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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).

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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.

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.

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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 3, 2024

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.

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 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.

February 19, 2017November 26, 2023

Do you want a side of serverless BS (SLBS) for your data infrastructure fud?

Did you want a side of SLBS with your software or hardware FUD?

server storage I/O trends

Updated 1/17/2018

Did you want a side of serverless bs (SLBS) with your software or hardware FUD?

A few years ago a popular industry buzzword term theme included server less and hardware less.

It turns out, serverless BS (SLBS) and hardware less are still trendy, and while some might view the cloud or software-defined data center (SDDC) virtualization, or IoT folks as the culprits, it is more widespread with plenty of bandwagon riders. SLBS can span from IoT to mobile, VDI and workspace clients (zero or similar), workstations, server, storage, networks. To me what’s ironic is that many purveyors of of SLBS also like to talk about hardware.

Whats the issue with SLBS?

Simple, on the one hand, there is no such thing as software that does not need hardware somewhere in the stack. Second, many purveyors of SLBS are solutions that in the past would have been called shrink-wrap. Thirdly IMHO SLBS tends to take away from the real benefit or story of some solutions that can also prompt questions or thoughts of if there are other FUD (fear uncertainty doubt) or MUD (marketing uncertainty doubt). Dare to be different, give some context about what your server less means as opposed to being lumped in with other SLBS followers.

Data Infrastructures (hardware, software, services, servers, storage, I/O and networks)

Moving beyond SLBS

Can we move beyond the SLBS and focus on what the software or solution does, enables, its value proposition vs. how it is dressed, packaged or wrapped?

IMHO it does not matter who or why SLBS appeared or even that it exists, rather clarifying what it means and what it does not mean, adding some context. For example, you can acquire (buy, rent, subscribe) software without a server (or hardware). Likewise, you can get the software that comes bundled prepackaged with hardware (e.g. tin-wrapped), or via a cloud or other service.

The software can be shrink wrapped, virtual wrapped or download to run on a bare metal physical machine, cloud, container or VMs. Key is the context of does the software come with, or without hardware. This is an important point in that the software can be serverless (e.g. does not come with, or depend on specific hardware), or, it can be bundled, converged (CI), hyper-converged (HCI) among other package options.

software wrapping, packaging tin-wrapped software
Software needs hardware, hardware need software, both get defined and wrapped

All software requires some hardware somewhere in the stack. Even virtual, container, cloud and yes, software-defined anything requires hardware. What’s different is how much hardware is needed, where it is located, how is it is used, consumed, paid for as well as what the software that it enables.

Whats the point?

There are applications, solutions and various software that use fewer servers, less hardware, or runs somewhere else where the hardware including servers are in the stack. Until the next truly industry revolutionary technology occurs, which IMHO will be software that no longer requires any hardware (or marketing-ware) in the stack, and hardware that no longer needs any software in the stack, hardware will continue to need software and vice versa.

This is where the marketing-ware (not to be confused with valueware) comes into play with a response along the lines of clouds and virtual servers or containers eliminate the need for hardware. That would be correct with some context in that clouds, virtual machines, containers and other software-defined entities still need some hardware somewhere in the stack. Sure there can be less hardware including servers at a given place. Hardware still news software, the software still needs hardware somewhere in the stack.

Data Infrastructure stack layers (hardware and software get defined with increasing value)

Show me some software that does not need any hardware anywhere in the stack, and I will either show you something truly industry unique, or, something that may be an addition to the SLBS list.

Add some context to what you are saying; some examples include that your software:

works with your existing hardware (or software)
does not need you to buy new or extra hardware
can run on the cloud, virtual, container or physical
requires fewer servers, less hardware, less cloud, container or virtual resources
is the focus being compatible with various data infrastructure resources
can be deployed and packaged as shrink-wrap, tin-wrapped or download
is packaged and marketed with less fud, or, fudless if you prefer

In other words, dare to be different, stand out, articulate your value proposition, and add some context instead of following behind the SLBS crowd.

Where to learn more

EMCworld 2015 How Do You Want Your Storage Wrapped?

Software Defined Storage Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Algorithms + Data Structures

Data Infrastructure Primer and Overview (Its Whats Inside The Data Center)

Whats a data infrastructure?

