporters declared something else as being dead joins the ranks of being declared dead by a yet more modern technology thereby becoming a Zombie technology itself. Put a different way, being on the Zombie technology list may not be the same as being the shiny new popular trendy technology. However, it can be both a badge of honor not to mention revenue and profit maker.

Zombie Technology List

What are some old and new Zombie technologies that have been declared dead, yet are still alive, being used and enhanced, not dead yet?

IBM Mainframe

This is a perennial favorite, and while not seeing new growth associated with other platforms including Intel, AMD, ARM among others, it has its place with many large organizations. Not only does it continue to be manufactured, enhanced, even some new customers buying them, it also runs native Linux in addition to traditional zOS among other software.

Fibre Channel (FC)

FC has been declared dead for over a decade, and while Ethernet-based server storage I/O networking continues to gain ground in both industry as well as customer deployments, there is still plenty of life in and with FC for years to come, at least for some environments. NVMe over Fabrics (NVMeoF) which is the NVMe protocol carried on top of a fabric network (SAN if you prefer) is gaining industry popularity and customer curiosity.

There are many flavors of NVMe over fabrics including NVMe over Fibre Channel, e.g., FC-NVMe which is similar to mapping the SCSI command set (SCSI_FCP) on to Fibre Channel or what is more commonly known as FCP or simply FC.

What this means if that FC-NVMe is just another upper-level protocol (ULP) that can co-exist with others on the same Fibre Channel network. In other words, FICON, FCP, NVMe among others can co-exist on the same Fibre Channel-based network. Will everybody using Fibre Channel move to FC-NVMe? Good question, ask the FC folks, and the answer not surprisingly would be yes or probably. Will new customers looking to do NVMe over some type of fabric or network use Fibre Channel instead of Ethernet or other transport? Some will while others will go other routes. For now, what is clear is that FC is still alive and thus on the Zombie technology list and not dead yet.

SAS and SATA

Both have been declared dead as they have been around for a while, and over time NVMe will pick up more of their workload, however near term, SAS and SATA will continue as lower cost smaller footprint for general purpose and bulk lower cost direct attachment. Otoh, look for more m.2 NVMe Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF) aka gum sticks appearing on physical servers along with storage systems. Likewise, watch for increased deployment of NVMe U.2. Aka 8639 drive form factor SSDs using NAND flash as well as 3D XPoint and Intel Optane among other mediums as part of new server and storage platforms. BTW, USB is not dead yet either, just saying.

Microsoft Windows

Windows desktop, Windows Servers, even Hyper-V virtualization have been declared dead for some time now, yet all continue to evolve. Just recently, Microsoft released Windows Server 2019 which included many enhancements from software-defined storage (Storage Spaces Direct aka S2D), software-defined networking, converged and hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) deployment options, expanded virtualization capabilities, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enhancements (e.g. bash shell on Windows native), containers with Kubernetes as well as Docker updates among others. In other words, it’s not dead yet.

Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

Having been declared dead for decades, while not the primary frontline storage medium it was in the past, HDDs continue to evolve and be used for alongside faster flash SSD, and as a front-end to magnetic tape. Some of the larger consumers of HDDs continue to be cloud service providers also known as mega scalars for storing large amounts of bulk data. I suspect that HDDs will continue to be on the Zombie technology list for at least another decade or so which has been the case for the past several decades.

Magnetic Tape

Like HDDs, the tape is still in use in some environments, and like HDDs, the cloud service providers are significant users of tape as a low-cost, low access, high-capacity bulk storage for cold archives that are front-ended by HDD or SSD or both.

Cloud (Public, Private and Hybrid)

Yes, believe it or not, some have declared cloud dead, along with hybrid cloud, private cloud among others, oh well.

Physical Machine (PM)

Also known as bare metal, servers were declared dead a decade or so ago at the hands of the then emerging Intel based virtualization hypervisors notably VMware ESXi and to a lesser extent Microsoft Hyper-V. I say lesser extent with Hyper-V in that there was less noise about PM and BMs being dead as there was from some in the ESXi virtual kingdom. Needless to say, PM and BM from Intel to AMD and ARM-based, along with IBM Power among many others are very much alive as dedicated servers in the cloud, VM and container hosts, as well as being accessorized with FPGA, ASIC, GPU, and other resources.

Virtual Machines

Listen to some from the container, serverless or something new crowd, and you will hear that virtual machines (VMs) are dead which for some workloads may be right. On the other hand, similar to the physical machine (PM) or bare metal (BM) servers that were declared dead by the VMs a decade or so ago, VMs are alive and doing well. Not only are they doing well, like containers continued adoption and deployment of VMs will stay on both on-prem as well as cloud, as will BM and PMs now have known as dedicated servers in the clouds.

NAS and Files

If you listened to some of the pundits and press, NAS and files were supposed to have been dead several years ago at the hands of object storage. The reality today is that while object storage continues to grow in customer deployments while the industry is not as enamored (or drunk) with it as it was a few years ago, the new technology is here to stay and will be around for many decades to come.

That brings us back to NAS and files which were declared dead by the object opportunists which is file access is very much alive and continues gain ground. In fact, most cloud providers have either added NAS file-based access (NFS, SMB, POSIX among others) native or via partners to their solutions. Likewise, most object storage platforms have also added or enhanced their NAS file-based access for compatibility while their customers are re-engineering their applications, or create new apps that are object and blob native. Thus, NAS and File-based access are proud members of the Zombie technology list.

There are many more tools, technologies, trends, techniques that are part of the above list for example Backup has been declared dead, along with the PCIe bus, NAND flash, programming, data centers, databases, SQL along with many others. What they have in common is that they are part of a growing list of not dead yet, yet declared dead thus are Zombie technologies.

Where to learn more

Learn more about Clouds and Data Infrastructure related trends, tools, technologies and topics via the following links:

Cloud File Data Storage Consolidation and Economic Comparison Model
Application Data Value Characteristics Everything Is Not the Same (Part I)
PACE your Server Storage I/O decision-making, it’s about application requirements
What is DFR or Data Footprint Reduction?
Cloud conversations: confidence, certainty, and confidentiality
Trick or treat: 2011 IT Zombie technology poll
Buzzword Bingo and Acronym Update V2.011
Trick or treat: Have you seen any IT Frankenstacks
Industry adoption vs. industry deployment, is there a difference?
The blame game: Does cloud storage result in data loss?
Trick or treat and vendor fun games
Trick or Treat – Either way, Be Safe!
Welcome to the Data Protection Diaries
Next Generation Hybrid Software Defined Data Infrastructures Are In Your Future #blogtobertech
Ten tips to reduce your cloud compute storage costs #blogtobertech
Don’t Stop Learning Expand Your Skills Experiences Everyday #blogtobertech
Data Infrastructure server storage I/O network Recommended Reading
Data Infrastructure Server Storage I/O Tradecraft Trends
Data Infrastructure Overview, Its What’s Inside of Data Centers
Which Enterprise HDD to use for a Content Server Platform
The SSD Place (SSD, NVM, PM, SCM, Flash, NVMe, 3D XPoint, MRAM and related topics)
The NVMe Place (NVMe related topics, trends, tools, technologies, tip resources)
Data Protection Diaries (Archive, Backup/Restore, BC, BR, DR, HA,Replication, Security)
If NVMe is the answer, what are the questions?
NVMe Primer (or refresh), The NVMe Place, The SSD Place, and the Object Storage Center

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What this all means

What is your favorite zombie technology, tool, trend or technique?

What zombie technologies, tools, trends or techniques should be added to the list and why?

Many tools, technologies, techniques, trends are often declared dead, sometimes before they are even really alive and mature by those who have something new, or that simply lack creative (e.g., dead marketing?) so it’s easier to declare something dead. While some succeed themselves prospering and being added to the Zombie technology list (a badge of honor), some quietly end up on the where are they now list. The where are they now list are those vendors, tools, technologies, techniques, trends that were on the famous hit parade in the past, having faded away, or end up dead (unlike a zombie).

Don’t be scared of zombie technology while also being prepared to embrace what is new while using both in new ways. Right now, I don’t have tickets to go see Phil Collins not dead yet tour, maybe that will change. However, for now, keep in mind, don’t be scared when looking at Not Dead Yet Zombie Technology (Declared Dead yet still alive) October 2018 Update #blogtobertech.

Ok, nuff said, for now.

Cheers Gs

Greg Schulz – Microsoft MVP Cloud and Data Center Management, VMware vExpert 2010-2018. Author of Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press), as well as Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press), Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier) and twitter @storageio. Courteous comments are welcome for consideration. First published on https://storageioblog.com any reproduction in whole, in part, with changes to content, without source attribution under title or without permission is forbidden.

All Comments, (C) and (TM) belong to their owners/posters, Other content (C) Copyright 2006-2024 Server StorageIO and UnlimitedIO. All Rights Reserved. StorageIO is a registered Trade Mark (TM) of Server StorageIO.

May 9, 2018November 26, 2023

Part IV Dell Technology World 2018 PowerEdge MX Gen-Z Composable Infrastructure

This is Part IV Dell Technology World 2018 PowerEdge MX Gen-Z Composable Infrastructure that is part of a five-post series (view part I here, part II here, part III here and part V here). Last week (April 30-May 3) I traveled to Las Vegas Nevada (LAS) to attend Dell Technology World 2018 (e.g., DTW 2018) as a guest of Dell (that is a disclosure btw).

Introducing PowerEdge MX Composable Infrastructure (the other CI)

Dell announced at Dell Technology World 2018 a preview of the new PowerEdge MX (kinetic) family of data infrastructure resource servers. PowerEdge MX is being developed to meet the needs of resource-centric data infrastructures that require scalability, as well as performance availability, capacity, economic (PACE) flexibility for diverse workloads. Read more about Dell PowerEdge MX, Gen-Z and composable infrastructures (the other CI) here.

Some of the workloads being targeted by PowerEdge MX include large-scale dense SDDC virtualization (and containers), private (or public clouds by service providers). Other workloads include AI, ML, DL, data analytics, HPC, SC, big data, in-memory database, software-defined storage (SDS), software-defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV) among others.

The new PowerEdge MX previewed will be announced later in 2018 featuring a flexible, decomposable, as well as composable architecture that enables resources to be disaggregated and reassigned or aggregated to meet particular needs (e.g., defined or composed). Instead of traditional software defined virtualization carving up servers in smaller virtual machines or containers to meet workload needs, PowerEdge MX is part of a next-generation approach to enable server resources to be leveraged at a finer granularity.

For example, today an entire server including all of its sockets, cores, memory, PCIe devices among other resources get allocated and defined for use. A server gets defined for use by an operating system when bare metal (or Metal as a Service) or a hypervisor. PowerEdge MX (and other platforms expected to enter the market) have a finer granularity where with a proper upper layer (or higher altitude) software resources can be allocated and defined to meet different needs.

What this means is the potential to allocate resources to a given server with more granularity and flexibility, as well as combine multiple server’s resources to create what appears to be a more massive server. There are vendors in the market who have been working on and enabling this type of approach for several years ranging from ScaleMP to startup Liqid and Tidal among others. However, at the heart of the Dell PowerEdge MX is the new emerging Gen-Z technology.

If you are not familiar with Gen-Z, add it to your buzzword bingo lineup and learn about it as it is coming your way. A brief overview of Gen-Z consortium and Gen-Z material and primer information here. A common question is if Gen-Z is a replacement for PCIe which for now is that they will coexist and complement each other. Another common question is if Gen-Z will replace Ethernet and InfiniBand and the answer is for now they complement each other. Another question is if Gen-Z will replace Intel Quick Path and another CPU device and memory interconnects and the answer is potentially, and in my opinion, watch to see how long Intel drags its feet.

Note that composability is another way of saying defined without saying defined, something to pay attention too as well as have some vendor fun with. Also, note that Dell is referent to PowerEdge MX and Kinetic architecture which is not the same as the Seagate Kinetic Ethernet-based object key value accessed drive initiative from a few years ago (learn more about Seagate Kinetic here). Learn more about Gen-Z and what Dell is doing here.

Where to learn more

Learn more about Dell Technology World 2018 and related topics via the following links:

Dell Technology World 2018 Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part V
Application Data Availability 4 3 2 1 Data Protection
Application Data Value Characteristics Everything Is Not The Same (Part I)
Data Infrastructure Primer Overview (Its Whats Inside The Data Center)
Dell EMC Expands Server Capabilities for Software-defined, Edge and High-Performance Computing (e.g., AMD EPYC)
Dell EMC World 2017 Day One news announcement summary
Have you heard about the new CLOUD Act data regulation?
HPE Announces AMD Powered Gen 10 ProLiant DL385 For Software Defined
If NVMe is the answer, what are the questions?
New family of Intel Xeon Scalable Processors enable software defined data infrastructures (SDDI) and SDDC
NVMe Primer (or refresh) and The NVMe Place (e.g., https://storageioblog.com/nvme-place-volatile-memory-express/)
PCIe Fundamentals Server Storage I/O Network Essentials
The SSD Place (e.g., https://storageioblog.com/nand-flash-ssd-storage-io-conversation/) nand flash, SCM, and related topics
Via SearchStorage: Dell EMC all-flash PowerMax replaces VMAX, injects NVMe
Via SearchStorage: Dell EMC midrange storage keeps its overlapping arrays
Via SearchStorage: Dell EMC storage IPO, VMware merger plans still unclear
Via SearchStorage: Dell EMC storage strategy talk buzzes Dell Tech World
Via SearchStorage: How a Dell and VMware merger could affect EMC storage
VMware continues cloud construction with March announcements
VMware vSphere vSAN vCenter version 6.7 SDDC Update Summary
Hot Popular New Trending Data Infrastructure Vendors To Watch
Data Infrastructure server storage I/O network Recommended Reading
Data Infrastructure Overview, Its What’s Inside of Data Centers

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What this all means

Dell has provided a glimpse of what they are working on pertaining composable infrastructure, the other CI, as well as Gen-Z and related next generation of servers with PowerEdge MX as well as Kinetic. Stay tuned for more about Gen-Z and composable infrastructures. Continue reading Part V (servers converged) in this series here, as well as part I here, part II here and part III here.

Ok, nuff said, for now.

Cheers Gs

Greg Schulz – Microsoft MVP Cloud and Data Center Management, VMware vExpert 2010-2017 (vSAN and vCloud). Author of Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press), as well as Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press), Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier) and twitter @storageio. Courteous comments are welcome for consideration. First published on https://storageioblog.com any reproduction in whole, in part, with changes to content, without source attribution under title or without permission is forbidden.

March 20, 2018November 26, 2023

March 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter

Volume 18, Issue 3 (March 2018)

Hello and welcome to the March 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter.

If you are wondering where the January and February 2018 update newsletters are, they are rolled into this combined edition. In addition to the short email version (free signup here), you can access full versions (html here and PDF here) along with previous editions here.

In this issue:

Data Infrastructure Industry Activity
News Commentary and Tips
Server StorageIOblog posts
Recommended Reading
Various Events and Webinars
Industry Resources and Links

Enjoy this edition of the Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure update newsletter.

Cheers GS

Data Infrastructure and IT Industry Activity Trends

Data Infrastructure Data Protection and Backup BC BR DR HA Security

World Backup day is coming up on March 31 which is a good time to remember to verify and validate that your data protection is working as intended. On one hand I think it is a good idea to call out the importance of making sure your data is protected including backed up.

On the other hand data protection is not a once a year, rather a year around, 7 x 24 x 365 day focus. Also the focus needs to be on more than just backup, rather, all aspects of data protection from archiving to business continuance (BC), business resiliency (BR), disaster recovery (DR), always on, always accessible, along with security and recovery.

