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January 25, 2018November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure Resource Links cloud data protection tradecraft trends

Data Infrastructure Resource Links Server Storage I/O Network

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

Various data infrastructure resource links.

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

Where to learn more

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

What This All Means

Check out the above links to data infrastructure resource links.

Ok, nuff said, for now.

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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March 3, 2017November 26, 2023

Kevin Closson discusses SLOB Server CPU I/O Database Performance benchmarks

Slilly Little Oracle Benchmark (SLOB) Database Server I/O Podcast

server storage I/O trends

In this Server StorageIO podcast episode, I am joined by @Kevinclosson who is an Oracle (along with other Databases) performance expert and creator of the Silly Little Oracle Benchmark (SLOB) tool. Not surprising our data infrastructure discussion involves server CPU, software, I/O, storage, performance, software, tools, best practices, fundamental tradecraft skills among other items.

server storage I/O performance

Kevin has been involved in database performance (and porting) optimization for decades which means CPU server, memory, I/O and storage issues, resources and tuning. Part of server, storage I/O a tuning is understanding the workloads, also the demands of software such as databases along with how they use CPU and its impact on resources. This means that somewhere in the technology stack, server CPUs are still needed, even in serverless environments.

We also discuss metrics, gaining insight to resources uses, what they mean including how CPU wait may be costing your lost productivity with overhead, as well as benchmarks, simulations, and related themes. Check out Kevins website www.kevinclosson.net to learn more about Oracle, Databases, SLOB, tools and other content. Listen to the podcast discussion here (42 minutes) as well as on iTunes.

Where to learn more

Learn more about Oracle, Database Performance, Benchmarking along with other tools via the following links:

Kevinclosson.net including tutorials along with SLOB download
SSD, flash, Non-volatile memory (NVM) storage Trends, Tips & Topics
Server and Storage I/O Benchmarking and Performance Resources
Server StorageIO.tv (various videos and podcasts, fun and for work)

What this all means and wrap-up

Check out my discussion here with Kevin Closson where you may have some Dejavu, or learn something new on server, storage I/O, database performance, software, benchmark workloads as well as much more. Also available on

Ok, nuff said for now…

Cheers
Gs

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

February 26, 2017November 26, 2023

Server Storage I/O network Data Infrastructure Tradecraft Overview

Updated 1/17/2018

Data Infrastructure Tradecraft includes server storage I/O network and associated technology, technique, skills, experiences. Tradecraft includes insight as well as tricks of the trade, profession and job function (read more about what is a data infrastructure here). This is the first of a two-part series exploring data infrastructure along with serve storage I/O and related tradecraft. Read part two of this series here.

Data Infrastructure and IT Infrastructure Layers

Data infrastructure encompasses servers, storage, I/O and networking along with associated hardware, software, services and management tasks including data protection among others. Tradecraft is knowing about tools, technologies, and trends in your primary domain as well as adjacent focus areas. However, tradecraft is also about knowing how and when to use different technologies, tools with various techniques to address different scenarios.

What Is Your Tradecraft
An example of expanding tradecraft is, for instance, an automobile technician who has learned how to change oil, check tire air pressure, or other essential entry-level functions. On the other hand, a master mechanic knows how to do more involved tasks, from the engine to transmission repair or rebuilding, bodywork, along with troubleshooting. A master mechanic not only knows what buttons, knobs, tools, and techniques to use for different tasks, he also knows how to diagnose problems, as well as what usually causes those problems to occur.

There are many other examples, including salespeople who have the tradecraft of selling, including account as well as relationship building along with the ability to learn new tradecraft related to the trade or items they are or will be selling. Moreover, then there are pre-sales and systems engineers, technical marketing, product and program management, test and development, R&D engineering, IT and technology architects, among many others.
IT Data Infrastructure Professionals

Another example is engineers and architects (non-IT) who have basic design along with engineering discipline tradecraft, as well as specialties such as mechanical, electrical, heating ventilation air condition (HVAC), or environmental, among others. They can leverage their basic tradecraft while extending and enhancing it by gaining insight as well as experience in adjacent areas of focus.

For IT and data infrastructure tradecraft this means expanding from basic tasks to being able to do more advanced things. For example, developing tradecraft from knowing the different hardware, software, and services resources as well as tools, to what to use when, where, why, and how. Another dimension of expanding data infrastructure tradecraft skills is gaining the experience and insight to troubleshoot problems, gain insight awareness with dashboard or monitoring tools, as well as how to design and manage to cut or reduce the chance of things going wrong.

