Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Insights and Analysis
Ok, so I know I’m not taking a popular stance on this one from both camps, the IBMers and their faithful followers as well as the growing legion of XIV followers will take exception I’m sure. Likewise, the nay sayers would argue why not take a real swing and knock the ball out of the …
In case you missed it today, Adaptec announced that they are the 1st vendor “This Week” to add support for Intelligent Power Management (IPM) to their storage systems. Adaptec joins a growing list of vendors who are deploying, or, who are program announcing some variation of IPM and second generation MAID 2.0 ability including support …
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Here are links to several recent and upcoming Webcast and video casts covering a wide range of topics. Some of these free Webcast and video casts may require registration. Industry Trends & Perspectives – Data Protection for Virtual Server Environments Next Generation Data Centers Today: What’s New with Storage and Networking Hot Storage Trends for …
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The emerging and maturing Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Converged Ethernet, aka Data Center Ethernet, Converged Enhanced Ethernet, Enterprise Ethernet among others marketing names activity is picking up. Today Brocade took a major step to shore up its already announced FCoE and converged Ethernet story which includes new directors and converged host bus adapters …
The tape is dead debates rage on as they have for a decades which make for good press and discussion or debate during slow times, similar to coverage of what Britney Spears or Paris Hilton are or are not wearing. In the on-going debates and Greenwashing of what technology or vendor is greener to prevent …
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In the shark infested waters where I/O and networking debates often rage, the Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI, or, is that iSCSI vs. Fibre Channel debates continue which is about as surprising as an ice berg melting because it floated into warmer water or hot air in the tropics. Here’s a link to an article at …
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Earlier this week I did a keynote talk at a TechTarget event in the New York city area titled the “Wide World of Archiving – Life Beyond Compliance” with the basic theme that archiving and data preservation for future or possible future use is not unique or exclusive to SARBOX, HIPPA, CFR, PCI, OHSAS, ISO …
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Several new keynote and speaking engagements involving myself have been added to the StorageIO events page including among others: April 8th, 2008 – SNW Orlando FL Beyond Green-Wash: IT Data Center Power, Cooling, Floor Space and Environmental (PCFE) Topics and Trends V2.008 This talk will move past what are the issues and reasons for going …
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Processor Magazine has a new article looking at different flavors and implementations of RAID technology called Moving Toward Software-Based RAID: Tapping In To Fast Multicore CPUs For Performance & Flexibility. The exact number of categories is up for debate as you could make it as simple as either hardware or software RAID similar to all …
IBM researchers have announced a new technique to achieve a new means of data transmission with speeds of up to 8Tbps using optics which at first blush seemed about as surprising as saying magnetic disk drive capacities will continue to increase or CPUs will get faster. However, upon closer look and actually reading past the …
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In case you missed the news, IBM today announced a new mainframe the z10, yes, that’s right, the mother of all “Zombie Technologies” (and I say this with all due respect), you know, technologies that are declared dead yet are viable, working and still living thus purchasable. Some other examples of Zombie technologies include magnetic …
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If you had heard of Sherwood based in the Denver area in the past and saw the PR about Atrato and have not connected the dots, don?t worry, they are one in the same with a new name. Sherwood, I mean Atrato from a hardware and geeky side are kind of cool using I/O accelerators …
The other night I had the opportunity to meet up for a quick dinner while traveling with some folks I used to work with when I wore a vendor hat. Directions to the venue were pretty straightforward as I knew where I was going even with out gps or “ever lost” or other electronic guidance …
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Ok, so what do airport parking, tiered storage and latency have in common? Based on some recent travel experience I will assert that there is a bit in common, or at a least an analogy. What got me thinking about this was recently I could not get a parking spot at the airport primary parking …
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