Data Infrastructure Data Protection Backup 4 3 2 1 rule
Data Infrastructure 4 3 2 1 Data Protection and Backup

Some data spring thoughts, perspectives and reminders. Data lakes may swell beyond their banks causing rivers of data to flood as they flow into larger reservoirs, great data lakes, gulfs of data, seas and oceans of data. Granted, some of that data will be inactive cold parked like glaciers while others semi-active floating around like icebergs. Hopefully your data is stored on durable storage solutions or services and does not melt.

Data Infrastructure Server Storage I/O flash SSD NVMe
Various NAND Flash SSD devices and SAS, SATA, NVMe, M.2 interfaces

Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) including various solid state device (SSD) mediums (e.g. nand flash, 3D XPoint, MRAM among others), packaging (drives, PCIe Add in cars [AiC] along with entire systems, appliances or arrays). Also part of the continue evolution of NVM, SSD and other persistent memories (PM) including storage class memories (SCM) are different access protocol interfaces.

Keep in mind that there is a difference between NVM (medium) and NVMe (access), NVM is the generic category of mediums or media and devices such as nand flash, nvram, 3D XPoint among others SCM (and PMs). In other words, NVM is what data devices use for storing data, NVMe is how devices and systems are accessed. NVMe and its variations is how NVM, SSD, PM, SCM media and devices get accessed locally, as well as over network fabrics (e.g. NVMe-oF an FC-NVMe).

NVMe continues to evolve including with networked fabric variations such as RDMA based NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF), along with Fibre Channel based (FC-NVMe). The Fibre Channel Industry Association trade group recently held its second multi-vendor plugfest in support of NVMe over Fibre Channel.

Read more about NVM, NVMe, SSD, SCM, flash and related technologies, tools, trends, tips via the following resources:

Has Object Storage failed to live up to its industry hype lacking traction? Or, is object storage (also known as blobs) progressing with customer adoption and deployment on normal realistic timelines? Recently I have seen some industry comments about object storage not catching on with customers or failing to live up to its hyped expectation. IMHO object storage is very much alive along with block, file, table (e.g. database SQL and NoSQL repositories), message/queue among others, as well as emerging blockchain aka data exchanges.

Various Industry and Customer Adoption Deployment Timeline (Via: StorageIOblog.com)

An issue with object storage is that it is still new, still evolving, many IT environments applications do not yet speak or access objects and blobs natively. Likewise as is often the case, industry adoption and deployment is usually early and short term around the hype, vs. the longer cycle of customer adoption and deployment. The downside for those who only focus on object storage (or blobs) is that they may be under pressure to do things short term instead of adjusting to customer cycles which take longer, however real adoption and deployment also last longer.

While the hype and industry buzz around object storage (and blobs) may have faded, customer adoption continues and is here to stay, along with block, file among others, learn more at www.objectstoragecenter.com. Also keep in mind that there is a difference between industry and customer adoption along with deployment.

Some recent Industry Activities, Trends, News and Announcements include:

In case you missed it, Amazon Web Services (e.g. AWS) announced EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) which as its name implies, is an easy to use and manage Kubernetes (containers, serverless data infrastructure) running on AWS. AWS joins others including Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), Googles Kubernetes Engine, EasyStack (ESContainer for openstack and Kubernetes),VMware Pivotal Container Service (PKS) among others. What this means is that in the container serverless data infrastructure ecosystem Kubernetes container management (orchestration platform) is gaining in both industry as well as customer adoption along with deployment.

Check out other industry news, comments, trends perspectives here.

Data Infrastructure Server StorageIO Comments Content

Server StorageIO Commentary in the news, tips and articles

Recent Server StorageIO industry trends perspectives commentary in the news.

Via BizTech: Why Hybrid (SSD and HDD) Storage Might Be Fit for SMB environments
Via Excelero: Server StorageIO white paper enabling database DBaaS productivity
Via Cloudian: YouTube video interview file services on object storage with HyperFile
Via CDW Solutions: Comments on Software Defined Access
Via SearchStorage: Comments on Cloudian HyperStore on demand cloud like pricing
Via EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments and tips on Software Defined Storage Best Practices
Via PRNewsWire: Comments on Excelero NVMe NVMesh Database and DBaaS solutions
Via SearchStorage: Comments on NooBaa multi-cloud storage management
Via CDW: Comments on New IT Strategies Improve Your Bottom Line
Via EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments on Software Defined Storage: Pros and Cons
Via DataCenterKnowledge: Comments on The Great Data Center Headache IoT
Via SearchStorage: Comments on Dell and VMware merger scenario options
Via PRNewswire: Comments on Chelsio Microsoft Validation of iWARP/RDMA
Via SearchStorage: Comments on Server Storage Industry trends and Dell EMC
Via ChannelProSMB: Comments on Hybrid HDD and SSD storage solutions
Via ChannelProNetwork: Comments on What the Future Holds for HDDs
Via HealthcareITnews: Comments on MOUNTAINS OF MOBILE DATA
Via SearchStorage: Comments on Cloudian HyperStore 7 targets multi-cloud complexities
Via GlobeNewsWire: Comments on Cloudian HyperStore 7
Via GizModo: Comments on Intel Optane 800P NVMe M.2 SSD
Via DataCenterKnowledge: Comments on getting data centers ready for IoT
Via DataCenterKnowledge: Comments on Beyond the Hype: AI in the Data Center
Via DataCenterKnowledge: Comments on Data Center and Cloud Disaster Recovery
Via SearchStoragae: Comments on Cloudian HyperFile marries NAS and object storage
Via SearchStoragae: Comments on Top 10 Tips on Solid State Storage Adoption Strategy
Via SearchStoragae: Comments on 8 Top Tips for Beating the Big Data Deluge

View more Server, Storage and I/O trends and perspectives comments here.

Data Infrastructure Server StorageIOblog posts

Server StorageIOblog Data Infrastructure Posts

Recent and popular Server StorageIOblog posts include:

Application Data Value Characteristics Everything Is Not The Same
Application Data Availability 4 3 2 1 Data Protection
AWS Cloud Application Data Protection Webinar
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Insiders Preview
Application Data Characteristics Types Everything Is Not The Same
Application Data Volume Velocity Variety Everything Is Not The Same
Application Data Access Lifecycle Patterns Everything Is Not The Same
Veeam GDPR preparedness experiences Webinar walking the talk
VMware continues cloud construction with March announcements
Benefits of Moving Hyper-V Disaster Recovery to the Cloud Webinar
World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder
Use Intel Optane NVMe U.2 SFF 8639 SSD drive in PCIe slot
Data Infrastructure Resource Links cloud data protection tradecraft trends
How to Achieve Flexible Data Protection Availability with All Flash Storage Solutions
November 2017 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter
IT transformation Serverless Life Beyond DevOps Podcast
Data Protection Diaries Fundamental Topics Tools Techniques Technologies Tips
HPE Announces AMD Powered Gen 10 ProLiant DL385 For Software Defined Workloads
AWS Announces New S3 Cloud Storage Security Encryption Features
Introducing Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL Overview #blogtober
Hot Popular New Trending Data Infrastructure Vendors To Watch

View other recent as well as past StorageIOblog posts here

Server StorageIO Recommended Reading (Watching and Listening) List

In addition to my own books including Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press 2017) available at Amazon.com (check out special sale price), the following are Server StorageIO data infrastructure recommended reading, watching and listening list items. The Server StorageIO data infrastructure recommended reading list includes various IT, Data Infrastructure and related topics including Intel Recommended Reading List (IRRL) for developers is a good resource to check out. Speaking of my books, Didier Van Hoye (@WorkingHardInIt) has a good review over on his site you can view here, also check out the rest of his great content while there.

In case you may have missed it, here is a good presentation from AWS re:invent 2017 by Brendan Gregg (@brendangregg) about how Netflix does EC2 and other AWS tuning along with plenty of great resource links. Keith Tenzer (@keithtenzer) provides a good perspective piece about containers in a large IT enterprise environment here including various options.

Speaking of IT data centers and data infrastructure environments, checkout the list of some of the worlds most extreme habitats for technology here. Mark Betz (@markbetz) has a series of Docker and Kubernetes networking fundamentals posts on his site here, as well as over at Medium including mention of Google Cloud (@googlecloud). The posts in Marks series are good refresher or intros to how Docker and Kubernetes handles basic networking between containers, pods, nodes, hosts in clusters. Check out part I here and part II here.

Blockchain elements
Image via https://stevetodd.typepad.com

Steve Todd (@Stevetodd) has some good perspectives about Trusted Data Exchanges e.g. life beyond blockchain and bitcoin here along with core element considerations (beyond the product pitch) here, along with associated data infrastructure and storage evolution vs. revolution here.

Watch for more items to be added to the recommended reading list book shelf soon.

Data Infrastructure Server StorageIO event activities

Events and Activities

Recent and upcoming event activities.

March 27, 2018 – Webinar – Veeams Road to GDPR Compliancy The 5 Lessons Learned

Feb 28, 2018 – Webinar – Benefits of Moving Hyper-V Disaster Recovery to the Cloud

Jan 30, 2018 – Webinar – Achieve Flexible Data Protection and Availability with All Flash Storage

Nov. 9, 2017 – Webinar – All You Need To Know about ROBO Data Protection Backup

See more webinars and activities on the Server StorageIO Events page here.

Data Infrastructure Server StorageIO Industry Resources and Links

Various useful links and resources:

Data Infrastructure Recommend Reading and watching list
Microsoft TechNet – Various Microsoft related from Azure to Docker to Windows
storageio.com/links – Various industry links (over 1,000 with more to be added soon)
objectstoragecenter.com – Cloud and object storage topics, tips and news items
OpenStack.org – Various OpenStack related items
storageio.com/downloads – Various presentations and other download material
storageio.com/protect – Various data protection items and topics
thenvmeplace.com – Focus on NVMe trends and technologies
thessdplace.com – NVM and Solid State Disk topics, tips and techniques
storageio.com/converge – Various CI, HCI and related SDS topics
storageio.com/performance – Various server, storage and I/O benchmark and tools
VMware Technical Network – Various VMware related items

Connect and Converse With Us

Subscribe to Newsletter – Newsletter Archives – StorageIO.com – StorageIOblog.com

What this all means and wrap-up

Data Infrastructures are what exists inside physical data centers spanning cloud, converged, hyper-converged, virtual, serverless and other software defined as well as legacy environments. The fundamental role of data infrastructures comprising server (compute), storage, I/O networking hardware, software, services defined by management tools, best practices and policies is to provide a platform for applications along with their data to deliver information services. With March 31 being world backup day, also focus on making sure that on April 1st you are not a fool trying to recover from a bad data protection copy. With the continued movement to flash SSD along with other forms of storage class memory (SCM) and persistent memories (PM), data moves at a faster rate meaning data protection is even more important to get you out of trouble as fast as you get into issues.

Ok, nuff said, for now.

January 25, 2018November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure Resource Links cloud data protection tradecraft trends

Data Infrastructure Resource Links Server Storage I/O Network

By Greg Schulz – www.storageioblog.com April 28, 2018

Various data infrastructure resource links.

The following are a collection of server storageioblog data infrastructure resource links.

Where to learn more

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What This All Means

Check out the above links to data infrastructure resource links.

Ok, nuff said, for now.

October 30, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure server storage I/O network Recommended Reading #blogtober

server storage I/O data infrastructure trends recommended reading list

Updated 7/30/2018

The following is an evolving recommended reading list of data infrastructure topics including, server, storage I/O, networking, cloud, virtual, container, data protection and related topics that includes books, blogs, podcast’s, events and industry links among other resources.

Various Data Infrastructure including hardware, software, services related links:

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

In addition to my own books including Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press 2017), the following are Server StorageIO recommended reading list items . The recommended reading list includes various IT, Data Infrastructure and related topics.

Intel Recommended Reading List (IRRL) for developers is a good resource to check out.

Duncan Epping (@DuncanYB), Frank Denneman (@FrankDenneman) and Neils Hagoort (@NHagoort) have released their VMware vSphere 6.7 Clustering Deep Dive book available at venues including Amazon.com. This is the latest in a series of Cluster and deep dive books from Frank and Duncan which if you are involved with VMware, SDDC and related software defined data infrastructures these should be on your bookshelf.

Check out the Blogtober list of check out some of the blogs and posts occurring during October 2017 here.

Preston De Guise aka @backupbear is Author of several books has an interesting new site Foolsrushin.info that looks at topics including Ethics in IT among others. Check out his new book Data Protection: Ensuring Data Availability (CRC Press 2017) and available via Amazon.com here.

Brendan Gregg has a great site for Linux performance related topics here.

Greg Knieriemen has a must read weekly blog, post, column collection of whats going on in and around the IT and data infrastructure related industries, Check it out here.

Interested in file systems, CIFS, SMB, SAMBA and related topics then check out Chris Hertels book on implementing CIFS here at Amazon.com

For those involved with VMware, check out Frank Denneman VMware vSphere 6.5 host resource guide-book here at Amazon.com.

Docker: Up & Running: Shipping Reliable Containers in Production by Karl Matthias & Sean P. Kane via Amazon.com here.

Essential Virtual SAN (VSAN): Administrator’s Guide to VMware Virtual SAN,2nd ed. by Cormac Hogan & Duncan Epping via Amazon.com here.

Hadoop: The Definitive Guide: Storage and Analysis at Internet Scale by Tom White via Amazon.com here.

Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud by Brendan Gregg Via Amazon.com here.

Implementing Cloud Storage with OpenStack Swift by Amar Kapadia, Sreedhar Varma, & Kris Rajana Via Amazon.com here.

The Human Face of Big Data by Rick Smolan & Jennifer Erwitt Via Amazon.com here.

VMware vSphere 5.1 Clustering Deepdive (Vol. 1) by Duncan Epping & Frank Denneman Via Amazon.com here. Note: This is an older title, but there are still good fundamentals in it.

Linux Administration: A Beginners Guide by Wale Soyinka Via Amazon.com here.

TCP/IP Network Administration by Craig Hunt Via Amazon.com here.

Cisco IOS Cookbook: Field tested solutions to Cisco Router Problems by Kevin Dooley and Ian Brown Via Amazon.com here.

I often mention in presentations a must have for anybody involved with software defined anything, or programming for that matter which is the Niklaus Wirth classic Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs that you can get on Amazon.com here.

Seven Databases in Seven Weeks including NoSQL

Another great book to have is Seven Databases in Seven Weeks (here is a book review) which not only provides an overview of popular NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, Mongo, HBASE among others, lots of good examples and hands on guides. Get your copy here at Amazon.com.