From Tools and Technologies to Techniques and Tricks of the Trade
Expanding your awareness of new technologies along with how they work is important, so too is understanding application and organization needs. Developing your tradecraft means balancing the focus on new and old technologies, tools, and techniques with business or organizational application functionality.

This is where using various tools that themselves are applications to gain insight into how your data infrastructure is configured and being used, along with the applications they support, is important.

Data Infrastructure Tool Box

Learning the Talk and Walking the Talk
For some people their tradecraft is only learning the talk, so that they can talk the talk of trends, techniques, technology buzzwords to do their job (or get a job) and fit in. The next step is comprehending the talk, gaining more insight and experience ability of what to do (and not do) by walking the talk. Sometimes this means learning from mistakes (yours or others) to prevent them in the future.

Expanding your tradecraft means learning the talk as well as how to walk the talk for adjacent areas. This can mean new skills, ability, tools, and technologies along with proper terminology. For your data infrastructure tradecraft, you need to acquire competencies in these different yet related areas.

Even if your focus is to be a hardware or software or services person, there are opportunities to expand your tradecraft. For example extend into physical, virtualization, cloud, container, networking, storage, performance, data protection, or security, among others. This also means comprehending how the pieces work together to support the business applications, as well as the impact on each other (e.g. cause and effect).

Part of tradecraft is also understanding that various terms and acronyms have different context meaning. For example, SAS can mean big data statistical analysis software or Serial Attached SCSI among others. What this means is as your tradecraft expands, so too does awareness that different terms have various meaning along with the importance of asking for context.

Another example of understanding context is Fabric. Fabric can also have different context and meaning. It can refer to a network of switches, directors, and routers tying together servers, storage, bridges, gateways, and other devices, but it can also be associated with higher-level application functions, or a cluster of servers or services, as well as data. Keep context in mind about fabric: whether it is referring to lower-level physical and logical networks, or applications and data, among others.

Yet another context example includes that client can have different meanings, including software or applications that communicate with a server or service, local or in the cloud. A variation of client can also be a type of device, such as a tablet, laptop, mobile device or phone, as well as a workstation with varying software for accessing different data infrastructure as well as applications. Another context for client is the user, person, or thing such as IoT that accesses and interacts with client software or server and services of application or data resources. Yet another context for client is a consumer of lower-level data infrastructure resources or higher-level applications services.

Where To Learn More

View additional Data Infrastructure and tradecraft related topics via the following links.

Part I and part II of this series
NVMe overview and primer – Part I
PCIe Server I/O Fundamentals
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

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 means

Remember that tradecraft is skills, experiences, tricks, and techniques along with knowing what as well as how to use various related tools as part of what it is that you are doing. Continue reading more about data infrastructure along with server storage I/O network hardware software as well as associated management tradecraft in part two of this series here.

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links A to E

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 2/20/2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where To Learn More

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

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

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

What This All Means

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

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

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links F to J

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 2/20/2018

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

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

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

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

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

Where To Learn More

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

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

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

What This All Means

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

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

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links K to O

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 2/20/2018

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

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

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

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

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

Where To Learn More

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

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

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

What This All Means

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

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

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links P to T

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 6/13/2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where To Learn More

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

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

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

What This All Means

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

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

Ok, nuff said, for now.

February 22, 2017November 26, 2023

Data Infrastructure IT Industry Related Resource Links U to Z

IT Data Center and Data Infrastructure Industry Resources

Updated 2/20/2018

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

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

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

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

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

Where To Learn More

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

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

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

What This All Means

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

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

Ok, nuff said, for now.

October 17, 2016November 26, 2023

Updated Software Defined Data Infrastructure Webinars and Fall 2016 events

Software Defined Data Infrastructure Webinars and Fall 2016 events

server storage I/O trends

Here is the updated Server StorageIO fall 2016 webinar and event activities covering software defined data center, data infrastructure, virtual, cloud, containers, converged, hyper-converged server, storage, I/O network, performance and data protection among other topics.