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

Watch out for getting hung up on, or pulled into myths about serverless or hardware less, at least until hardware no longer needs software, and software no longer needs hardware somewhere in the stack. The other point is to look for solutions that enable more effective (not just efficient or utilization) use of hardware (as well as software license) resources. Effective meaning more productive, getting more value and benefit without introducing bottlenecks, errors or rework.

The focus does not have to be eliminating hardware (or software), rather, how to get more value out of hardware costs (up front and recurring Maintenance) as well as software licenses (and their Maintenance among other fees). This also applies to cloud and service providers, how to get more value and benefit, removing complexity (and costs will follow) as opposed to simply cutting and compromising.

Next time somebody says serverless or hardware less, ask them if they mean fewer servers, less hardware, making more effective (and efficient) use of those resources, or if they mean no hardware or servers. If the latter, then ask them where their software will run. If they say cloud, virtual or container, no worries, at least then you know where the servers and hardware are located. Oh, and by the way, just for fun, watch for vendors who like to talk serverless or hardware less yet like to talk about hardware.

Ok, nuff said, for now.

January 30, 2014April 2, 2022

Data Protection Diaries – My data protection needs and wants

Storage I/O trends

Blog post: Data Protection Diaries – My data protection needs and wants

Update 1/10/18

Rather than talking about what others should do or consider for their data protection needs, for this post I wrote down some notes using my Livescribe about what I need and want for my environment. As part of walking the talk in future posts I’m going to expand a bit more on what I’m doing as well as considering for enhancements to my environment for data protection which consists of cloud, virtual and physical.

Why and what am I Protecting?

live scribe example
Livescribe notes that I used for creating the following content

What is my environment

Server and StorageIO (aka StorageIO) is a small business that is focused in and around data infrastructures which includes data protection as a result, have lots of data including videos, audio, images, presentations, reports, research as well, file serving as back-office applications. Then there are websites, blog, email and related applications, some of which are cloud based that are also part of my environment that have different availability, durable, and accessibility requirements.

My environment includes local on-site physical as well as virtual systems, mobile devices, as well as off-site resources including a dedicated private server (DPS) at a service provider. On one hand as a small business, I could easily move most if not everything into the cloud using an as a service model. However, I also have a lab and research environment for doing various things involving data infrastructure including data protection so why not leverage those for other things.

Why do I need to protect my information and data infrastructure?

Protect and preserve the business along with associated information as well as assets
Compliance (self and client based, PCI and other)
Security (logical and physical) and privacy to guard against theft, loss, instrusions
Logical (corruption, virus, accidental deletion) and physical damage to systems, devices, applications and data
Isolate and contain faults of hardware, software, networks, people actions from spreading to disasters
Guard against on-site or off-site incidents, acts of man or nature, head-line news and non head-line news
Address previous experience, incidents and situations, preventing future issues or problems
Support growth while enabling agility, flexibity
Walk the talk, research, learning increasing experience

My wants – What I would like to have

Somebody else pay for it all, or exist in world where there are no threat risks to information (yeh right ;) )
Cost effective and value (not necessarily the cheapest, I also want it to work)
High availability and durability to protect against different threat risks (including myself)
Automated, magically to take care of everything enabled by unicorns and pixie dust ;).

My requirements – What I need (vs. want):

Support mix of physical, virtual and cloud applications, systems and data
Different applications and data, local and some that are mobile
Various operating environments including Windows and Linux
NOT have to change my environment to meet limits of a particular solution or approach
Need a solution (s) that fit my needs and that can scale, evolve as well as enable change when my environment does
Also leverage what I have while supporting new things

Data protection topics, trends, technologies and related themes

Part 1 – Data Infrastructure Data Protection Fundamentals
Part 2 – Reliability, Availability, Serviceability ( RAS) Data Protection Fundamentals
Part 3 – Data Protection Access Availability RAID Erasure Codes ( EC) including LRC
Part 4 – Data Protection Recovery Points (Archive, Backup, Snapshots, Versions)
Part 5 – Point In Time Data Protection Granularity Points of Interest
Part 6 – Data Protection Security Logical Physical Software Defined
Part 7 – Data Protection Tools, Technologies, Toolbox, Buzzword Bingo Trends
Part 8 – Data Protection Diaries Walking Data Protection Talk
Part 9 – who’s Doing What ( Toolbox Technology Tools)
Part 10 – Data Protection Resources Where to Learn More
Data Protection Diaries series
Data Infrastructure server storage I/O network Recommended Reading List Book Shelf
Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials (CRC 2017) Book