Additional Data Infrastructure and related topic sites

In addition to those mentioned above, other sites, venues and data infrastructure related resources include:

aiim.com – Archiving and records management trade group

apache.org – Various open-source software

blog.scottlowe.org – Scott Lowe VMware Networking and topics

blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/virtual_pc_guy – Ben Armstrong Hyper-V blog

brendangregg.com – Linux performance-related topics

cablemap.info – Global network maps

CMG.org – Computer Measurement Group (CMG)

communities.vmware.com – VMware technical community and resources

comptia.org – Various IT, cloud, and data infrastructure certifications

cormachogan.com – Cormac Hogan VMware and vSAN related topics

csrc.nist.gov – U.S. government cloud specifications

dmtf.org – Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)

ethernetalliance.org – Ethernet industry trade group

fibrechannel.org – Fibre Channel trade group

github.com – Various open-source solutions and projects

Intel Reading List – recommended reading list for developers

ieee.org – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

ietf.org – Internet Engineering Task Force

iso.org – International Standards Organizations

it.toolbox.com – Various IT and data infrastructure topics forums

labs.vmware.com/flings – VMware Fling additional tools and software

nist.gov – National Institute of Standards and Technology

nvmexpress.org – NVM Express (NVMe) industry trade group

objectstoragecenter.com – Various object and cloud storage items

opencompute.org – Open Compute Project (OCP) servers and related topics

opendatacenteralliance.org – Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA)

openfabrics.org – Open-fabric software industry group

opennetworking.org – Open Networking Foundation (ONF)

openstack.org – OpenStack resources

pcisig.com – Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) trade group

reddit.com – Various IT, cloud, and data infrastructure topics

scsita.org – SCSI trade association (SAS and others)

SNIA.org – Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA)

Speakingintech.com – Popular industry and data infrastructure podcast

Storage Bibliography – Collection of Dr. J. Metz storage related content

technet.microsoft.com – Microsoft TechNet data infrastructure–related topics

thenvmeplace.com – various NVMe and related tools, topics and links

thevpad.com – Collection of various virtualization and related sites

thessdplace.com – various NVM, SSD, flash, 3D XPoint related topics, tools, links

tpc.org – Transaction Performance Council benchmark site

vmug.org – VMware User Groups (VMUG)

wahlnetwork.com – Chris Whal Networking and related topics

yellow-bricks.com – Duncan Epping VMware and related topics

Additional Data Infrastructure Venues

Additional useful data infrastructure related information can be found at BizTechMagazine, BrightTalk, ChannelProNetwork, ChannelproSMB, ComputerWeekly, Computerworld, CRN, CruxialCIO, Data Center Journal (DCJ), Datacenterknowledge, and DZone. Other good sourses include Edtechmagazine, Enterprise Storage Forum, EnterpriseTech, Eweek.com, FedTech, Google+, HPCwire, InfoStor, ITKE, LinkedIn, NAB, Network Computing, Networkworld, and nextplatform. Also check out Reddit, Redmond Magazine and Webinars, Spiceworks Forums, StateTech, techcrunch.com, TechPageOne, TechTarget Venues (various Search sites, e.g., SearchStorage, SearchSSD, SearchAWS, and others), theregister.co.uk, TheVarGuy, Tom’s Hardware, and zdnet.com, among many others.

Where To Learn More

Learn more about related technology, trends, tools, techniques, and tips with the following links.

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What This All Means

The above is an evolving collection of recommended reading including what I have on my physical and virtual bookshelves, as well as list of web sites, blogs and podcasts worth listening, reading or watching. Watch for more items to be added to the book shelf soon, and if you have a suggested recommendation, add it to the comments below.

By the way, if you have not heard, its #Blogtober, check out some of the other blogs and posts occurring during October here as part of your recommended reading list.

Ok, nuff said, for now.

August 27, 2017November 26, 2023

August 2017 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter

Server StorageIO August 2017 Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter

Volume 17, Issue VII (Pre VMworld 2017)

Hello and welcome to the August 2017 issue of the Server StorageIO update newsletter.

Its end of summer season here in north america which means wrapping up holidays, vacations, back to school shopping (and going to school), as well as the start of the fall IT technology conference season. VMworld 2017 USA is this week in Las Vegas and there will be several announcements coming out of that event. Given all of the activity so far this month, I’m going to cover the VMworld and related topics in a special early September issue of this newsletter.

Speaking of VMworld 2017, if you are going to be there in Las Vegas, stop by the book store located in the community village area on Tuesday at 1PM I will be doing a book signing, meet and greet, stop by and say hello.

Thanks to all who participated in the recent thevPad top 100 vBloggers event, I am honored to have StorageIOblog listed in the top 100 vBlogs. Also congratulations to new and returning fellow Microsoft MVPs and VMware vExperts. There is a lot going on in the industry, lets get to it in this Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter.

Various Events and Webinars
Industry Resources and Links
Connect and Converse With Us
About Us

Enjoy this edition of the Server StorageIO update newsletter (pre VMworld edition).

Cheers GS

Data Infrastructure and IT Industry Activity Trends

Acronis announced True Image 2018 for home based data protection (backup), while Crashplan aka code42 announced they were getting out of the consumer, small office home office (SOHO) backup and data protection space to focus on the enterprise.

Cisco bought software defined storage converged infrastructure software vendor Springpath for about $320M USD. Cisco and Swiftstack (object storage software) also announced interoperability news with the UCS S32600 storage server platform.

GPU vendor NVIDIA announced Quadro Virtual Data Center workstation technology.

Meanwhile ioFABRIC announced their new Vicinity 3.0 software defined management solution.

Microsemi (remember PMC Sierra) announced release of its Flashtec PCIe controllers to help speed adoption deployment of SSDs including NVMe based.

Microsoft bought Cycle Computing to enhance Azure services, while also making Azure Blob storage tiering available as part of an ongoing public preview. For those not aware, Azure Blob is similar to what other services call objects. Get in on the public preview here. For those who live in a hybrid world where your environment and experience include both Windows and Linux, check out Windows Services for Linux here. With this service which can install onto an Windows 10 system along side Win32 (e.g. it co-exists, its not a virtual machine), you can choose from the Windows Store which Linux distro you want (e.g. Centos, Ubuntu, etc).

Need to learn, refresh or simply gain a better understanding of Microsoft PowerShell for software defined management of Windows, Azure and other environments? Check out this great post from Microsoft Blogs.

For those who work in a Windows or Azure environment, here are some useful icons for Powerpoint, Visio, PNG and SVG from Microsoft. With Microsoft Ignite coming up in September, watch for some interesting update enhancements to Windows Server from a server storage I/O perspective.

NextPlatform.com has an interesting article on Exascale Timeline for Storage and I/O systems worth a read. Panzura global name space and scale out software defined storage management software announced mobile client file sharing. After dropping their own cloud business, Verizon is now a virtual network services partner with Amazon.

Over at all flash array (AFA) SSD vendor Pure, revenues are growing closer to an annual $1B USD rate despite loss per share, Pure also announced a change in leadership with current CEO Scott Dietzen stepping aside for Charles Giancarlo to take the lead spot.

VMware has been talking about the continued increase in customer adoption and deployment of VSAN now they are showing they eat their own dog food. Check out this post here from VMware that shows how many and what size VSAN clusters they are using for various internal operations. Also on the VMware storage front, learn more about enhancements for large and small file allocation blocks with vSphere VMFS6.

With all of the pre and post VMworld related announcements, remember to check out the tools available over at the VMware flings site including vSphere HTML5 Web Client, HCIBench, vRealize Operations Export, VisualEsxtop, ESXi Embedded Host Client, VMware OS Optimization Tool and many others. Watch for VMworld coverage in the September newsletter along with posts at www.storageioblog.com

Check out other industry news, comments, trends perspectives here.

Server StorageIO Commentary in the news

Recent Server StorageIO industry trends perspectives commentary in the news.

Via EnterpriseStorageForum: Comments on Who Will Rule the Storage World?
Via InfoGoto: Comments on Google Cloud Platform Gaining Data Storage Momentum
Via InfoGoto: Comments on Singapore High Rise Data Centers
Via InfoGoto: Comments on New Tape Storage Capacity

View more Server, Storage and I/O trends and perspectives comments here

Server StorageIOblog Posts

Recent and popular Server StorageIOblog posts include:

NVMe Wont Replace Flash By Itself They Complement Each Other
There has been some recent industry marketing buzz generated by a startup to get some attention by claiming via a study sponsored by including the startup that Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Express (NVMe) will replace flash storage. Granted, many IT customers as well as vendors are still confused by NVMe thinking it is a storage medium as opposed to an interface used for accessing fast storage devices such as nand flash among other solid state devices (SSDs). Part of that confusion can be tied to common SSD based devices rely on NVM that are persistent memory retaining data when powered off (unlike the memory in your computer).

Like IT Data Centers Do You Take Trade Show Exhibit Infrastructure For Granted?
Think about this for a moment; do you assume that Information Technology (IT) and Cloud based data centers along with their associated Data Infrastructure supporting various applications will be accessible when needed. Likewise, when you go to a trade show, conference, symposium, user group or another conclave is it assumed that the trade show, exposition (expo), exhibits, booths, stands or demo areas will be ready, waiting and accessible? In case you did not hear, things heated up at the recent Flash Memory Summit (FMS) in Santa Clara where a small fire in one of the exhibt booths prevented the expo hall from opening during the event.

Microsoft Azure Software Defined Data Infrastructure Reference Resources
Need to learn more about Microsoft Azure Cloud Software Defined Data Infrastructure topics including reference architecture among other resources for various application workloads? Microsoft Azure has an architecture and resources page (here) that includes various application workload reference tools.

Chelsio Storage over IP and other Networks Enable Data Infrastructures
Chelsio and Storage over IP (SoIP) continue to enable Data Infrastructures from legacy to software defined virtual, container, cloud as well as converged.

Announcing Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials Book by Greg Schulz
Software Defined Data Infrastructure (SDDI) Essentials is now generally available at various global venues in hardcopy, hardback print as well as various electronic versions including via Amazon and CRC Press among others.

Server StorageIO Industry Trends Perspectives Report WekaIO Matrix
Like Data They Protect For Now Quantum Revenues Continue To Grow
Travel Fun Crossword Puzzle For VMworld 2017 Las Vegas
Hot Popular New Trending Data Infrastructure Vendors To Watch

Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Tips and Articles

Recent Server StorageIO industry trends perspectives commentary in the news.

Via NetworkWorld: Do you have an IT trade craft skills gap?

View more Server, Storage and I/O trends and perspectives comments here

Events and Activities

Recent and upcoming event activities.

Sep. 21, 2017 – MSP CMG – Minneapolis MN
Sep. 20, 2017 – Redmond Data Protection and Backup – Webinar
Sep. 14, 2017 – Fujifilm IT Executive Summit – Seattle WA
Sep. 12, 2017 – SNIA Software Developers Conference (SDC) – Santa Clara CA
Sep. 7, 2017 – WiPro – Planning Your Software Defined Journey – New York City
August 29, 2017 – VMworld – Las Vegas

See more webinars and activities on the Server StorageIO Events page here.

Server StorageIO Industry Resources and Links

Useful links and pages:
Microsoft TechNet – Various Microsoft related from Azure to Docker to Windows
storageio.com/links – Various industry links (over 1,000 with more to be added soon)
objectstoragecenter.com – Cloud and object storage topics, tips and news items
OpenStack.org – Various OpenStack related items
storageio.com/protect – Various data protection items and topics
thenvmeplace.com – Focus on NVMe trends and technologies
thessdplace.com – NVM and Solid State Disk topics, tips and techniques
storageio.com/converge – Various CI, HCI and related SDS topics
storageio.com/performance – Various server, storage and I/O benchmark and tools
VMware Technical Network – Various VMware related items

Ok, nuff said, for now.

Cheers
Gs

Greg Schulz – Multi-year Microsoft MVP Cloud and Data Center Management, VMware vExpert (and vSAN). Author of Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press), as well as Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press), Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier) and twitter @storageio.

Courteous comments are welcome for consideration. First published on https://storageioblog.com any reproduction in whole, in part, with changes to content, without source attribution under title or without permission is forbidden.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links A to E

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 2/20/2018

Following are some useful Data Infrastructure IT Industry Resource Links A to E to cloud, virtual and traditional IT data infrastructure related web sites. The data infrastructure environment (servers, storage, IO and networking, hardware, software, services, virtual, container and cloud) is rapidly changing. You may encounter a missing URL, or a URL that has changed. This list is updated on a regular basis to reflect changes (additions, changes, and retirement).

Disclaimer and note: URL’s submitted for inclusion on this site will be reviewed for consideration and to be in generally accepted good taste in regards to the theme of this site.

Best effort has been made to validate and verify the data infrastructure URLs that appear on this page and web site however they are subject to change. The author and/or maintainer(s) of this page and web site make no endorsement to and assume no responsibility for the URLs and their content that are listed on this page.

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Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