December 7, 2016 – Webinar 11AM PT – BrightTalk
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Decision Making

Are Converged Infrastructures (CI), Hyper-Converged Infrastructures (HCI), Cluster in Box or Cloud in Box (CiB) solutions for you? The answer is it depends on what your needs, requirements, application among other criteria are. In addition are you focused on a particular technology solution or architecture approach, or, looking for something that adapts to your needs? Join us in this discussion exploring your options for different scenarios as we look beyond they hype including to next wave of hyper-scale converged along with applicable decision-making criteria. Topics include:

– Data Infrastructures exist to support applications and their underlying resource needs
– What are your application and environment needs along with other objectives
– Explore various approaches for hyper-small and hyper-large environments
– What are you converging, hardware, hypervisors, management or something else?
– Does HCI mean hyper-vendor-lock-in, if so, is that a bad thing?
– When, where, why and how to use different scenarios

November 29-30, 2016 (New) – Converged & Hyper-Converged Decision Making
Is Converged Infrastructure Right For You?
Workshop Seminar – Nijkerk The Netherlands

Agenda and topics to be covered include:

When should decide to evaluate CI/HCI vs. traditional approach
What are decision and evaluation criteria for apples to apples vs. Apples to pears
What are the costs, benefits, and caveats of the different approaches
How different applications such as VDI or VSI or database have different needs
What are the network, storage, software license and training cost implications
Different comparison criteria for smaller environments remote office vs. Larger enterprise
How will you protect and secure a CI, HCI environment (HA, BC, BR, DR, Backup)
What is the risk and benefit of startups, companies with limited portfolios vs. Big vendors
Do it yourself (DiY) vs. Turnkey software vs. Bundled tin wrapped software solution
We will also look at associated trends including software-defined, NVM/SSD, NVMe, VMware, Microsoft, KVM, Citrix/Xen, Docker, OpenStack among others.

Organized by:

November 28, 2016 (New) – Server Storage I/O Fundamental Trends V2.1116
Whats New, Whats the buzz, what you need to know about and whos doing what
Workshop Seminar – Nijkerk The Netherlands

Agenda and topics that will be covered include:

Who’s doing what, who are the new emerging vendors, solutions and technologies to watch
Non-Volatile Memory (NVM), flash solid state device (SSD), Storage Class Memory (SCM)
Networking with your servers and storage including NVMe, NVMeoF and RoCE
Cloud, Object and Bulk storage for data protection, archiving, near-line, scale-out
Data protection and software defined storage management (backup, BC, BR, DR, archive)
Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Nano, S2D and Hyper-V
VMware, OpenStack, Ceph, Docker and Containers, CI and HCI
EMC is gone, now there is Dell EMC and what that means
Various vendors and solutions from legacy to new and emerging
Recommendations, usage or deployment scenarios and tips
Some examples of who’s doing what includes AWS, Brocade, Cisco, Dell EMC, Enmotus, Futjistu, Google, HDS, HP and Huawei, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, Mellanox, Micron, Microsoft, NetApp, Nutanix, Oracle, Pure, Quantum, Qumulo, Reduxio, Rubrik, Samsung, SANdisk, Seagate, Simplivity and Tintri, Veeam, Veritas, VMware and WD among others.

Organized by:

November 23, 2016 – Webinar 10AM PT BrightTalk
BCDR and Cloud Backup Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI) and Data Protection

The answer is BCDR and Cloud Backup, however what was the question? Besides how to protect preserve and secure your data, applications along with data Infrastructures against various threat risk issues, what are some other common questions? For example how to modernize, rethink, re-architect, use new and old things in new ways, these and other topics, techniques, trends, tools have a common theme of BCDR and Cloud Backup. Join us in this discussion exploring your options for protecting data, applications and your data Infrastructures spanning legacy, software-defined virtual and cloud environments. Topics include:

– Data Infrastructures exist to support applications and their underlying resource needs
– Various cloud storage options to meet different application PACE needs
– Do clouds need to be backed-up or protected?
– How to leverage clouds for various data protection objectives
– When, where, why and how to use different scenarios

November 23, 2016 – Webinar 9AM PT – BrightTalk
Cloud Storage – Hybrid and Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI)

You have been told, or determined that you need (or want) to use cloud storage, ok, now what? What type of cloud storage do you need or want, or do you simply want cloud storage? However, what are your options as well as application requirements including Performance, Availability, Capacity and Economics (PACE) along with access or interfaces? Where are your applications and where will they be located? What are your objectives for using cloud storage or is it simply you have heard or told its cheaper. Join us in this discussion exploring your options, considerations for cloud storage decision-making. Topics include:

– Data Infrastructures exist to support applications and their underlying resource needs
– Various cloud storage options to meet different application PACE needs
– Storage for primary, secondary, performance, availability, capacity, backup, archiving
– Public, private and hybrid cloud storage options from block, file, object to application service
– When, where, why and how to use cloud storage for different scenarios