Wrap and summary (for now)

Taking a step back to look at a high-level of what my data protection needs are involves looking at business requirements along with various threat risks, not to mention technical considerations. In a future post I will outline what I am doing as well as considering for enhancements or other changes along with different tools, technologies used in hybrid ways. Watch for more posts in this ongoing series of the data protection dairies via www.storageioblog.com/data-protection-diaries-main/.

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)
twitter @storageio

October 14, 2012October 18, 2024

Trick or treat and vendor fun games

In the spirit of Halloween and zombies season, a couple of thoughts come to mind about vendor tricks and treats. This is an industry trends and perspectives post, part of an ongoing series looking at various technology and fun topics.

The first trick or treat game pertains to the blame game; you know either when something breaks, or at the other extreme, before you have even made a decision to buy something. The trick or treat game for decision-making goes something like this.

Vendor “A” says products succeed with their solution while failure results with a solution from “B” when doing “X”. Otoh, vendor “B” claims that “X” will fail when using a solution from vendor “A”. In fact, you can pick what you want to substitute for “X”, perhaps VDI, PCIe, Big Data, Little Data, Backup, Archive, Analytics, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, eDiscovery you name it.

This is not complicated math or big data problem requiring a high-performance computing (HPC) platform. A HPC Zetta-Flop processing ability using 512 bit addressing of 9.9 (e.g. 1 nine) PettaBytes of battery-backed DRAM and an IO capability of 9.99999 (e.g. 5 9’s) trillion 8 bit IOPS to do table pivots or runge kutta numerical analysis, map reduce, SAS or another modeling with optional iProduct or Android interface are not needed.

StorageIO images of touring Texas Advanced Computing (e.g. HPC) Center

Can you solve this equation? Hint it does not need a PhD or any other advanced degree. Another hint, if you have ever been at any side of the technology product and services decision-making table, regardless of the costume you wore, you should know the answer.

Of course the question of would “X” fail regardless of who or what “A” or “B” let alone a “C”, “D” or “F”? In other words, it is not the solution, technology, vendor or provider, rather the problem or perhaps even lack thereof that is the issue. Or is it a case where there is a solution from “A”, “B” or any others that is looking for a problem, and if it is the wrong problem, there can be a wrong solution thus failure?

Another trick or treat game is vendors public relations (PR) or analyst relations (AR) people to ask for one thing and delivery or ask another. For example, some vendor, service provider, their marketing AR and PR people or surrogates make contact wanting to tell of various success and failure story. Of course, this is usually their success and somebody else’s failure, or their victory over something or someone who sometimes can be interesting. Of course, there are also the treats to get you to listen to the above, such as tempt you with a project if you meet with their subject, which may be a trick of a disappearing treat (e.g. magic, poof it is gone after the discussion).

There are another AR and PR trick and treat where they offer on behalf of their representative organization or client to a perspective or exclusive insight on their competitor. Of course, the treat from their perspective is that they will generously expose all that is wrong with what a competitor is saying about their own (e.g. the competitors) product.

Let me get this straight, I am not supposed to believe what somebody says about his or her own product, however, supposed to believe what a competitor says is wrong with the competition’s product, and what is right with his or her own product.

Hmm, ok, so let me get this straight, a competitor say “A” wants to tell me what somebody say from “B” has told me is wrong and I should schedule a visit with a truth squad member from “A” to get the record set straight about “B”?

Does that mean then that I go to “B” for a rebuttal, as well as an update about “A” from “B”, assuming that what “A” has told me is also false about themselves, and perhaps about “B” or any other?

Too be fair, depending on your level of trust and confidence in either a vendor, their personal or surrogates, you might tend to believe more from them vs. others, or at least until you been tricked after given treats. There may be some that have been tricked, or they tried applying to many treats to present a story that behind the costume might be a bit scary.