A3Cube Computer I/O solution startup
AAPT AAPT AWS connect partner, Hosting/cloud/access services
abiquo.com Cloud development and management tools
Above.net/Zayo Group AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
abrevity.com eDiscovery, search, indexing, classification
accellion.com File transfer tools
accessopt.com Holographic storage
acinion.com Video solutions
acopia.com NAS aggregation and global name space (bought by F5)
acronis.com Backup and data protection tools
acsacs.com Value added reseller (VAR)
acs-inc.com Hosting, outsourcing and managed services (Bought by Xerox)
actifio.com Data protection solutions
active-circle.com Data archiving and storage solutions
activestate.com Stackato PaaS for cloud tools
adaptec.com Adapters, iSCSI storage, data backup solutions (See PMC)
adesto.com CBRAM startup
addonics.com SSD storage solutions
adic.com Backup, Dedupe and data protection solutions (Bought by Quantum)
adinfa.com Energy and resource management tools
AdRem Netcrunch Monitoring of Networks, Systems and Applications, DCIM
Adtran Datacom and networking solutions
advancedvault.com Business continuity solutions
advaoptical.com Optical networking
afcom.com Data center industry user group
aforesolutions.com Cloud storage and infrasture management tools
agami.com High performance NAS storage (Shutdown)
agilent.com Host adapters and test equipment
agility.com Optical solutions and components
agilysys.com VAR
aiim.com Archiving and records management trade group
ait.com Cloud and web hosting
Ajubeo Cloud and management solutions
akamai.com Content distribution network (CDN)
akitio.com Storage systems
akorri.com Storage resource and capacity management
alacritech.com Storage networking adapters for iSCSI
alacritus.com Data Protection Software
alcatel.com Networking and storage networking equipment
alliance-it.com Value added reseller (VAR)
allstorage.nl Storage services solution provider
amazon.com Cloud compute and storage services
AmberPoint.com SOA management tools
amcc.com Storage networking components (aka JNI & 3ware Bought by LSI)
amd.com Server and processor chips
americanfibersystems.com Metropolitan storage networks and fiber bandwidth
amphenol.com Storage Networking connectors and cables
Amplidata.com Object and wide area based storage
ancot.com Storage networking testing equipment
anixter.com Networking components
Anobit.com Memory components
ansi.org American National Standards Institute
Anstor64.com iSCSI storage software
anuesystems.com SONET’/SDH and network test equipment
apc.com Environmental and power systems and DCIM solutoins
apcon.com Physical cabling and management
aperture.com Data center tools including CMDB (Bought by Emerson)
appassue.com SQL server and data protection tools (Bought by Dell)
Appcore Cloud management tools
Appfirst IT Ops, Development and DCIM monitoring and PKI metrics
appiq.com Storage Management Software (Bought by HP)
appirio.com Cloud and content tools and services
apple.com Server and storage
apprenda.com Grid and data management tools
Apprenda Platform as a service tools
aprius.com PCIe Server I/O virtualization (IOV) technology
aptare.com Data protection management and backup reporting
arasan.com IP Networking components
Archivas.com Archiving and data management software (Bought by HDS)
arcmail.com Email archiving
Arcplace Data management archiving
arcsight.com Compliance solutions
argent.com Data center management and CMDB tools
ariodata.com Scalable data storage and blade storage systems
aristanetworks.com Networking technologies
aristoslogic.com Storage controller technology (Bought by Adaptec)
Arkeia.com Backup and data protection software (Bought by WD)
arkivio.com Storage management and ILM software
arm.com Microprocessor producer
armor247.com SMB focused data protection solutions
arrow.com Distributor
arsenaldigital.com Managed backup service (Bought by IBM)
arxscan.com SRM and file reporting software
asankya.com Application delivery and cloud access
asciitable.com Site containing the ASCII character set table
ashare.org HVAC Engineers Association
asigra.com Backup and data protection solutions
asnp.org Association Storage Networking Professionals
asperasoft.com High speed file and data transfer tools
astaro.com Security tools
astutenetworks.com iSCSI storage optimized for VMware
atempo.com Backup Software
Atlantic Metro Communications AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
Atlantiscomputing ILIO VDI and I/O optimization, cache tools
atmforum.com ATM trade association
atrato.com Storage systems
attachmate.com IT management tools (bought Novell)
attotech.com Storage networking adapters and gateways
Attunesystems.com NAS and file virtualization (Assets bought by F5)
attunity.com File and data movement tools
autonomy.com Data management and cloud services (Bought by HP) –
autovirt.com Storage automation tiering tools
avagotech.com Semiconductor technologies
availl.com Data movement and replication solutions
avamar.com Dedupe, Backup and Restoration Solutions (Bought by EMC)
avanade.com Var
avaya.com Networking and communications
averesystems.com NAS caching and automated tiering
avg.com Security and anti-virus software
avnet.com Distributor
www.avocent.com Infrastructure resource management tools
axcient.com Cloud data protection solutions
axiossystems.com IRM and service management tools
axsone.com Records and document management
axxana.com Data protection and replication tools
Backblaze Online and cloud backup storage
BackupAssist Backup and Recovery software
backupify.com Backup for google apps
BUMI Backup and data protection tools
backupright.com Online and cloud backup
Backula Opensource Backup and data protection
bakbone.com Backup Software (Bought by Quest bought by Dell)
balesio.com File compression solutions
barracudanetworks.com Networking devices, backup software
basho.com NOSQL Database and object storage technology –
batblue.com Cloud, application delivery networking services
Bestel Bestel AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
Beyondtust Vulnerability assessment and detection
bigswitch.com Openflow based network switches
BitArmor.com Data security software
bitcasa.com Cloud storage and backup
Bitcentral Video management solutions
Bitmicro Solid state devices and other solutions
Blackbox Data center infrastructure, DCIM, KVM and other solutions
BlackMESH FedRAMP and DevOPs hosting
blade.org Trade group for blade servers
bladelogic.com Server management and discovery software
BladeNetwork.net Server and storage blades (Bought by IBM)
Bladeroom Data center and hosting
bladesystems.org Industry trade group for blade servers and storage
bladetechnologies.net Networking technologies
blockbridge.com Elastic Storage Software and Tools
bluearc.com High performance NAS enterprise class storage (Bought by HDS)
bluecoat.com WAN optimization
bluecorenetworks.com Networking infrastructure solutions
Bluehost Web hosting, dedicated and virtual private servers
bluelock.com Hosting, managed service and cloud provider
BlueOSS Cloud and business inteligence solutions
www.bluestripe.com Software for managing virtual data centers
bmc.com Storage management software
bocada.com Backup and management software
bowindustries.com Tape media cleaning tools
box.net Internet/web/cloud storage services
bphx.com Legacy application transformation
bridgestor.com Data reduction and storage optimization
Bridghead.com Storage management software
broadband.com Portal site for finding network bandwidth services
broadbandreports.com Portal site for finding high speed internet access
broadcom.com Storage networking component supplier
brocade.com Switches, WAN gateways, software
brouwerconsultancy.com Storage consultancy service
bswd.com Brian Berg’s Storage Cornucopia web site
btiphotonics.com WDM and Optical networking technologies
buffalotech.com SMB and SOHO NAS storage
bustech.com IBM Mainframe to open systems gateways (Bought by EMC)
bycast.com Grid based fixed content, archive and object storage (Bought by NetApp)
c2c.com Email archiving solutions
c2esoft.com Data center operations and insight management tools
ca.com Data management software
Computer Associates Various data center, DCIM, data protection and other solution tools
call-recall.com Optical storage
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
carbonite.com Cloud storage and backup
caringo.com CAS archiving and object storage tools
casecentral.com Cloud ediscovery
cassandra.apache.org Data management and database alternative software
Apache Cassandra NOSql Data Management tools
cassat.com IRM management tools (Bought by CA)
Catalogic Software Data protection and management tools
cataphora.com Data management tools
catbird.com VM security tools
caviumnetworks.com Networking processors and chip technologies
cdproject.net Carbon Disclosure Project
cdrive.com VAR
cdw.com VAR
celion.com Network services for storage over distance
celona.com Data migration tools
cemaphore.com Messaging solutions
centos.org Cluster Storage
centrepath.com Storage management solutions (formerly Giant Loop)
centrify.com Digital rights management for cloud, virtual, server, desktop and storage
Tier3/CenturyLink Cloud, hosting and managed services
Centurylinkg/Savvis Cloud and hosting solutions
Ceph Cloud and object storage solutions
cert.org Internet Security information
certesnetworks.com Cloud security tools
certon.com VAR
CFN Services AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
chelsio.com High speed Ethernet adapters
chicorporation.com Data protection, cloud and storage VAR
ciena.com Optical networking
Cinenet AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
ciphermax.com Data Storage Encryption Tools
cipheroptics.com Storage networking security
ciprico.com Storage systems (Bought by DotHill)
cirrustore.com Backup data protection tools
cirtas.com Cloud Storage Appliance – Added 6/9/10
cisco.com Switches, WAN and Optical networking
Citrix.com Virtualization solutions
ClearDB.com/.com Local and distributed (GEO) MySQL database software and service
clearpace.com/.com Large scale archive and data management tools
CleverSafe.com Distributed object/esrasure storage
climatesaverscomputing.com Green computing industry trade group
Clonix Data cloning, duplication and protection tools
CloudByte Scale-out and cloud storage
cloudera.com Hadoop data storage and analytics tools
CloudFlare CDN and Web Cache solutions
cloudfuzion.com High performance servers
Cloudian Cloud and object storage tools
Cloudphysics Big data and virtualization tools
cloudreplica.com Cloud data protection tools
cloudscaling.com Open cloud platforms
Apache CloudStack Open Source Cloud tools
cloudtp.com Open cloud deployment solutions
CloudVelocity Hybrid Cloud and data protection management solutins
cloverleafcomm.com Storage Virtualization tools (Bought by DotHill)
clustrix.com Storage software startup
cmg.org Computer Measurement Group
cnt.com Switches, WAN gateways, software (Bought by McData bought by Brocade)
Cobalt Iron Data protection tools
code42.com Cloud storage and backup aka Crashplan
Codenomicon.com Data and security tools
cofio.com Backup and data protection tools
CohesiveFT Cloud solution and management tools
colliercomputing.com VAR
colo-america.com Co-location and hosting services

communities.vmware.com VMware community
commvault.com Data management software
comodo.com Encryption tools
Comparitech Consumer tech reviews
compellent.com SMB Storage sub-systems and software – (Bought by Dell)
comptia.org Computer and Technology Industry Association
compucom.com VAR
computergamedesign.org Computer game design
compuverde.com Big data management tools and object storage
compuware.com IT management and performance tools
condre.com VAR/distributor
Condusiv Data and storage management tools including Diskeeper
XO Communications AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
Connected Cloud Cloud management tools
connectwise.com IT automation tools
conres.com Value added reseller (VAR)
consiliant.com VAR
ConstantData.com Real time data replication and mirroring
continuitysoftware.com Replication and Snapshot data protection management
convirture.com Cloud and virtualization tools
copansys.com Secondary storage for backup and archiving (Assets Bought by SGI)
coraid.com SATA over Ethernet storage
CoreSite AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
corevault.com Cloud services
Cormant DCIM and data center and infrastructure management tools
corning.com Fiber optic cabling
corsair.com SSD
corvis.com Networking solutions
cPanel Web, cloud and hosting management tools
crashplan.com Cloud storage and backup aka Code42
creekpath.com Storage management software
www.critical-links.com Office in a box
crossroads.com Storage routers and data protection management tools
Crosswalkinc.com Clustered NAS storage (Ceased Operations)
crucial.com Memory and SSD solutions
cru-dataport.com Data Archive solutions
Crypto.com Crypto resource site
www.ctera.com Cloud storage appliance
Cumulus Networks Open networking
curtisssd.com SSD solution provider
cya.com Document management and data protection
cyber-ark.com Security data protection tools
cypress.com Storage and networking components
dantz.com Data protection and backup solutions (Aka Retrospect Bought by EMC, EMC sold off)
datacentertechnologies.com Data management solutions (Bought by Symantec)
datacore.com Storage management software
datadepositbox.com Online backup and data protection
datadirectnetworks.com Aka DDN Storage systems, SAN, NAS, Object and cloud
datadomain.com Data Deduplication System (Bought by EMC)
Data Dynamics Inc StorageX Data Movement, Migration and management
datafort.com Online cloud backup
dataglobal.com Data and storage management
Data Gravity Big Data solutions
datagres.com Cloud and application caching acceleration
dataguise.com/ Data security solutions
datalink.com VAR
datallegro.com Data warehouse storage solution (Bought by Microsoft)
datamirror.com Data replication solutions
DataON Storage Storage solutions
Datapipe AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
dataprotection.com Vaultlogix data protection tools for cloud
DataRAM.com SSD solutions
Data sales Storage systems sales and leasing
dataslide.com Hard rectangular disk (HRD)
datastor.com Windows based backup data protection
datcollaborative.org Data collaboration group and DAPL material
datoptic.com Storage VAR
daymarksi.com Value added reseller (VAR)
DBR360 AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
ddifrontline.com Security and access control
debian.org Open source operating system
Debriefing software Storage SRM tools
decru.com Storage networking security solutions (Bought by NetApp)
Asempra.com Data protection bought by Dell via Quest
dell.com Storage networking equipment
Delphix Storage, data management and data protection tools
demandtechnology.com Demand technology software (performance software)
Denodo Data virtualization tools
dexrexgear .com Social media cloud storage
www.dey-sys.com Open source software based sotrage
www.dh2i.com Database virtualization software tools
digidata.com Storage solutions
digistoresolutions.com Archiving and data protection solutions
Digitalocular.com Video data management tools
digitalreefinc.com eDiscovery and compliance tools
digitiliti.com Cloud and managed service backup
diligent.com Virtual Tape Library (VTL) and Dedupe (Bought by IBM)
dimensiondata.com VAR
Dimension Data Hosting and managed services
dincloud.com Cloud virtual desktop
directtextbook.com Online book venue
discoverybox.net Data protection for legal hold and compliance
diskkeeper.com File and disk storage defragmentation (Condusiv)
Disklace.com Disk storage optimization tools
dlink.com Storage, network and cloud technologies
dmtf.org Distributed Management Task Force
dnfstorage.com iSCSI and hybrid storage (formerly Stonefly)
dothill.com Distributed storage solutions
Doubletake.com Data replication software
driveoncloud.com Cloud drive online storage
drivesaversdatarecovery.com Data protection and recovery
drobo.com SMB and SOHO NAS storage
dropbox.com Cloud storage and file sharing
druva.com Backup, Storage, network and cloud technologies
dsireusa.org Database of State Incentives and Renewable Energy
Dundas Data Visualization and mobile dashboards
dvs.de Digital video systems and storage
dynamicsolutions.com Storage and data protection VAR
EaseUS Backup, data protection and cloning tools
ecctek.com Rugged data storage components
econnectix.com Data and storage management solutions
eds.com Data outsourcing and cloud provider (Bought by HP)
eere.energy.gov U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) web site
egenera.com Blade server and server virtualization management software
eginnovations.com Application and infrastructure monitoring
egnyte.com Cloud backup and data protection
eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html Portal for electrical power generation, use and costs
emc.com Storage sub-systems software
Emerson.com DCIM IT Data center power, cooling and environmental management tools
Empired FlexScale IT and business cloud solutions
emprisanetworks.com Network management solutions (Bought by BMC)
emulex.com Host bus adapters and embedded switches
enclarity.com Healthcare CRM and analysis tools
encryptstick.com USB based encryption device
enduradata.com Data distribution and protection
energycenter.org California Center for Sustainable Energy
energyshop.com Portal for energy pricing and options
energystar.gov United States EPA Energy Star web site
Enhance-tech.com Storage VAR
enmotus.com SSD storage tiering technology
Ensim IT and cloud provisioning/management tools
enstratus.com Amazon cloud computing management tools (Bought by Dell)
enterprisedb.com Enterprise Database tools
epeat.net Site for comparing desktop and related products
epic.com Medical Information Technology software
equallogic.com iSCSI storage systems (Bought by Dell)
Equinix, Inc. AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
equivio.com Email data protection and retention
ericom.com Desktop and VDI tools
esilicon.com ASIC and custom silicon development
essextec.com VAR
Eucalyptus Open source cloud solutions
Evault.com aka i365 – Remote (Cloud) backup service provider (Bought by Seagate)
Everspin Technologies MRAM memories
evolvingsol.com VAR
evostor.com Storage startup
exablade.com High performance application acceleration
Exablox SMB storage solutions
Exabyte.com Removable tape and robotics
exagrid.com Backup Storage
exanet.com Clustered NAS Storage (Bought by Dell aka FluidFileSystem)
exar.com Server, Storage and Networking components
exavio.com HD and SD data capture
exludus.com Multi core optimize
Expand.com Network and WAN optimization
Expertanalyticalsystems.com Storage analysis tools
Exponential-e Ltd. AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
expresscomputersystems.com Storage solutions VAR
extremenetworks.com Networking switches

Where To Learn More

View additional NAS, NVMe, SSD, NVM, SCM, Data Infrastructure and HDD related topics via the following links.

Can we get a side of context with them IOPS and other storage metrics?
WHEN AND WHERE TO USE NAND FLASH SSD FOR VIRTUAL SERVERS
Revisiting RAID storage remains relevant and resources
NVMe overview and primer – Part I
Part 1 of HDD for content servers series Trends and Content Application Servers
Part 2 of HDD for content servers series Content application server decisions and testing plans
Part 3 of HDD for content servers series Test hardware and software configuration
Part 4 of HDD for content servers series Large file I/O processing
Part 5 of HDD for content servers series Small file I/O processing
Part 6 of HDD for content servers series General I/O processing
Part 7 of HDD for content servers series How HDD continue to evolve over different generations and wrap up
As the platters spin, HDD’s for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments
How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?
Hard Disk Drives (HDD) for Virtual Environments
Server and Storage I/O performance and benchmarking tools
Server storage I/O performance benchmark workload scripts Part I and Part II
How to test your HDD, SSD or all flash array (AFA) storage fundamentals
What is the best server storage I/O workload benchmark? It depends
I/O, I/O how well do you know about good or bad server and storage I/Os?
Big Files Lots of Little File Processing Benchmarking with Vdbench
Part II – NVMe overview and primer (Different Configurations)
Part III – NVMe overview and primer (Need for Performance Speed)
Part IV – NVMe overview and primer (Where and How to use NVMe)
Part V – NVMe overview and primer (Where to learn more, what this all means)
PCIe Server I/O Fundamentals
If NVMe is the answer, what are the questions?
NVMe Wont Replace Flash By Itself
Via Computerweekly – NVMe discussion: PCIe card vs U.2 and M.2
Intel and Micron unveil new 3D XPoint Non Volatie Memory (NVM) for servers and storage
Part II – Intel and Micron new 3D XPoint server and storage NVM
Part III – 3D XPoint new server storage memory from Intel and Micron
Server storage I/O benchmark tools, workload scripts and examples (Part I) and (Part II)
Data Infrastructure Overview, Its Whats Inside of Data Centers
All You Need To Know about Remote Office/Branch Office Data Protection Backup (free webinar with registration)
Software Defined, Converged Infrastructure (CI), Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) resources
The SSD Place (SSD, NVM, PM, SCM, Flash, NVMe, 3D XPoint, MRAM and related topics)
The NVMe Place (NVMe related topics, trends, tools, technologies, tip resources)
Data Protection Diaries (Archive, Backup/Restore, BC, BR, DR, HA, RAID/EC/LRC, Replication, Security)
Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press 2017) including SDDC, Cloud, Container and more
Various Data Infrastructure related events, webinars and other activities
www.objectstoragecenter.com and Software Defined, Cloud, Bulk and Object Storage Fundamentals
Server Storage I/O Network PCIe Fundamentals

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What This All Means

Visit the following additional data infrastructure and IT data center related links.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links F to J

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 2/20/2018

Following are some useful Data Infrastructure IT Industry Resource Links F to J to cloud, virtual and traditional IT data infrastructure related web sites. The data infrastructure environment (servers, storage, IO and networking, hardware, software, services, virtual, container and cloud) is rapidly changing. You may encounter a missing URL, or a URL that has changed. This list is updated on a regular basis to reflect changes (additions, changes, and retirement).