November 22, 2016 – Webinar 10AM PT – BrightTalk
Cloud Infrastructure Hybrid and Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI)

At the core of cloud (public, private, hybrid) next generation data centers are software defined data infrastructures that exist to protect, preserve and serve applications, data along with their resulting information services. Software defined data infrastructure core components include hardware, software servers and storage configured (defined) to provide various services enabling application Performance Availability Capacity and Economics (PACE). Just as there are different types of environments, applications along with workloads various options, technologies as well as techniques exist for cloud services (and underlying data infrastructures). Join us in this session to discuss trends, technologies, tools, techniques and services options for cloud infrastructures. Topics include:

– Data Infrastructures exist to support applications and their underlying resource needs
– Software Defined Infrastructures (SDDI) are what enable Software Defined Data Centers and clouds
– Various types of clouds along with cloud services that determine how resources get defined
– When, where, why and how to use cloud Infrastructures along with associated resources

November 15, 2016 (New) – 11AM PT Webinar – Redmond Magazine and Solarwinds
The O.A.R. of Virtualization Scaling
A journey of optimization, automation, and reporting

Your journey to a flexible, scalable and secure IT universe begins now. Join Microsoft MVP and VMware vSAN and vExpert Greg Schulz of Server StorageIO along with VMware vExpert, Cisco Champion and Head Geek of Virtualization and Cloud Practice Kong Yang of SolarWinds for an interactive discussion empowering you to become the master of your software defined and virtual data center. Topics will include:

Trust your instruments and automation, however, verify they are working properl
Insight into how your environment, as well as automation tools, are working
Leverage automation to handle recurring tasks so you can focus on more productive activities
Capture, retain and transfer knowledge and tradecraft experiences into automation policies
Automated system management is only as good as the policies and data they rely upon
Optimize via automation that relies on reporting for insight, awareness and analytics

November 3, 2016 (New) – Webinar 11AM PT – Redmond Magazine and
Dell Software
Tailor Your Backup Data Repositories to
Fit Your Security and Management Needs

Does data protection storage have you working overtime to take care of it? Do you have the flexibility to protect, preserve, secure and serve different workgroups or customers in a shared environment? Is your environment looking to expand with new applications and remote offices, yet your data protection is slowing you down?

In this webinar we will look at current and emerging trends along with issues including how different threat risk challenges impact your evolving environment, as well as opportunities to address them. It’s time to deploy technology that works for you and your environment instead of you working for the solution.

Attend and learn about:

Data protection trends, issues, regulatory compliance, challenges and opportunities
How to utilize purpose built appliances to protect and defend your systems, applications and data from various threat risks
Importance of timely insight and situational awareness into your data protection infrastructure
Protecting centralized and distributed remote office branch offices (ROBO) workgroups
What you can do today to optimize your environment

October 27, 2016 (New) – Webinar 10AM PT – Virtual Instruments
The Value of Infrastructure Insight

This webinar looks at the value of data center infrastructure insight both as a technology as well as a business productivity enabler. Besides productivity, having insight into how data infrastructure resources (servers, storage, networks, system software) are used, enables informed analysis, troubleshooting, planning, forecasting as well as cost-effective decision-making. In other words, data center infrastructure insight, based on infrastructure performance analytics, enables you to avoid flying blind, having situational awareness for proactive Information Technology (IT) management. Your return on innovation is increased, and leveraging insight awareness along with metrics that matter drives return on investment (ROI) along with enhanced service delivery.

October 20, 2016 – Webinar 9AM PT – BrightTalk
Next-Gen Data Centers Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI) including Servers, Storage and Virtualization

At the core of next generation data centers are software defined data infrastructures that enable, protect, preserve and serve applications, data along with their resulting information services. Software defined data infrastructure core components include hardware, software servers and storage configured (defined) to provide various services enabling application Performance Availability Capacity and Economics (PACE). Just as there are different types of environments, applications along with workloads various options, technologies as well as techniques exist for virtual servers and storage. Join us in this session to discuss trends, technologies, tools, techniques and services around storage and virtualization for today, tomorrow, and in the years to come. Topics include:

– Data Infrastructures exist to support applications and their underlying resource needs
– Software Defined Infrastructures (SDDI) are what enable Software Defined Data Centers
– Server and Storage Virtualization better together, with and without CI/HCI
– Many different facets (types) of Server virtualization and virtual storage
– When, where, why and how to use storage virtualization and virtual storage

September 20, 2016 – Webinar 8AM PT – BrightTalk
Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI) Enabling Software Defined Data Centers – Part of Software-Defined Storage summit

Data Infrastructures exist to support applications and their underlying resource needs. Software-Defined Infrastructures (SDI) are what enable Software-Defined Data Centers, and at the heart of a SDI is storage that is software-defined. This spans cloud, virtual and physical storage and is at the focal point of today. Join us in this session to discuss trends, technologies, tools, techniques and services around SDI and SDDC- today, tomorrow, and in the years to come.