Having been through enough of these, and I candidly believe that sometimes “A” or “B” or any other party actually do believe that they have more or better info about their competitor and that they can convince somebody about what their competitor is doing better than the competitor can. I also believe that there are people out there who will go to “A” or “B” and believe what they are told by based on their preference, bias or interests.

When I hear from vendors, VARs, solution or service providers and others, it’s interesting hearing point, counterpoint and so forth, however if time is limited, I’am more interested in hearing from such as “A” about them, what they are doing, where success, where challenges, where going and if applicable, under NDA go into more detail.

Customer success stories are good, however again, if interested in what works, what kind of works, or what does not work, chances are when looking for G2 vs. GQ, a non-scripted customer conversation or perspective of the good, the bad and the ugly is preferred, even if under NDA. Again, if time is limited which it usually is, focus on what is being done with your solution, where it is going and if compelled send follow-up material that can of course include MUD and FUD about others if that is your preference.

Then there is when during a 30 minute briefing, the vendor or solution provider is still talking about trends, customer pain points, what competitors are doing at 21 minutes into the call with no sign of an announcement, update or news in site

Lets not forget about the trick where the vendor marketing or PR person reaches out and says that the CEO, CMO, CTO or some other CxO or Chief Jailable Officer (CJO) wants to talk with you. Part of the trick is when the CxO actually makes it to the briefing and is not ready, does not know why the call is occurring, or, thinks that a request for an audience has been made with them for an interview or something else.

A treat is when 3 to 4 minutes into a briefing, the vendor or solution provider has already framed up what and why they are doing something. This means getting to what they are announcing or planning on doing and getting into a conversation to discuss what they are doing and making good follow-up content and resources available.

Sometimes a treat is when a briefer goes on autopilot nailing their script for 29 of a 30 minute session then use the last-minute to ask if there are any questions. The reason autopilot briefings can be a treat is when they are going over what is in the slide deck, webex, or press release thus affording an opportunity to get caught up on other things while talk at you. Hmm, perhaps need to consider playing some tricks in reward for those kind of treats? ;)

Do not be scared, not everybody is out to trick you with treats, and not all treats have tricks attached to them. Be prepared, figure out who is playing tricks with treats, and who has treats without tricks.

Oh, and as a former IT customer, vendor and analyst, one of my favorites is contact information of my dogs to vendors who require registration on their websites for basic things such as data sheets. Another is supplying contact information of competing vendors sales reps to vendors who also require registration for basic data sheets or what should otherwise be generally available information as opposed to more premium treats. Of course there are many more fun tricks, however lets leave those alone for now.

Note: Zombie voting rules apply which means vote early, vote often, and of course vote for those who cannot include those that are dead (real or virtual).

Where To Learn More

View additiona related material via the following links.

- Can we get a side of context with them IOPS and other storage metrics?
- 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
- As the platters spin, HDD’s for cloud, virtual and traditional storage environments
- 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)
- 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
- Data Infrastructure Overview, Its Whats Inside of Data Centers
- 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)
- www.objectstoragecenter.com and Software Defined, Cloud, Bulk and Object Storage 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

Watch out for tricks and treats, have a safe and fun Zombie (aka Halloween) season. See you while out and about this fall and don’t forget to take part in the ongoing zombie technology poll. Oh, and be safe with trick or treat and vendor fun games

Ok, nuff said, for now.

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.

November 8, 2010March 7, 2022

Who is responsible for vendor lockin?

data infrastructure server storage I/O vendor lockin

Updated 1/21/2018

Who is responsible for vendor lockin?

Is vendor lockin caused by vendors, their partners or by customers?

In my opinion vendor lockin can be from any or all of the above.

What is vendor lockin

Vendor lockin is a situation where a customer becomes dependent or locked in by choice or other circumstances to a particular supplier or technology.

What is the difference between vendor lockin, account control and stickiness?

Im sure some marketing wiz or sales type will be happy to explain the subtle differences. Generally speaking, lockin, stickiness and account control are essentially the same, or at least strive to obtain similar results. For example, vendor lockin too some has a negative stigma. However vendor stickiness may be a new term, perhaps even sounding cool thus it is not a concern. Remember the Mary Poppins song a spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down? In other words sometimes changing and using a different term such as sticky vs vendor lockin helps make the situation taste better.