Disclaimer and note: URL’s submitted for inclusion on this site will be reviewed for consideration and to be in generally accepted good taste in regards to the theme of this site.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

f5.com Networking solutions
fabric7.com High speed networking
falconstor.com Storage management software
FarStone.com Backup and data protection software
fcoe.com Web site pertaining to Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
fdr.com Aka Innovation data protection tools
fedoraproject.org Linux based operating system
Fiber Internet Center AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
FiberLight AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
fibrechannel.org Fibre Channel Trade Group
filenet.com File Management Solutions
FilesX.com Backup and data protection software (Bought by IBM)
filetek.com Data management solutions (Bought by SGI)
finisar.com Test, Diagnostic, and Optic Transceivers
firescope.com DCIM, IRM, PMDB, CMDB data solutions
First Communications AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
Firewall Technical AWS Desktop, Server and Network Support
flashsoft.com SSD cache software (Bought by SANdisk)
Flexiant Cloud management tools
flexstar.com Hardware testing equipment
FNT Software Data Center and DCIM software tools
Folder Sizes Disk Space Management software tools
force10.com High speed networking (Bought by Dell)
forsythe.com VAR
foundrynetworks.com Networking switches (Bought by Brocade)
FreeNAS ZFS based NAS storage software
frety.com Site with links to various technologies
fueleconomy.gov US Government site for energy efficiency
fujifilm.com Data storage tape media
Fujitsu.com Computers, disks, storage
fujitsu-siemens.com Storage, VTL, storage management solutions
fulcrummicro.com 10Gb and high performance chips and cross bars
fusionio.com PCIe based NAND/FLASH local SSD for internal server attachment
ioturbine.com IO optimization driver software (Bought by FusionIO)
fusionstorm.com Value added reseller (VAR)
FutureMark PC Benchmarking and testing tools (PCMark and others)
gear6.com Data performance acceleration NAS caching appliance (Bought by Violin)
Geist Global Data Center and DCIM tools
geminare.com Cloud and application migration and recovery tools
genie-soft.com Backup and data protection tools
genstor.com Storage solutions
gfi.com SMB Email security and data protection
gigaspace.com Grid application and data management middle ware
gladinet.com Cloud storage access software
Global Capacity AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
globalstor.com Data storage solutions
glodynetechnoserve.com IT Management tools
gluster.com Open source clustered file system (Bought by Redhat)
gogrid.com Cloud IaaS and hosting services
goldengate.com Data protection and management software (Bought by Oracle)
goodsync.com Data protection solutions
Google Various cloud services including Google Drive, Documents and others
graudata.com Archive software tools
Gravitant Cloud brokerage and management tools
green-bytes.com ZFS based storage management solutions
Greenfield Software DCIM software tools
greenliant.com Nand flash SSD for embedded solutions
greenplum.com Data warehouse storage solutions (Bought by EMC)
greenracksystems.com VAR
gresham-storage.com Virtual tape solutions (VTL sold to Tributary)
GridGain in memory computing
gridironsystems.com Big data and high performance appliance storage
gridstore.com Clustered NAS storage
Global Telecom Technology, Inc. (GTT) AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
Apache Hadoop Hadoop Big Data Tools
hastorage.com Value added reseller (VAR)
www.hddfiresafe.com Fire proof and water resistant storage systems
hds.com Storage sub-systems and software
hermes-softlab.com IT and virtualization software
Hibernia Atlantic AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
hifn.com Optimization technology (Bought by Exar)
high-rely.com Removable storage solutions
hi-stor.com VAR
hitachigst.com Hitachi Global Storage Technologies – Disk drives (Bought by WD)
Hotlink Data protection, cloud and virtualization management tools
hp.com Storage networking hardware and software
htch.com Hutchinson technologies – disk drive components
huawei.com Networking technologies
hydrastor.com Multi-tenant clustered storage (NEC)
hyper9.com Virtualization management tools (aka Inovawave)
hyperio.com Storage and I/O performance monitoring for Windows
hytrust.com Virtual infrastructure security tools
Hyve Solutions Open Compute Project Servers and Storage
i365.com Online cloud backup (Bought by Seagate e.g. Evault)

i3-groep.nl Dutch ICT VAR
iarchive.com Value added reseller (VAR)
iBackup Online and cloud backup service
ibm.com Storage networking hardware and software
Ibrix.com Clustered and cloud storage software (Bought by HP)
Iceweb.com Data storage solutions
icorps.com IT outsourcing and consulting services
IDRIVE Cloud storage backup
idt.com Server, storage, memory, networking components
ieee.org Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ietf.org Internet Engineering Task Force
iland Cloud and virtualization services tools
illumita.com IT Cloud solutions
Imation.com Removable media, primary and archive storage (Bought Nexsan)
imperva.com Data protection tools
imtpartners.com Storage TCO modeling tool
Inboxer.com Email and compliance risk management tools
Incentra.com VAR (Bought by Datalink)
incipient.com Storage management and virtualization (Assets bought by TMS)
indexengines.com eDiscovery, search, indexing, classification
infineta.com WAN optimization
infinibandta.org InfiniBand Trade Organization
infinicon.com InfiniBand Technology
Infinio VMware NAS I/O acceleration cache
infinityio.com Storage networking training
infocachecorp.com Data discovery solutions VAR
InfoGuard.com Data security solutions
infology.net eDiscovery
Infortrend.com RAID controllers
infostor.com Magazine focused on storage and storage networking
infostreet.com Cloud Desktop tools
Inktank Ceph services
inmage.com Data protection appliance
innovationdp.com Data management software
inoc.com Network Operations Center (NOC) service
Inovawave.com Virtualization management tools (aka Hyper9)
Inphase-technologies.com Holographic storage
inquinox.com Data, dedupe and data protection management tools
inrange.com Storage Networking Formerly Dataswitch (Bought by CNT Bought by McData Bought by Brocade)
insight.com Value Added Reseller (VAR)
insynchq.com Cloud storage, document sharing
intel.com Host adapters and chips
intelipathsolutions.com Virtual network connectivity (Aka Onpath)
intellimagic.net Server performance, resource management software
IntelliProp SAS and SATA storage
InterCloud AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
intermedia.net.com Exchange email hosting service
Intermine.com Storage management software
Internap.com Cloud, managed services, hosting and colo
interscapetech.com Cloud and storage tools / services
InterSOC.com Security management tools
intersystems.com Medical Information Technology software
intradyn.com Storage and data protection for SMB (Part of Sony)
intransa.com iSCSI storage
Intronis.com Online, managed and cloud backup solutions
iolo.com Desktop tuneup, protection tools
iomega.com SMB iSCSI, NAS and other storage (Bought by EMC, Partnering with Lenovo)
iometer.org Iometer performance benchmarking tool
Ion Computer Server, storage and data center solutions
iosafe.com Rugged and fire proof, water proof storage
IP Fabrics SDN switch
iphouse.com MSP, hosting and cloud services
iqstor.com Storage for SMB environments
iri.com Big data management tools
CoSort Company IRI Data management and protection tools
ironmountain.com Data archive, managed and cloud services
ironspeed.com Mobile database tools
iSecure Internet security and forensics services
isilon.com Shared storage – (Bought by EMC)
iso.org International Standards Organizations
iStor.com iSCSI storage
IT-ERNITY Data center and hosting services
ivivity.com Storage virtualization technology
iwavesoftware.com Heterogeneous storage automation software
ixia.com Fibre Channel test equipment
IX Reach AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
ixsight.com IT and IRM/SRA insight and data migration
JAM Software Treesize SRM including for NAS
jdsu.com Storage networking optics
Jeda Networks Software defined network and storage management
jedec.org Joint Electron Device Engineering Council
jmr.com Storage systems
jni.com Host bus adapters
joyent.com Cloud infrasture tools
jumpbox.com VM virtual appliance hosting
jumpbox.com Virtualization solutions
jungledisk.com Cloud storage, backup file sharing
juniper.net Networking technologies

Where To Learn More

View additional NAS, NVMe, SSD, NVM, SCM, Data Infrastructure and HDD related topics via the following links.

Can we get a side of context with them IOPS and other storage metrics?
WHEN AND WHERE TO USE NAND FLASH SSD FOR VIRTUAL SERVERS
Revisiting RAID storage remains relevant and resources
NVMe overview and primer – Part I
Part 1 of HDD for content servers series Trends and Content Application Servers
Part 2 of HDD for content servers series Content application server decisions and testing plans
Part 3 of HDD for content servers series Test hardware and software configuration
Part 4 of HDD for content servers series Large file I/O processing
Part 5 of HDD for content servers series Small file I/O processing
Part 6 of HDD for content servers series General I/O processing
Part 7 of HDD for content servers series How HDD continue to evolve over different generations and wrap up
As the platters spin, HDD’s for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments
How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?
Hard Disk Drives (HDD) for Virtual Environments
Server and Storage I/O performance and benchmarking tools
Server storage I/O performance benchmark workload scripts Part I and Part II
How to test your HDD, SSD or all flash array (AFA) storage fundamentals
What is the best server storage I/O workload benchmark? It depends
I/O, I/O how well do you know about good or bad server and storage I/Os?
Big Files Lots of Little File Processing Benchmarking with Vdbench
Part II – NVMe overview and primer (Different Configurations)
Part III – NVMe overview and primer (Need for Performance Speed)
Part IV – NVMe overview and primer (Where and How to use NVMe)
Part V – NVMe overview and primer (Where to learn more, what this all means)
PCIe Server I/O Fundamentals
If NVMe is the answer, what are the questions?
NVMe Wont Replace Flash By Itself
Via Computerweekly – NVMe discussion: PCIe card vs U.2 and M.2
Intel and Micron unveil new 3D XPoint Non Volatie Memory (NVM) for servers and storage
Part II – Intel and Micron new 3D XPoint server and storage NVM
Part III – 3D XPoint new server storage memory from Intel and Micron
Server storage I/O benchmark tools, workload scripts and examples (Part I) and (Part II)
Data Infrastructure Overview, Its Whats Inside of Data Centers
All You Need To Know about Remote Office/Branch Office Data Protection Backup (free webinar with registration)
Software Defined, Converged Infrastructure (CI), Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) resources
The SSD Place (SSD, NVM, PM, SCM, Flash, NVMe, 3D XPoint, MRAM and related topics)
The NVMe Place (NVMe related topics, trends, tools, technologies, tip resources)
Data Protection Diaries (Archive, Backup/Restore, BC, BR, DR, HA, RAID/EC/LRC, Replication, Security)
Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press 2017) including SDDC, Cloud, Container and more
Various Data Infrastructure related events, webinars and other activities
www.objectstoragecenter.com and Software Defined, Cloud, Bulk and Object Storage Fundamentals
Server Storage I/O Network PCIe Fundamentals

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What This All Means

Visit the following additional data infrastructure and IT data center related links.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links K to O

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 2/20/2018

Following are some useful Data Infrastructure IT Industry Resource Links K to O to cloud, virtual and traditional IT data infrastructure related web sites. The data infrastructure environment (servers, storage, IO and networking, hardware, software, services, virtual, container and cloud) is rapidly changing. You may encounter a missing URL, or a URL that has changed. This list is updated on a regular basis to reflect changes (additions, changes, and retirement).

Disclaimer and note: URL’s submitted for inclusion on this site will be reviewed for consideration and to be in generally accepted good taste in regards to the theme of this site.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

kaminario.com Scale out high performance database server
kanbox.com Chineese cloud provider
kaseya.com IT Infrastructure resource management tools
kashya.com Data Protection Solutions (Bought by EMC)
kastenchase.com Data and information security solutions
kazeon.com eDiscovery, search, indexing, classification (Bought by EMC)
kcura.com eDiscovery tools
Kerstor.com Cloud storage
kickfire.com Business analytics tools
kineticd.com Storage and data protection solutions
Kingston.com Memory manufacturer
KLSecurity.com Data protection solutions
komnetworks.com Archiving solutions
k-par.com Archiving solutions
ksplice.com Linux management tools
Kubisys.com Virtualization management tools
KVH Co. Ltd. AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
kvsinc.com Email archiving and compliance software
lacie.com Consumer, SOHO and SMB NAS and DAS storage (Bought by Seagate)
laconicsecurity.com Cloud security and storage
lampertz.com Environmental and data center protection
laurustech.com Managed services provider
lecroy.com Analyzers, probes and diagnostics
lefthandnetworks.com iSCSI clustered storage (Bought by HP)
legato.com Storage management software (Bought by EMC)
Lenovo Servers, storage, workstations
Level 3 Communications AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
lexar.com Flash memory
liebert.com Data center power and cooling systems (Bought by Emerson)
Lightower AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
lightsand.com SAN connectivity
likewise.com Open backup software for macs/Linux/windows
liquidcomputing.com High density servers
liquidcoolsolutions.com Liquid cooled servers
Liquidware Labs Desktop management solutions
livedrive.com Cloud storage and backup
www.liveoffice.com Cloud and Email hosting
LiveVault.com Online cloud backup service (Bought by IronMountain)
locknet-inc.com Security and network management
Lockstep.com Backup and data protection tools
logicube.com Hard drive copy tools
LoginVSI VDI Testing solutions
losttapes.org Portal pertaining to lost magnetic tape information
lsi.com Storage and networking chips and controllers (Bought by Avago)
lto-technology.com Information about LTO tape media
lucent.com Networking components
lumigent.com Compliance management tools
luminex.com S390 IBM Mainframe to open systems gateways
luxtera.com High speed network and storage interconnects
m5data.com VAR
MagePlace Backup Backup and data protection solutions
Maginatics.com Storage for virtual environments
magma.com PCIe and storage solutions
mainline.com VAR
Maintech Infrastructure services
maintech.com IT Servers and solutions
Maldivica Cloud and object storage gateway
ManageEngine DCIM, data center and networking management
maponics.com Mapping data solutions
MAPR Hadoop and Big Data Tools

