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