September 13, 2016 – Webinar 11AM PT – Redmond Magazine and
Dell Software
Windows Server 2016 and Active Directory
Whats New and How to Plan for Migration

Windows Server 2016 is expected to GA this fall and is a modernized version of the Microsoft operating system that includes new capabilities such as Active Directory (AD) enhancements. AD is critical to organizational operations providing control and secure access to data, networks, servers, storage and more from physical, virtual and cloud (public and hybrid). But over time, organizations along with their associated IT infrastructures have evolved due to mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and general growth. As a result, yesterday’s AD deployments may look like they did in the past while using new technology (e.g. in old ways). Now is the time to start planning for how you will optimize your AD environment using new tools and technologies such as those in Windows Server 2016 and AD in new ways. Optimizing AD means having a new design, performing cleanup and restructuring prior to migration vs. simply moving what you have. Join us for this interactive webinar to begin planning your journey to Windows Server 2016 and a new optimized AD deployment that is flexible, scalable and elastic, and enables resilient infrastructures. You will learn:

What’s new in Windows Server 2016 and how it impacts your AD
Why an optimized AD is critical for IT environments moving forward
How to gain insight into your current AD environment
AD restructuring planning considerations

September 8, 2016 – Webinar 11AM PT (Watch on Demand) – Redmond Magazine, Acronis and Unitrends
Data Protection for Modern Microsoft Environments

Your organization’s business depends on modern Microsoft® environments — Microsoft Azure and new versions of Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Hyper-V with RCT, and business applications — and you need a data protection solution that keeps pace with Microsoft technologies. If you lose mission-critical data, it can cost you $100,000 or more for a single hour of downtime. Join our webinar and learn how different data protection solutions can protect your Microsoft environment, whether you store data on company premises, at remote locations, in private and public clouds, and on mobile devices.

Where To Learn More

View other upcoming and recent events at the Server StorageIO activities page here.

What This All Means

Its fall back to school and learning time, join me on these and other upcoming event activities.

Ok, nuff said, for now…

Cheers
Gs

Greg Schulz – Microsoft MVP Cloud and Data Center Management, vSAN and VMware vExpert. Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press) and Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier) and twitter @storageio

September 3, 2013January 23, 2019

Is more of something always better? Depends on what you are doing

Storage I/O trends

Is more always better? Depends on what you are doing

As with many things it depends, however how about some of these?

Is more better for example (among others):

Facebook likes
Twitter followers or tweets (I’m @storageio btw)
Google+ likes, follows and hangouts
More smart phone apps
LinkedIn connections
People in your circle or community
Photos or images per post or article
People working with or for you
Partners vs. doing more with those you have
People you are working for or with
Posts or longer posts with more in them
IOPs or SSD and storage performance
Domains under management and supported
GB/TB/PB/EB supported or under management
Mart-time jobs or a better full-time opportunity
Metrics vs. those that matter with context
Programmers to get job done (aka mythical man month)
Lines of code per cost vs. more reliable and tested code per cost
For free items and time spent managing them vs. more productivity for a nominal fee
Meetings for planning on what to do vs. streamline and being more productive
More sponsors or advertisers or underwriters vs. fewer yet more effective ones
Space in your booth or stand at a trade show or conference vs. using what you have more effectively
Copies of the same data vs. fewer yet more unique (not full though) copies of information
Patents in your portfolio vs. more technology and solutions being delivered
Processors, sockets, cores, threads vs. using them more effectively
Ports and protocols vs. using them more effectively

Storage I/O trends

Thus does more resources matter, or making more effective use of them?

For example more ports, protocols, processors, cores, sockets, threads, memory, cache, drives, bandwidth, people among other things is not always better, particular if those resources are not being used effectively.

Likewise don’t confuse effective with efficient often assumed to mean used.

For example a cache or memory may be 100% used (what some call efficient) yet only providing a 35% effective benefit (cache hit or miss) vs. cache turn (misses etc).