maranti.com Storage systems
marconi.com Networking equipment
marvell.com Data storage components
Masergy AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
Mathon.com eDiscovery
maxava.com HA tools for IBM iSeries
maxell.com Data storage media
maxim-ic.com Data storage components and solutions
maxiscale.com Web infrastructure scale out file system
Maxta Virtualization storage
maxtor.com Disk drives (Bought by Seagate)
maxxan.com Storage systems (Now Ciphermax)
mcdata.com Switches, WAN gateways, software (Bought by Brocade)
mediagateusa.com HD Video streaming appliance
Meditech.com Medical information technology software
Megaport AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
mellanox.com Ethernet and InfiniBand technology
Memeo.com Data and content management tools
Mendocino.com CDP and data protection (Missing in Action)
metalogix.net Sharepoint archiving solutions
methode.com Storage networking transceivers
mezeo.com Cloud storage management tools
micron.com SSD storage solutions
micronet.com Storage solutions
microsoft.com Hyper-V virtualizaiton, Windows Storage Server, Azure Cloud, Storsimple, SkyDrive (aka OneDrive) and more
midwave.com Var
Mimecast email management including archiving
Mimosasystems.com Email protection and archiving (Bought by Iron Mountain)
mindtree.com Testing services
Mirantis OpenStack tools, downloads, service and support
Miray HDClone Storage clone and data protection tools
mirra.com SMB storage sharing
mobiuspartners.com VAR
Modius DCIM power, cooling and monitoring
moka5.com VDI tools
MongoDB Open source document optimized database
Monitis.com IT Monitoring and services (applications, systems, clouds and more)
Monosphere.com Storage planning and usage software (Bought by Quest)
moonwalk.com HSM, ILM and data management software
morphlabs.com Dense converged server platforms
mosaictec.com Value added reseller (VAR)
mosys.com High density memory components
mpstor.com Cloud storage and orchestration software
msiinet.com VAR
mti.com European VAR
mtron.net Solid state storage devices
My Digital SSD SSD solutions
NAKIVO Backup and data protection tools
napatech.com Network tools and analysis
naspa.org System administrator’s user group
nasuni.com Cloud storage access appliance
ncino.com Banking and financial deployment platform
ncipher.com Data protection and security solutions (Bought by Thales)
ncompass-inc.com VAR and services firm
ncr.com Servers and storage solutions
ndci.com Data conversion services
ndmp.org Trade organization for NDMP backup protocol
neartek.com VTL software (Bought by EMC)
nebulassolutions.com Security and data protection
NEC.com Servers and storage
neopathnetworks.com Network file management solutions (Bought by Cisco)
neoscale.com Storage networking security (Assets Bought by nCipher)
nephoscale.com Cloud and object storage
NeptunesCloud.net Cloud IaaS solutions
www.neptuny.com Performance and capacity planning tools
nerc.com North American Electrical Reliability Council
netcelera.com WAN File system caching and acceleration
netcomm.com.au Broadband service provider
netdirectsystems.com VAR
neterion.com High performance iSCSI and Ethernet 10Gb technology Bought by Exar)
netex.com IP compression and channel extension
netezza.com Big Data – Data warehouse storage solutions (Bought by IBM)
Netgear.com SOHO and SMB storage and networking
NetIQ Data center, security, identify and data protection management
netlist.com Memory solutions
netoptics.com Network monitoring
netronome.com Network and I/O optimization technology
netspi.com Network security and digital forensics
networkappliance.com Storage sub-systems, management software
networkgeneral.com Network and application monitoring
networkinstruments.com Network test and diagnostic and performance monitoring
netwrix.com Enterprise systems management tools
netxen.com High performance 10Gb Ethernet chips and NICs
neuwingenergy.com Energy management organization
neuxpower.com File compression and data reduction
Neverfailgroup.com HA software
nevex.com Caching and application acceleration
newboundary.com IT policy management and IRM tools
newisys.com Storage enclosures
newrelic.com Web, cloud and application management
nexenta.com ZFS based storage management solutions
nexgenstorage.com Storage with PCIe flash card
nexsan.com SAS/SATA and MAID storage subsystems (Bought by Imaiton)
nextio.com SSD and application acceleration solutions
NexusMN / Computex VAR (e.g. Formerly Nexus MN and Stratos – now Computex)
nfpa.org National Fire Protection Association
nicira.com Software defined networking and IOV (Bought by VMware)
nimblestorage.com Converged iSCSI SAN, backup and DR
nimbula.com Cloud and application orchestration management tools
Nimbusdata.com iSCSI storage
nirvanix.com Cloud storage provider (Ceased operations)
njvc.com Cloud and technology service provider
Nylte DCIM software tools
noggin.intel.com/rr/ Intel Recommended Reading List
noliosoft.com Cloud application management tools
Norlight.com Data communications and services
nortel.com Networking products
nortelnetworks.com Optical networking
northernsoft.com Medical software
novastor.com Backup and cloud data protection tools
Novell.com Server software vendor (Bought by Attachmate)
Novuscg.com Storage management and services (Bought by IBM)
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
nsic.org National Storage Industry Consortium
ntp.com Storage Management Software
NTT Communications Corporation AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
numarasoftware.com IT Resource management, asset tracking tools
numonyx.com SSD memory solutions
nutanix.com Converged server and storage VM platform
nvelo.com Caching IO performance tools
nvidia.com Graphics and visualization tools
ocarinanetworks.com Data reduction and compression tools (Bought by Dell)
ocztechnology.com SSD drives and PCIe cards (Bought by Toshiba after bankruptcy)
offsitebackups.com Online and cloud backup solutions
olixir.com Removable storage for backup and data protection
omneon.com Archiving and fixed content storage solutions
onapp.com Cloud, CDN and storage tools
onaro.com Storage and Storage Network Management (Bought by NetApp)
onlinebackupsearch.com Various online backup reviews
oblinecourses.com Various online education courses for various topics
onpathtech.com Physical layer networking
onstor.com Clustered NAS storage including NAS gateways (Bought by LSI)
Ontrack.com Email and data protection software
OO Software Windows management and data protection tools
opalis.com Virtual data center management tools
OpenCompute OpenCompute consortium
opendatacenteralliance.org Open Data Center Alliance
open-e.com iSCSI and NAS storage
Open.IO Application aware object and bulk scale out software defined storage
openfabrics.org Open Fabric Alliance
OpenNebula Open source cloud software
opennetworking.org Open Networking Foundation
OpensourceSystems.com Data storage solutions
OpenStack Open source cloud compute and storage software
opnet.com Application and network performance management
Opsware.com Network and storage management (HP)
Optica Tech. Server and storage connectivity including FICON
opticatech.com Mainframe and ESCON encryption
oracle.com Data management software, hardware and services (Bought Sun/STK and others)
Ortera.com Performance monitoring and management
OSNEXUS Quantstor ZFS based Storage management solutions
Outsource Data Recovery Data Recovery services
overlandstorage.com Tape and backup, data retention, NAS solutions
owncloud.org Cloud infrastructure tools

Where To Learn More

View additional NAS, NVMe, SSD, NVM, SCM, Data Infrastructure and HDD related topics via the following links.

Can we get a side of context with them IOPS and other storage metrics?
WHEN AND WHERE TO USE NAND FLASH SSD FOR VIRTUAL SERVERS
Revisiting RAID storage remains relevant and resources
NVMe overview and primer – Part I
Part 1 of HDD for content servers series Trends and Content Application Servers
Part 2 of HDD for content servers series Content application server decisions and testing plans
Part 3 of HDD for content servers series Test hardware and software configuration
Part 4 of HDD for content servers series Large file I/O processing
Part 5 of HDD for content servers series Small file I/O processing
Part 6 of HDD for content servers series General I/O processing
Part 7 of HDD for content servers series How HDD continue to evolve over different generations and wrap up
As the platters spin, HDD’s for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments
How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?
Hard Disk Drives (HDD) for Virtual Environments
Server and Storage I/O performance and benchmarking tools
Server storage I/O performance benchmark workload scripts Part I and Part II
How to test your HDD, SSD or all flash array (AFA) storage fundamentals
What is the best server storage I/O workload benchmark? It depends
I/O, I/O how well do you know about good or bad server and storage I/Os?
Big Files Lots of Little File Processing Benchmarking with Vdbench
Part II – NVMe overview and primer (Different Configurations)
Part III – NVMe overview and primer (Need for Performance Speed)
Part IV – NVMe overview and primer (Where and How to use NVMe)
Part V – NVMe overview and primer (Where to learn more, what this all means)
PCIe Server I/O Fundamentals
If NVMe is the answer, what are the questions?
NVMe Wont Replace Flash By Itself
Via Computerweekly – NVMe discussion: PCIe card vs U.2 and M.2
Intel and Micron unveil new 3D XPoint Non Volatie Memory (NVM) for servers and storage
Part II – Intel and Micron new 3D XPoint server and storage NVM
Part III – 3D XPoint new server storage memory from Intel and Micron
Server storage I/O benchmark tools, workload scripts and examples (Part I) and (Part II)
Data Infrastructure Overview, Its Whats Inside of Data Centers
All You Need To Know about Remote Office/Branch Office Data Protection Backup (free webinar with registration)
Software Defined, Converged Infrastructure (CI), Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) resources
The SSD Place (SSD, NVM, PM, SCM, Flash, NVMe, 3D XPoint, MRAM and related topics)
The NVMe Place (NVMe related topics, trends, tools, technologies, tip resources)
Data Protection Diaries (Archive, Backup/Restore, BC, BR, DR, HA, RAID/EC/LRC, Replication, Security)
Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press 2017) including SDDC, Cloud, Container and more
Various Data Infrastructure related events, webinars and other activities
www.objectstoragecenter.com and Software Defined, Cloud, Bulk and Object Storage Fundamentals
Server Storage I/O Network PCIe Fundamentals

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What This All Means

Visit the following additional data infrastructure and IT data center related links.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links P to T

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 6/13/2018

Following are some useful Data Infrastructure IT Industry Resource Links P to T to cloud, virtual and traditional IT data infrastructure related web sites. The data infrastructure environment (servers, storage, IO and networking, hardware, software, services, virtual, container and cloud) is rapidly changing. You may encounter a missing URL, or a URL that has changed. This list is updated on a regular basis to reflect changes (additions, changes, and retirement).

Disclaimer and note: URL’s submitted for inclusion on this site will be reviewed for consideration and to be in generally accepted good taste in regards to the theme of this site.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

Packeteer.com WAFS and networking solutions (Bought Tacit)
packetlight.com CWDM and DWDM networking solutions
Panasas.com Clustered storage solution
pancetera.com Virtual machine backup software (Bought by Quantum)
Panduit.com Networking and cable management
panzura.com Cloud storage access software
paraccel.com Business and data analytics
paragon-software.com Storage management and backup tools
parallels.com VDI and desktop virtualization and cloud tools
parascale.com Clustered and cloud storage software
pcisig.com PCI trade group (PCI, PCI-X, PCI-Express/PCIe)
penguincomputing.com HPC servers, storage and hosting
pergamumsystems.com Archive solutions (Stealth)
Permabit.com Data archiving solutions
Pernixdata Server and storage I/O cache optimization for virtual servers
perotsystems.com Hosting and managed service provider (Bought by Dell)
pgp.com Security tools (Bought by Symantec)
PHDvirtual Data protection tools
Pillardata.com Data storage solutions – (Bought by Oracle)
pineapp.com Email, archive solutions, web and data protection
Piviot3.com IP Storage
Pivotal Labs Big Data, PaaS development tools, EMC/VMware spinout
plasmon.com (Now called Alliance Storage Technologies) Optical Storage Solutions
plextoramericas.com SSD and other storage solutions
plianttechnology.com Solid state storage devices (SSD) – (Bought by SANdisk)
Pluribus Networks Converged and software defined network management
pmc-serria.com Storage networking component supplier
pny.com Memory componets and technology
Pogoplug Cloud storage
PolyServe.com Clustered storage solutions (Sold to HP)
Polargy Data Center facilaties, HVAC and DCIM solutions
power.org Power Processor trade group
Mushkin SSD Solutions
Peak Cloud Cloud and storage services
PowerFile.com Data archiving solutions
powerware.com UPS and power conditioning systems
procedo.com Archiving and migration solutions
proceedtechnologies.com SAP consulting
profusionbackups.com Cloud and managed backup service solution
progeny.net VAR and specialized IT systems
prolexic.com Distributed denial of service tools
promise.com RAID storage systems
Prostorsystems.com Removable disk storage (See RDX Alliance)
Proxim.com Wireless networking
proximaldata.com SSD caching and tiering software
pt.com Communications hardware and software
puresi.com aka Puresilicon SSD storage solutions
purestorage.com SSD based storage
Puppet Labs IT Automation and DCIM tools for physical, Cloud and Virtual