Is vendor lockin or stickiness a bad thing?

No, not necessarily, particularly if you the customer are aware and still in control of your environment.

I have had different views of vendor lockin over the years.

These have varied from when I was a customer working in IT organizations or being a vendor and later as an advisory analyst consultant. Even as a customer, I had different views of lockin which varied depending upon the situation. In some cases lockin was a result of upper management having their favorite vendor which meant when a change occurred further up the ranks, sometimes vendor lockin would shift as well. On the other hand, I also worked in IT environments where we had multiple vendors for different technologies to maintain competition across suppliers.

As a vendor, I was involved with customer sites that were best of breed while others were aligned around a single or few vendors. Some were aligned around technologies from the vendors I worked for and others were aligned with someone elses technology. In some cases as a vendor we were locked out of an account until there was a change of management or mandates at those sites. In other cases where lock out occurred, once our product was OEMd or resold by an incumbent vendor, the lockout ended.

Some vendors do a better job of establishing lockin, account management, account control or stickiness than compared to others. Some vendors may try to lock a customer in and thus there is perception that vendors lock customers in. Likewise, there is a perception that vendor lockin only occurs with the largest vendors however I have seen this also occur with smaller or niche vendors who gain control of their customers keeping larger or other vendors out.

Sweet, sticky Sue Bee Honey

Vendor lockin or stickiness is not always the result of the vendor, var, consultant or service provider pushing a particular technology, product or service. Customers can allow or enable vendor lockin as well, either by intent via alliances to drive some business initiative or accidentally by giving up account control management. Consequently vendor lockin is not a bad thing if it brings mutual benefit to the suppler and consumer.

On the other hand, if lockin causes hardship on the consumer while only benefiting the supplier, than it can be a bad thing for the customer.

Do some technologies lend themselves more to vendor lockin vs others?

Yes, some technologies lend themselves more to stickiness or lockin then others. For example, often big ticket or expensive hardware are seen as being vulnerable to vendor lockin along with other hardware items however software is where I have seen a lot of stickiness or lockin around.

However what about virtualization solutions after all the golden rule of virtualization is whoever controls the virtualization (hardware, software or services) controls the gold. This means that vendor lockin could be around a particular hypervisor or associated management tools.

How about bundled solutions or what are now called integrated vendor technology stacks including PODs (here or here) or vBlocks among others? How about databases, do they enable or facilitate vendor lockin? Perhaps, just like virtualization or operating systems or networking technology, storage system, data protection or other solutions, if you let the technology or vendor manage you, then you enable vendor lockin.

Where can vendor lockin or stickiness occur?

Application software, databases, data or information tools, messaging or collaboration, infrastructure resource management (IRM) tools ranging from security to backup to hypervisors and operating systems to email. Lets not forget about hardware which has become more interoperable from servers, storage and networks to integrated marketing or alliance stacks.

Another opportunity for lockin or stickiness can be in the form of drivers, agents or software shims where you become hooked on a feature functionality that then drives future decisions. In other words, lockin can occur in different locations both in traditional IT as well as via managed services, virtualization or cloud environments if you let it occur.

Keep these thoughts in mind:

Customers need to manage their resources and suppliers
Technology and their providers should work for you the customer, not the other way around
Technology providers conversely need to get closer to influence customer thinking
There can be cost with single vendor or technology sourcing due to loss of competition
There can be a cost associated with best of breed or functioning as your own integrator
There is a cost switching from vendors and or their technology to keep in mind
Managing your vendors or suppliers may be easier than managing your upper management
Vendors sales remove barriers so they can sell and setting barriers for others
Virtualization and cloud can be both a source for lockin as well as a tool to help prevent it
As a customer, if lockin provides benefits than it can be a good thing for all involved

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

Ultimately, its up to the customer to manage their environment and thus have a say if they will allow vendor lockin. Granted, upper management may be the source of the lockin and not surprisingly is where some vendors will want to focus their attention directly, or via influence of high level management consultants.

So while a vendors solution may appear to be a locked in solution, it does not become a lockin issue or problem until a customer lets or allows it to be a lockin or sticky situation.

