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Recently IT Knowledge Exchange named me and StorageIOblog as their weekly featured IT blog too which Im flattered and honored. Consequently, I did a guest blog for them titled Performance = Availability, Availability = Performance that you can read about here. For those not familiar with ITKE, take a few minutes and go over and …
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This is an excerpt blog version of the popular Server and StorageIO Group white paper "IT Data Center and Data Storage Bottlenecks" originally published August of 2006 that is as much if not more relevant today than it was in the past. Most Information Technology (IT) data centers have bottleneck areas that impact application performance …
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With the IT and storage industry shying away from green hype, green washing and other green noise, there is also a growing realization that the new green is about effectively boosting efficiency to improve productivity and profitability or to sustain business and IT growth during tough economic times. This past week while doing some presentations …
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For those interested in benchmarking activities or debates, the Storage Performance Council (aka SPC) released their new component level tests along with some first results for disk drives. What differs the component SPC tests (e.g. SPC-1C and SPC-2C) from their the total system tests (SPC-1C and SPC-2C) is that only specific components are tested, such …
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What is Azure Elastic SAN Azure Elastic SAN (AES) is a new (now GA) Azure Cloud native storage service that provides scalable, resilient, easy management with rapid provisioning, high performance, and cost-effective storage. AES (figure 1) supports many workloads and computing resources. Workloads that benefit from AES include tier 1 and tier 2, such as …
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Yes, you read that correctly, Microsoft Hyper-V is alive and enhanced with Windows Server 2025, formerly Windows Server v.Next server. Note that Windows Server 2025 preview build is just a preview available for download testing as of this time. What about Myth Hyper-V is discontinued? Despite recent FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt), misinformation, and fake news, …
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A theme I mention in the above two articles as well as elsewhere about server, storage I/O and applications is PACE. That is, application Performance Availably Capacity Economics (PACE). Different applications will have various attributes, in general, as well as how they are used. For example database transaction activity vs. reporting or analytics, logs and journals vs. redo logs, indices, tables, indices, import/export, scratch and temp space. PACE (figure 2.7) describes the applications and data characters and needs.
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Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC Press) Cloud, Converged, and Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft – The Blue Book – SNIA Recommended Reading List – SNIA Emerald ISBN-13: 978-1498738156 ISBN-10: 149873815X Hardcover: 672 pages Over 200 illustrations Over 70 tables Frequently asked Questions (and answers) Various learning exercises and appendix Click here to view …
Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press) Your Journey to efficient and effecting information services – The Yellow Book – Intel Recommended Reading List “The New Enterprise Tech Bible” – Greg Knieriemen of Nekkid Tech pod cast Publisher: CRC Press – Taylor & Francis Group, Published August 26, 2011, ISBN-10: 1439851739 and ISBN-13: 978-1439851739, Hardcover and …
The Green and Virtual Data Center The Green Book (CRC Press) Your guide for enabling sustainable economical, optimized, efficient and productive IT environments – Intel Recommended Reading List Publisher: CRC Press – Taylor & Francis Group By Greg P. Schulz of Server StorageIO www.storageio.com ISBN-10: 1420086669 and ISBN-13: 978-1420086669 Hardcover or Kindle, Approximately 376 pages, …
Resilient Storage Networks The Red Book (Elsevier) Designing Flexible Scalable Data Infrastructures – SNIA Endorsed Reading Publisher: Elsevier Digital Press By Greg P. Schulz of StorageIO www.storageio.com ISBN 1-55558-311-3 Paperback or Kindle (443 pages) Approximately 150 Illustrations Figures and Tables Order your electronic copy at Amazon.com Book Announcement Look inside “Resilient Storage Networks” via Amazon.com and Gregs Amazon …
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