qlogic.com Host bus adapters and switches
qsantechnology.com iSCSI IP storage
Qstart Technologies Data protection storage including LTFS based systems
Quadric Software Data protection software
qualstar.com Tape backup and archive solutions (Aka Qstar)
quantum.com Tape drives and libraries
quest.com IT and data management solution tools (Bought by Dell)
Qumulo Stealth storage startup
qwest.com (Century Link) Telephone and data networking, managed services provider
racemi.com Repurposing management tools
Rackable.com Now SGI
Rackspace.com Managed services and hosting
www.rackwise.com Data center management tools
raidinc.com Storage systems
raidundant.com Storage systems
Rainfinity.com File virtualization (Bought by EMC)
rainstor.com Big data management tools
rapidio.org RapidIO Trade Group
Raritan Data center and DCIM tools
rasilient.com Storage subsystem vendor
Ravello VMware optimization and management tools
Raxco Data, storage and systems management tools
rebit.com Backup and data protection solutions
RecordNation Digital Data Storage and Records Management
redbend.com Mobile device and application management
redbooks.ibm.com IBM Red books and Red pieces technical articles
Redhat.com Linux provider (Bought Gluster)
Reduxio Hybrid storage with data services
reflexphotonics.com Optical connectivity solutions
Reldata.com Storage systems (Renamed Starboard)
remote-backup.com Remote backup software
renewdata.com Data management and compliance tools
repliweb.com Web and content distribution
Retrospect Data Protection Software Tools
revivio.com Data Protection Software (Assets Bought by Symantec)
rightscale.com Amazon cloud computing management tools
rimage.com CD/DVD production technologies
risingtidesystems.com VAR
Ritek.com Storage solutions
rittal.com Enclosures and cabinets
riverbed.com Wide area file access acceleration solution
rjssoftware.com Document capture and management
rmsource.com Cloud backup solutions
rnanetworks.com Virtual memory management solutions (Bought by Dell)
rocketdivision.com iSCSI technologies
rorke.com VAR
rpath.com Data center automation
rsa.com Security division of EMC
safemediacorp.com Internet security and intrusion detection tools
safenet-inc.com Data protection focused VAR
Sagecloud Cloud storage, deep cold archive
samsung.com Various technologies including SSD memory
sanblaze.com Embedded storage and emulation solutions
SANbolic.com Storage, server and cloud management tools
sand-chip.com Chip design
SANDforce.com SSD storage solutions – (Bought by LSI)
sandial.com Defunct SAN startup
SANdisk.com SSD memory components
sandpiperdata.com Data migration services
sanmina-sci.com Contract manufacturer (Virtual Factory) for various OEM/VARs
sanovi.com Disaster recovery management tools
sanpulse.com SRA and automation tools
sanrad.com Storage networking routers (Bought by OCZ)
sans.org Security related web site
sansdigital.com VAR
sap.com Information management tools and applications
sas.com Statistical analysis software
sata-io.org Serial ATA trade organization
SavageIO High performance storage solutions
savvis.com Cloud, managed service provider and hosting (Bought by Centurylink)
sbbwg.org Storage Bridge Bay Working Group
scalable-systems.com Data warehouse consulting and tools
scalecomputing.com Clustered storage management software
scalemp.com Virtualization technology for scale out computing
scalent.com Virtual IT data center management tools
scality.com Email and sharepoint cloud storage
schoonerinfotech.com SSD based database management solutions
scsita.org SCSI and SAS trade group
seagate.com Disk drives
Sealpath Data and information protection tools
seanodes.com Distributed storage
sec.gov Site about compliance items including CFR 17a-4
securedatainnovations.com Data protection and security tools
sentilla.com Data center performance management tools
sepaton.com Disk based backup solutions
serialata.org Serial ATA trade association
servicemesh.com Cloud, datacenter transformation and devops tools
servicenow.com ITIL data center management tools
1servosity.com Cloud data protection
servoy.com Cloud development tools
ServPath.com Hosting services
seven10storage.com Disaster recovery and archiving software
sgi.com Storage, server and data management hardware, software, tools
sherpasoftware.com Email archiving
shop.bellmicro.com Distributor (Bought by Avnet)
siber.com Data protection and security tools
sidusdata.com Managed service and cloud provider
siemon.com Storage networking infrastructure items
sigmasol.com Value added reseller (VAR)
Signiant.com Data management tools
silexamerica.com Mobile device and server connectivity
SiliconImage.com Digital Video components
SiliconStor.com Storage networking silicon
siliconvalleypr.com IT technologies press/media and analyst relations firm
silveradotech.com VAR
silver-peak.com Wide area data and file services (WAFS, WADM, WADS)
SilverSky Cloud security
simpletech.com Storage solutions including USB portable devices
simplivity.com Convergence and virtualization solutions
simplycontinuous.net Data protection and cloud backup
siriuscom.com VAR
site-vault.com On-line backup server provider (BSP) managed service provider (MSP)
skyera.com SSD storage solutions
skytap.com Public and private cloud application development tools
Smart421 Smart421 AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
smartm.com PC card and other memory module components
smc.com Storage and networking components
smithmicro.com Mobile data management tools
smmdirect.com Memory devices
snapappliances.com NAS Storage solutions (Now Adaptec)
snia.org Storage Networking Industry Association
snseurope.com U.K. & European Storage Networking News
snwusa.com SNIA and Computerworld conference
softek.com Storage management solutions (formerly Fujitsu Softek, Sold to IBM)
softlayer.com Cloud infrastructure services (IaaS) (Bought by IBM)
softnas.com ZFS based opensource NAS solutions
softricity.com Virtualization management tools (Bought by Microsoft)
Sogeti.com Data management tools
solarflare.com 10Gb Ethernet networking
solarwinds.com IT management tools (Bought TekTools, Hyper9 and others)
solidaccess.com Solid state storage (SSD) solutions
soliddata.com Solid State Disk solutions
solidfire.com iSCSI SSD optimized for hosting and cloud providers
Solix.com Database archiving software
solutiontechnology.co.uk Storage networking training
sonasoft.com Email archiving, backup and data protection
sonnettech.com External storage solutions
sony.com Storage devices
sophos.com Data protection and security tools
sorrento.com Optical networking
sparebackup.com Backup data protection solutions
sparkweave.com Private cloud archive and file sharing
spec.org SPEC benchmarks
spectralogic.com Tape library and disk based backup solutions
spiceworks.com Online community and management software tools
spirent.com Storage networking test equipment
Spiron.com Data discovery, classification, lifecycle management (formerly Identity Finder)
Splice Communications Splice Communications AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
splunk.com DCIM and log management tools
spotcloud.com Cloud services clearing house
spraycool.com IT Data center and component cooling
springsoft.com Bought by Synopsys
spsoftglobal.com Software development
spyrus.com Security tools
ssswg.org IEEE Storage Systems Standards Work Group
starboardstorage.com Unified storage solutions (Formerly Reldata, now ceased operations)
startech.com IT/AV technolgie equipment from enclosures to KVM and more
starwindsoftware.com iSCSI storage management solutions
stcroixsolutions.com VAR
stec-inc.com SSD storage (Bought by WD)
Steeleye.com HA software
Stellar Data Protection tools
storagetek.com Disk, tape, data management software (Bought by Sun)
stonebranch.com File transfer tools
stonefly.com Storage networking routers (Aka DNF)
storability.com Storage management software (Bought by STK)
storactive.com Data protection solutions
storagecraft.com Data protection tools
storagefusion.com Storage resource analysis (SRA) tools
storageio.net Alternate URL for the StorageIO Group
storageiogroup.com Alternate URL for the StorageIO Group
storagemadeeasy.com Hybrid and personal cloud management tools and dashboards
Storagemonkeys.com Storage community site
storagenetworking.org Storage Networking Users Groups also known as SNUGs
storageperformance.org Storage Performance Council information
www.storagesearch.com Venue for information about various storage and related topics
storcase.com Data Archive solutions (Bought by Crudata)
store-age.com Storage management software (Bought by LSI)
storediq.com eDiscovery, search, indexing, classification (Bought by IBM)
Storewize.com Real time data compression (Bought by IBM)
Storix.com Data backup solutions
storlife.com CAS object archive storage
stormagic.com Storage virtualization and data movement software
storserver.com Backup and data protection solutions
storsimple.com Cloud storage access solutions (Bought by Microsoft)
storspeed.com NAS/NFS optimization solutions (Missing in action)
stratascale.com Cloud, hosting and management solutions
stratus.com High availability storage and servers
sugarsync.com Backup and data protection solutions
sun.com Storage networking hardware and software (Bought by Oracle)
sunbeltsoftware.com End point data protection security tools
sungard.com Data protection and cloud services
superlumin.com Application caching tools
supermicro.com Server and storage solutions
surdoc.com Cloud storage and backup
surgient.com Cloud computing solutions
svlg.net Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Swiftstack Private cloud solutions
swifttest.com NFS and CIFS storage testing solutions
sybase.com Database solutions
sycamorenetworks.com Networking solutions
Symantec.com Data and storage management software
symbolicio.com stealth startup
symform.com Cloud storage and backup
syncsort.com Information Management tools
synnex.com Distributor
Synnex IT Solutions
synology.com SMB storage solutions
synopsys.com Computer technology development and manufacturing
SysAid Data center, DCIM and ITSM tools
t10.orgscsi-3.htm ANSI T10 (SCSI information) site
t11.org ANSI T11 page for Fibre Channel information
t3media.com Cloud storage and video platform tools
tableausoftware.com Data analytics software tools
tacit.com WAN file system accelerator (Bought by Packeteer)
tacitnetworks.com Wide area file access acceleration solution (Bought by Packeteer)
tandberg.com Data management solutions (Bought by Cisco)
tapeandmedia.com Information about magnetic tape media
tapepower.com Site for tape topics
tarmin.com Archiving solutions
teamdrive.com Cloud storage
teamquest.com IRM management and capacity management tools
TeamViewer.com Remote support and Online meeting software
techdata.com Distributor
tegile.com Storage system solutions
tehutinetworks.net High speed iSCSI adapters
tek-tools.com SRM storage management software (Bought by Solarwinds)
TelecityGroup AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
tellabs.com Networking components
Telx AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
teneros.com Email archiving and management solutions
teracloud.com Capacity planning and resource management software
teradata.com Large scale database and data warehouse systems
teradici.com PC over IP technologies
teranetics.com Ethernet chips
Terascala Data analytics and management solutions
ter.de Optical storage libraries
terracloudinc.com Cloud services
TerraScale.com Scalable storage and server solutions
Verizon/Terremark Cloud, hosting and managed services
Tevron Application Response Time Monitoring
texmemsys.com Solid State Disk storage
thebci.org Business Continuity Institute
thecus.com Multi-protocol storage
thegreengrid.org Industry Trade Group
The Padcaster Apple iPad tools
thepluggllc.com Data center energy efficient floor tiles
theq3.com Data storage security solutions
thinkaheadit.com aka Ahead Value added reseller
thinkaheadit.com Value added reseller (VAR)
thirdbrigade.com Intrusion detection security tools (Bought by Trend Micro)
thirdio.com SSD solutions
tiaonline.org Telecommunications Industry Association
tidalsoftware.com IT Management software tools (Bought by Cisco)
timespring.com Continuous data protection solutions
tintri.com NFS and NAS storage optimized for VMware
tivoli.com Data management software
Softbank Telecom Corp. AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
Primary Data and Tonian Stealth data virtualization startup

topgun-tech.com Data Infrastructure Resource (Server, Storage, SANs)

top500.org Top 500 super compute sites
topio.com Data protection software (Bought by NetApp)
topspin.com InfiniBand Technology (Bought by Cisco)(
Toshiba.com Server and storage solutions
tpc.org Transaction processing performance council
translattice.com Distributed and elastic database and automation tools
Tredent.com WAN optimization solutions
TrendMicro.com Security and anti virus tools
trianz.com VAR
tributary.com Datra protection soultion tools including virtual, disk and tape-
trilogytechnologies.ie Managed services provider
tritondata.com IT services and VAR
trunkbow.com Cloud, mobile and networking services
trustedcomputinggroup.org Trusted computing industry trade group
trusteddatasolutions.com VAR
trustedid.com ID theft protection
trustware.com Internet and data protection security tools
turnkeylinux.org Turnkey Linux appliance –
tusc.com VAR
twinstrata.com BC/DR analysis and cloud access software
tw telecom tw telecom AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
TSO logic DCIM and data center power energy management tools
tzolkin.com DNS and High Availability solutions

Where To Learn More

View additional NAS, NVMe, SSD, NVM, SCM, Data Infrastructure and HDD related topics via the following links.

Can we get a side of context with them IOPS and other storage metrics?
WHEN AND WHERE TO USE NAND FLASH SSD FOR VIRTUAL SERVERS
Revisiting RAID storage remains relevant and resources
NVMe overview and primer – Part I
Part 1 of HDD for content servers series Trends and Content Application Servers
Part 2 of HDD for content servers series Content application server decisions and testing plans
Part 3 of HDD for content servers series Test hardware and software configuration
Part 4 of HDD for content servers series Large file I/O processing
Part 5 of HDD for content servers series Small file I/O processing
Part 6 of HDD for content servers series General I/O processing
Part 7 of HDD for content servers series How HDD continue to evolve over different generations and wrap up
As the platters spin, HDD’s for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments
How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?
Hard Disk Drives (HDD) for Virtual Environments
Server and Storage I/O performance and benchmarking tools
Server storage I/O performance benchmark workload scripts Part I and Part II
How to test your HDD, SSD or all flash array (AFA) storage fundamentals
What is the best server storage I/O workload benchmark? It depends
I/O, I/O how well do you know about good or bad server and storage I/Os?
Big Files Lots of Little File Processing Benchmarking with Vdbench
Part II – NVMe overview and primer (Different Configurations)
Part III – NVMe overview and primer (Need for Performance Speed)
Part IV – NVMe overview and primer (Where and How to use NVMe)
Part V – NVMe overview and primer (Where to learn more, what this all means)
PCIe Server I/O Fundamentals
If NVMe is the answer, what are the questions?
NVMe Wont Replace Flash By Itself
Via Computerweekly – NVMe discussion: PCIe card vs U.2 and M.2
Intel and Micron unveil new 3D XPoint Non Volatie Memory (NVM) for servers and storage
Part II – Intel and Micron new 3D XPoint server and storage NVM
Part III – 3D XPoint new server storage memory from Intel and Micron
Server storage I/O benchmark tools, workload scripts and examples (Part I) and (Part II)
Data Infrastructure Overview, Its Whats Inside of Data Centers
All You Need To Know about Remote Office/Branch Office Data Protection Backup (free webinar with registration)
Software Defined, Converged Infrastructure (CI), Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) resources
The SSD Place (SSD, NVM, PM, SCM, Flash, NVMe, 3D XPoint, MRAM and related topics)
The NVMe Place (NVMe related topics, trends, tools, technologies, tip resources)
Data Protection Diaries (Archive, Backup/Restore, BC, BR, DR, HA, RAID/EC/LRC, Replication, Security)
Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press 2017) including SDDC, Cloud, Container and more
Various Data Infrastructure related events, webinars and other activities
www.objectstoragecenter.com and Software Defined, Cloud, Bulk and Object Storage Fundamentals
Server Storage I/O Network PCIe Fundamentals

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What This All Means

Visit the following additional data infrastructure and IT data center related links.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links U to Z

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 2/20/2018

Following are some useful Data Infrastructure IT Industry Resource Links U to Z to cloud, virtual and traditional IT data infrastructure related web sites. The data infrastructure environment (servers, storage, IO and networking, hardware, software, services, virtual, container and cloud) is rapidly changing. You may encounter a missing URL, or a URL that has changed. This list is updated on a regular basis to reflect changes (additions, changes, and retirement).

Disclaimer and note: URL’s submitted for inclusion on this site will be reviewed for consideration and to be in generally accepted good taste in regards to the theme of this site.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

ubuntu.com Opensource Linux software and cloud tools
unisys.com Server, storage and managed services
unitedlayer.com Collocation and hosting services
unitrends.com Data protection solutions
updraftplus.com/ WordPress Updraft Cloud Backup Plugin
uptimeinstitute.org Uptime Institute
uptimesoftware.com Capacity management tools
Logicalis IT solutions and managed services
us.logicalis.com Cloud, managed and data center services
usb.org USB trade association
uscolo.com Co-location facility and hosting service
usenix.org LISA and data center forums
usgbc.org United States Green Building Council
v3sys.com VDI and desktop cloud solutions
vadiumtech.com Security and encryption tools
varonis.com Unstructured data management and protection
vaultive.com Cloud encryption for hosted exchange
vaultize.com Cloud backup, file and data sharing
vaultstor.com Data protection and cloud storage services
vaultus.com Cloud, colo and manged service hosting –
vbridges.com Virtual desktop management tools
vce.com Converged infrastructure solutions
vdbench vdbench storage testing/workload generation tool
veeam.com Virtual server data protection, reporting, monitoring, cap planning
vellosystems.com Cloud infrastructure technology solutoins –
velobit.com SSD cache software (Bought by WD)
veloxum.com VM performance management tools Added 11/30/10
vembu.com Backup data protection tools
Venus Venus AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
venyu.com Cloud hosting
verari.com Blade servers and blade storage
verdiem.com Infrastructure Resource Management (IRM) and energy reporting tools
vericept.com Network monitoring software
Veritest.com Third party testing service

verity.com Data search, discovery, classification
versant.com Object database management solutions
vertinsys.com Server I/O virtualization
Vibe AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
victorinox.com Swiss army knife and USB thumb drive
viewfinity.com Rights management, audit and compliance
vigitrust.com Security management tools
vikingmodular.com FLASH SSD storage solutions
violin-memory.com FLASH SSD storage solutions
vion.com Value added reseller
vipreantivirus.com Security, data loss, data leak prevention
virident.com SSD based database management solutions (Bought by WD)
viridity.com Data center and infrastructure resource management (IRM) tools
virsto.com Server virtualization management tools (Bought by VMware)
virtensys.com Virtual I/O and I/O virtualization (IOV)
virtualinstruments.com SAN probes/analyzers (Formerly Finisar Analyzer tools)
VirtualIron.com Server virtualization (Bought by Oracle)
VirtunetSystems Storage I/O acceleration and cache tools for VMware
virtuon-inc.com Cloud, virtualization IT consulting and staffing
visi.com Managed service provider, cloud and hosting service
VisionSolutions.com BC, DR and data protection solutions
visualstorageintelligence.com Cross vendor cloud storage reporting and srmprovider
vitesse.com Storage networking component supplier
vivisimo.com eDiscovery and search
vizoncore.com Virtualization tools and data protection for virtual servers
vizrt.com Video management software tools
vkernel.com VM performance tools (Bought by Quest, bought by Dell)
vmc.com Cloud consulting and outsourcing
vmturbo.com Cloud and virtualization workload management
vmware.com Server virtualization software (Bought by EMC)
Vocus Vocus AWS connect parter, Hosting/cloud/access services
voltaire.com InfiniBand Technology
vontu.com Data loss prevention tools (Bought by Symantec)
Vormetric Data security solutions
votela.com Specialized network service provider
vscalesystems.com Virtual and converged networking and consulting
vssmonitoring.com Network monitoring
vwsolutions.com Backup and data protection solutions
vyatta.com Cloud and virtual networking, IOV
wanova.com Desktop management solutions
wasabisystems.com iSCSI storage
wdc.com Western Digital Disk drives
WedgeNetworks.com Security solutions
whiptailtech.com Flash SSD solutions (Bought by Cisco)
Microsoft Skydrive Cloud storage
windspring.com Data management and DFR for mobile access
wipro.com Business services
workscomputing.com VAR
wovensystems.com High speed networking switches
wwt.com VAR/Systems integrator
wysdm.com SRA and DPM management tools (Bought by EMC)
Xencode.com Various open tools
XenData Digital Archive solutions
xenos.com Archive and data footprint reduction solutions
xfpmsa.org 10Gb multi-source trade group
xiotech.com Renamed XIO: Storage sub-systems and software
xirin.com Storage adapter (iSCSI) and chip vendor
xosoft.com BC/DR and data protection replication tools (Bought by CA)
xsigo.com I/O virtualization and service oriented connectivity – (Bought by Oracle)
xtreemfs.org scaleout filesystem
xtremio.com SSD startup – Bought by EMC
xyratex.com Storage enclosures, subsystems, test equipmen, Lustre software (Bought by Seagate)t
xyxel.com Networking technologies for cloud and consumer
yorktel.com video solutions
Yosemitetech.com Backup software (Bought by Barracuda)
yousendit.com Cloud backup, storage and file sharing
zadarastorage.com iSCSI cloud storage
zenoss.com Converged, Virtual systems and cloud monitoring, DCIM
Zentera Private cloud and IaaS solutions
zerto.com Data protection for virtual environments
Zetera.com Storage over IP alternative to iSCSI
zetta.net Cloud storage solutions
zettapoint.com Database management tools
zintrus.com Systems development
zirtu.com VDI management tools and platform
zlti.com Email archive and management solutions
zmanda.com Open source data backup
zoho.com Online and cloud management solutions
zyrion.com Network and systems monitoring and management

Where To Learn More

View additional NAS, NVMe, SSD, NVM, SCM, Data Infrastructure and HDD related topics via the following links.