What is your take on vendor lockin? Cast your vote and see results in the following polls.

Is vendor lockin a good or bad thing?

Who is responsible for managing vendor lockin

Where is most common form or concern of vendor lockin

Ok, nuff said, for now.

September 17, 2010March 7, 2022

What is DFR or Data Footprint Reduction?

Updated 10/9/2018

What is DFR or Data Footprint Reduction?

Data Footprint Reduction (DFR) is a collection of techniques, technologies, tools and best practices that are used to address data growth management challenges. Dedupe is currently the industry darling for DFR particularly in the scope or context of backup or other repetitive data.

However DFR expands the scope of expanding data footprints and their impact to cover primary, secondary along with offline data that ranges from high performance to inactive high capacity.

Consequently the focus of DFR is not just on reduction ratios, its also about meeting time or performance rates and data protection windows.

This means DFR is about using the right tool for the task at hand to effectively meet business needs, and cost objectives while meeting service requirements across all applications.

Examples of DFR technologies include Archiving, Compression, Dedupe, Data Management and Thin Provisioning among others.

Read more about DFR in Part I and Part II of a two part series found here and here.

Where to learn more

Learn more about data footprint reducton (DFR), data footprint overhead and related topics via the following links:

Next Generation Hybrid Software Defined Data Infrastructures Are In Your Future #blogtobertech
Data Footprint Reduction – Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials
PACE your Server Storage I/O decision making, its about application requirements
Announcing Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials Book by Greg Schulz
July 2018 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter
Pictures Over Stillwater Drone Pro Shop and Resource Links
2018 Hot Popular New Trending Data Infrastructure Vendors to Watch
Part 1 – Application Data Value Characteristics Everything Is Not The Same
Part 2 – 4 3 2 1 Data Protection Application Data Availability
Part 3 – Application Data Characteristics Types Everything Is Not The Same
Part 4 – Application Data Volume Velocity Variety Everything Is Not The Same
Part 5 – Application Data Access Life cycle Patterns Everything Not The Same
Data Infrastructure server storage I/O network Recommended Reading
World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder
Data Infrastructure Server Storage I/O related Tradecraft Overview
Data Infrastructure Server Storage I/O Tradecraft Trends
Data Infrastructure Overview, Its What’s Inside of Data Centers
4 3 2 1 and 3 2 1 data protection best practices
Garbage data in, garbage information out, big data or big garbage?
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) Resources Are You Ready?
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

That is all for now, hope you find these ongoing series of current or emerging Industry Trends and Perspectives posts of interest.

Ok, nuff said, for now.

Cheers Gs

December 14, 2008November 26, 2023

Server Storage I/O Network Virtualization Whats Next?

Server Storage I/O Network Virtualization Whats Next?
Updated 9/28/18

There are many faces and thus functionalities of virtualization beyond the one most commonly discussed which is consolidation or aggregation. Other common forms of virtualization include emulation (which is part of enabling consolidation) which can be in the form of a virtual tape library for storage to bridge new disk technology to old software technology, processes, procedures and skill sets. Other forms of virtualization functionality for life beyond consolidation include abstraction for transparent movement of applications or operating systems on servers, or data on storage to support planned and un-planned maintenance, upgrades, BC/DR and other activities.

So the gist is that there are many forms of virtualization technologies and techniques for servers, storage and even I/O networks to address different issues including life beyond consolidation. However the next wave of consolidation could and should be that of reducing the number of logical images, or, the impact of the multiple operating systems and application images, along with their associated management costs.

This may be easier said than done, however, for those looking to cut costs even further than from what can be realized by reducing physical footprints (e.g. going from 10 to 1 or from 250 to 25 physical servers), there could be upside however it will come at a cost. The cost is like that of reducing data and storage footprint impacts with such as data management and archiving.

Savings can be realized by archiving and deleting data via data management however that is easier said than done given the cost in terms of people time and ability to decide what to archive, even for non-compliance data along with associated business rules and policies to be defined (for automation) along with hardware, software and services (managed services, consulting and/or cloud and SaaS).

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
Catching Up With Summer 2018 IBM Cloudy Software Defined Storage Announcements
Server StorageIO 2018 VMworld Data Infrastructure Buzzword Bingo Puzzle

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

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