Can we get a side of context with them IOPS and other storage metrics?
WHEN AND WHERE TO USE NAND FLASH SSD FOR VIRTUAL SERVERS
Revisiting RAID storage remains relevant and resources
NVMe overview and primer – Part I
Part 1 of HDD for content servers series Trends and Content Application Servers
Part 2 of HDD for content servers series Content application server decisions and testing plans
Part 3 of HDD for content servers series Test hardware and software configuration
Part 4 of HDD for content servers series Large file I/O processing
Part 5 of HDD for content servers series Small file I/O processing
Part 6 of HDD for content servers series General I/O processing
Part 7 of HDD for content servers series How HDD continue to evolve over different generations and wrap up
As the platters spin, HDD’s for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments
How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?
Hard Disk Drives (HDD) for Virtual Environments
Server and Storage I/O performance and benchmarking tools
Server storage I/O performance benchmark workload scripts Part I and Part II
How to test your HDD, SSD or all flash array (AFA) storage fundamentals
What is the best server storage I/O workload benchmark? It depends
I/O, I/O how well do you know about good or bad server and storage I/Os?
Big Files Lots of Little File Processing Benchmarking with Vdbench
Part II – NVMe overview and primer (Different Configurations)
Part III – NVMe overview and primer (Need for Performance Speed)
Part IV – NVMe overview and primer (Where and How to use NVMe)
Part V – NVMe overview and primer (Where to learn more, what this all means)
PCIe Server I/O Fundamentals
If NVMe is the answer, what are the questions?
NVMe Wont Replace Flash By Itself
Via Computerweekly – NVMe discussion: PCIe card vs U.2 and M.2
Intel and Micron unveil new 3D XPoint Non Volatie Memory (NVM) for servers and storage
Part II – Intel and Micron new 3D XPoint server and storage NVM
Part III – 3D XPoint new server storage memory from Intel and Micron
Server storage I/O benchmark tools, workload scripts and examples (Part I) and (Part II)
Data Infrastructure Overview, Its Whats Inside of Data Centers
All You Need To Know about Remote Office/Branch Office Data Protection Backup (free webinar with registration)
Software Defined, Converged Infrastructure (CI), Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) resources
The SSD Place (SSD, NVM, PM, SCM, Flash, NVMe, 3D XPoint, MRAM and related topics)
The NVMe Place (NVMe related topics, trends, tools, technologies, tip resources)
Data Protection Diaries (Archive, Backup/Restore, BC, BR, DR, HA, RAID/EC/LRC, Replication, Security)
Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press 2017) including SDDC, Cloud, Container and more
Various Data Infrastructure related events, webinars and other activities
www.objectstoragecenter.com and Software Defined, Cloud, Bulk and Object Storage Fundamentals
Server Storage I/O Network PCIe Fundamentals

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What This All Means

Visit the following additional data infrastructure and IT data center related links.

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Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links to Others

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 2/20/2018

Following are some useful Data Infrastructure IT Industry Resource Links to cloud, virtual and traditional IT data infrastructure related web sites. The data infrastructure environment (servers, storage, IO and networking, hardware, software, services, virtual, container and cloud) is rapidly changing. You may encounter a missing URL, or a URL that has changed. This list is updated on a regular basis to reflect changes (additions, changes, and retirement).

Disclaimer and note: URL’s submitted for inclusion on this site will be reviewed for consideration and to be in generally accepted good taste in regards to the theme of this site.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

www.10gea.org 10Gb Ethernet industry trade organization
www.1394ta.org 1394 (Firewire) trade association
www.3com.com Networking equipment (Bought by HP)
www.3leafnetworks.com I/O virtualization
www.3par.com Clustered storage systems (Bought by HP)
www.3tera.com IT Cloud management tools (Bought by CA)
www.4blox.com Data center design services
www.4blox.com Linux iSCSI target optimization stack
www.4bridgeworks.com aka Bridgeworks SAN networking and connectivity solutions
www.80plus.org Energy efficient power supply trade group

Where To Learn More

View additional NAS, NVMe, SSD, NVM, SCM, Data Infrastructure and HDD related topics via the following links.

Can we get a side of context with them IOPS and other storage metrics?
WHEN AND WHERE TO USE NAND FLASH SSD FOR VIRTUAL SERVERS
Revisiting RAID storage remains relevant and resources
NVMe overview and primer – Part I
Part 1 of HDD for content servers series Trends and Content Application Servers
Part 2 of HDD for content servers series Content application server decisions and testing plans
Part 3 of HDD for content servers series Test hardware and software configuration
Part 4 of HDD for content servers series Large file I/O processing
Part 5 of HDD for content servers series Small file I/O processing
Part 6 of HDD for content servers series General I/O processing
Part 7 of HDD for content servers series How HDD continue to evolve over different generations and wrap up
As the platters spin, HDD’s for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments
How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?
Hard Disk Drives (HDD) for Virtual Environments

Server and Storage I/O performance and benchmarking tools
Server storage I/O performance benchmark workload scripts Part I and Part II
How to test your HDD, SSD or all flash array (AFA) storage fundamentals
What is the best server storage I/O workload benchmark? It depends
I/O, I/O how well do you know about good or bad server and storage I/Os?
Big Files Lots of Little File Processing Benchmarking with Vdbench
Part II – NVMe overview and primer (Different Configurations)
Part III – NVMe overview and primer (Need for Performance Speed)
Part IV – NVMe overview and primer (Where and How to use NVMe)
Part V – NVMe overview and primer (Where to learn more, what this all means)
PCIe Server I/O Fundamentals
If NVMe is the answer, what are the questions?
NVMe Wont Replace Flash By Itself
Via Computerweekly – NVMe discussion: PCIe card vs U.2 and M.2
Intel and Micron unveil new 3D XPoint Non Volatie Memory (NVM) for servers and storage
Part II – Intel and Micron new 3D XPoint server and storage NVM
Part III – 3D XPoint new server storage memory from Intel and Micron
Server storage I/O benchmark tools, workload scripts and examples (Part I) and (Part II)
Data Infrastructure Overview, Its Whats Inside of Data Centers
All You Need To Know about Remote Office/Branch Office Data Protection Backup (free webinar with registration)
Software Defined, Converged Infrastructure (CI), Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) resources
The SSD Place (SSD, NVM, PM, SCM, Flash, NVMe, 3D XPoint, MRAM and related topics)
The NVMe Place (NVMe related topics, trends, tools, technologies, tip resources)
Data Protection Diaries (Archive, Backup/Restore, BC, BR, DR, HA, RAID/EC/LRC, Replication, Security)
Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press 2017) including SDDC, Cloud, Container and more
Various Data Infrastructure related events, webinars and other activities
www.objectstoragecenter.com and Software Defined, Cloud, Bulk and Object Storage Fundamentals
Server Storage I/O Network PCIe Fundamentals

Additional learning experiences along with common questions (and answers), as well as tips can be found in Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials book.

What This All Means

Visit the following additional data infrastructure and IT data center related links.

Links A-E
Links F-J
Links K-O
Links P-T
Links U-Z
Other Links

Ok, nuff said, for now.

April 20, 2016October 18, 2024

Happy Earth Day 2016 Eliminating Digital and Data e-Waste

With Earth Day 2016 on April 22, here are some thoughts about electronic waste (e-waste).

For those involved in data management or data infrastructures, the following are five tips to help cut the overhead and resulting impact of digital e-waste and later physical e-waste. Most conversations involving e-waste focus on the physical aspects from disposing of electronics along with later impacts. While physical e-waste is an important topic, lets expand the conversation including other variations of e-waste including digital. By digital e-waste I’m referring to the use of physical items that end up contributing to traditional e-waste.

digital and data ewaste

Digital e-waste ranges from the overhead of keeping extra copies of data that result in an expanding data footprint that in turn requires extra physical resources and their impact. Addressing physical e-waste also means keeping digital (not the physical items) including data waste in perspective.

Also note that digital or data waste may in fact not be waste per say if it exists as a by-product of making sure applications, data and resulting information are protected, preserved, secured and served for when needed. The warning is what can be done to make sure there are good useful effective and efficient copy data that has a relative low data footprint overhead impact, more on this later.

Here are six themes to consider to cut the impact without costing or compromising your organization when address e-waste (physical, digital, data).

1. Understand Digital e-waste

You might be familiar with the term e-waste (electronic waste), you know, those physical items that get discarded from supporting your digital lifestyle. The reason awareness around e-waste is important is because of the environmental impacts of discarding all those devices. The more known about the issue, impacts, causes and effects helps to drive awareness as well as insight into what can be done to mitigate those items.

ewaste

Devices range from smart and dumb cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablets, notebook and workstation computers, MP3 devices, cameras, video display monitors along with larger servers, storage and networking technology, not to mention all the other Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Device (IoD) items. What’s important to know about physical e-waste is the impact of the various components. You can learn more about physical e-waste impact in general with a web search such as Google e-waste impact.

2. Reuse, Repurpose, Redeploy, Reconfigure, Re-Tool, Recycle

Reconfigure and retool where possible by re-driving installing newer, more energy-efficient high-capacity drives, or more performance effective devices. Besides replacing Hard Disk Drives (HDD), Solid State Devices (SSDs), magnetic tape among other mediums, look at the pro’s and con’s of replacing CPU processor sockets, upgrading memory and PCIe I/O cards for networking or storage among other enhancements.

Pro’s include being able to use the chassis longer reducing amount of physical e-waste, however at some point it can be more cost-effective to do a total replacement. However the longer you can use the asset or device the more that has as a positive benefit to cut e-waste.

Repurpose, reuse and redeploy assets such as servers, storage and networking devices in a hand me down approach assuming there is a value or benefit in doing so.

Recycle when done, dispose of the technology properly including for storage secure erase of digital media and later physical handling.

3. Responsible Recycle and Disposition of technology (including secure digital destruction)

What are you doing with, how are you disposing of physical items ranging from laptops, workstations, tablets, phones, MP3 players, TVs and monitors, servers, network and storage devices among others when no longer needed?

Are you securely erasing your digital data on HDDs as well as SSDs or even tape and optical devices before they are disposed of? If not, you should be. For example if you are not yet using or looking at Self Encrypting Drives (SED) including HDDs and SSDs for securing your data, start investigating them. Sure they have a security value proposition for when lost or stolen, however they can also cut the time to secure erase to a given standard from days or hours to minutes or seconds.

These will become e-waste

Smart shopping up front, what you want, what you need, how long can you leverage, spend more up front to get something that can last 3-5 years vs. discarding in 1.5-3 years.
Smart management with insight, know your cost and impacts, not just for PR purpose, for profit and practicality

4. Plan acquisitions with disposition in mind

Redesign and design for replacement, maximizing what you have or will acquire, using it for longer time to cut costs, improve productivity (and profitability) while reducing e-waste overhead contributing footprint.

For example, do you need or want to have the latest in new technology replacing that phone, tablet, watch or other IoT or IoD item as soon as something newer comes along? No worries if you are also doing something responsible with what was new and now old by such as donating or giving it to somebody else who might be able to get a few more years worth of use out of it before it becomes e-waste.

On the other hand, if you are acquiring technology with a 2-3 year useful life plan, what would it take to upgrade that item to a larger or more robust version using it for 3-5 years. Granted, you might not use it in its primary role for the longer duration, however can it be repurposed for some other uses? Also from a technology acquisition perspective, have a forecast and plan that can help you make smart, informed decisions up front knowing when upgrades or extra resources will be needed to prolong the usefulness of the item.

Of course you can also simply move everything to the cloud and out-source your e-waste footprint to the vendor, MSP or cloud provider.

5. Understand Changing Data Value

Keep in mind that data has either no value, some value or unknown value all of which can change over time. For example some data has value for seconds, minutes or hours and can then be discarded. Other data have some value which can be low or high which determines how as well as when, where and how to protect, preserve, secure and serve it when needed. Then there is data that has an unknown value. However, that can change over time.

Different and Changing Data Value

Over time your data may end up having no value meaning it can be discarded, or, it might have some value (low or high) meaning change how it should be protected, preserved, secured and served. Then there is data that may stay in limbo or unknown status indefinitely or until somebody, or some software or via other means decide if it has value or not.

The point is that to cut digital e-waste is to discard data with no value as soon as possible, protect, preserve, secure and serve data with value appropriately. Likewise, for all of that growing data with an unknown value, rethink how it is protected and stored, all of which has an impact on both physical as well as digital e-waste.

This means having insight and awareness into your environment, applications, data, settings, configuration and metadata, not only of the space being used, or when it was last updated. Also, look beyond when data was last modified or changed, look at when it was last read or accessed to decide how protected and secured including virus and other scans.

6. Data Footprint Reduction (DFR)

Implement data footprint reduction (DFR) to lower overhead impact not only at the target or downstream destination using compression, dedupe and other techniques. Also, move upstream to the source where the problem starts and address it there. Addressing at the source leverages various techniques from Archiving, Backup/Data Protection Modernization (rethinking what saved, when, how often, etc), Cleanup, Compression and Consolidation, Data management, Deletion and Dedupe along with storage tiering, RAID/Parity/Mirroring/Replication/Erasure Code and Advanced Parity/LRC/Forward Error Correction and other technologies.

For example if you have 10TB of data, how many copies do you have and why, how are those copies protected and what is their overhead. The issue and concern should not be primarily how many copies, rather, if those copies add or give value, then what can you do to keep them while reducing their overhead impact, besides simply trying to compress or dedupe everything. Hint, start exploring copy management as well as revisiting what you protect, when, where, why, how often along with options for implementing DFR as close to the data source as possible, as well as downstream.

Where To Learn More

What This All Means

Gain insight and awareness into what is occurring with physical and digital ewaste side stepping the greenwashing and other activity. Small steps implemented by many will have a big impact. Every bit, byte, block, blob, bucket file or object along with their copies have an impact, hopefully as well as a benefit, a question is how can you reduce the overhead while increasing your return on innovation reducing costs, complexity and overhead while enhancing organization capabilities. There are many techniques, technologies, tools and approaches to apply to various environments, after all, everything is not the same, yet there are similarities. Happy Earth Day 2016 and happy spring to those of you in the northern hemisphere (as well as elsewhere).

Ok, nuff said, for now

Cheers
Gs

Greg Schulz – Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press) and Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier)
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Happy Earth Day 2016 Eliminating Digital and Data e-Waste

1. Understand Digital e-waste

2. Reuse, Repurpose, Redeploy, Reconfigure, Re-Tool, Recycle

3. Responsible Recycle and Disposition of technology (including secure digital destruction)