Throwing more processing power in terms of clock speed, or cores is one thing, kind of like throwing more server blades at a software problem vs. using those cores and sockets not to mention threads more effectively.

Good software will run better on fast hardware while enabling more to be done with the same or less.

Thus with better software or tools, more work can be done in an effective way leveraging those resources vs. simply throwing or applying more at the situation.

Hopefully you get the point, so no need to do more with this post (for now), if not, stay tuned and pay more attention around you.

Ok, nuff said, I need to go get more work done 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)

July 23, 2013January 23, 2019

Non Disruptive Updates, Needs vs. Wants

Storage I/O trends

Do you want non disruptive updates or do you need non disruptive upgrades?

First there is a bit of play on words going on here with needs vs. wants, as well as what is meant by non disruptive.

Regarding needs vs. wants, they are often used interchangeably particular in IT when discussing requirements or what the customer would like to have. The key differentiator is that a need is something that is required and somehow cost justified, or hopefully easier than a want item. A want or like to have item is simply that, its not a need however it could add value being a benefit although may be seen as discretionary.

There is also a bit of play on words with non disruptive updates or upgrades that can take on different meanings or assumptions. For example my Windows 7 laptop has automatic Microsoft updates enabled some of which can be applied while I work. On the other hand, some of those updates may be applied while I work however they may not take effect until I reboot or exit and restart an application.

This is not unique to Windows as my Ubuntu and Centos Linux systems can also apply updates, and in some cases a reboot might be required, same with my VMware environment. Lets not forget about applying new firmware to a server, or workstation, laptop or other device, along with networking routers, switches and related devices. Storage is also not immune as new software or firmware can be applied to a HDD or SSD, either by your workstation, laptop, server or storage system. Speaking of storage systems, they too have new software or firmware that gets updated.

Storage I/O trends

The common theme here though is if the code (e.g. software, firmware, microcode, flash update, etc) can be applied non disruptive something known as non disruptive code load, followed by activation. With activation, the code may have been applied while the device or software was in use, however may need a reboot or restart. With non disruptive code activation, there should not be a disruption to what is being done when the new software takes effect.

This means that if a device supports non disruptive code load (NDCL) updates along with non disruptive code activation (NDCA), the upgrade can occur without disruption or having to wait for a reboot.

Which is better?

That depends, I want NDCA, however for many things I only need NDCL.

On the other hand, depending on what you need, perhaps it is both NDCL and NDCA, however also keep in mind needs vs. wants.

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

January 5, 2013November 26, 2023

The Human Face of Big Data, a Book Review

My copy of the new book The Human Face of Big Data created by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt arrived yesterday compliments of EMC (the lead sponsor). In addition to EMC, the other sponsors of the book are Cisco, VMware, FedEx, Originate and Tableau software.

To say this is a big book would be an understatement, then again, big data is a big topic with a lot of diversity if you open your eyes and think in a pragmatic way, which once you open and see the pages you will see. This is physically a big book (11x 14 inches) with lots of pictures, texts, stories, factoids and thought stimulating information of the many facets and dimensions of big data across 224 pages.

While Big Data as a buzzword and industry topic theme might be new, along with some of the related technologies, techniques and focus areas, other as aspects have been around for some time. Big data means many things to various people depending on their focus or areas of interest ranging from analytics to images, videos and other big files. A common theme is the fact that there is no such thing as an information or data recession, and that people and data are living longer, getting larger, and we are all addicted to information for various reasons.

Big data needs to be protected and preserved as it has value, or its value can increase over time as new ways to leverage it are discovered which also leads to changing data access and life cycle patterns. With many faces, facets and areas of interests applying to various spheres of influence, big data is not limited to programmatic, scientific, analytical or research, yet there are many current and use cases in those areas.

Big data is not limited to videos for security surveillance, entertainment, telemetry, audio, social media, energy exploration, geosciences, seismic, forecasting or simulation, yet those have been areas of focus for years. Some big data files or objects are millions of bytes (MBytes), billion of bytes (GBytes) or trillion of bytes (TBytes) in size that when put into file systems or object repositories, add up to Exabytes (EB – 1000 TBytes) or Zettabytes (ZB – 1000 EBs). Now if you think those numbers are far-fetched, simply look back to when you thought a TByte, GByte let alone a MByte was big or far-fetched future. Remember, there is no such thing as a data or information recession, people and data are living longer and getting larger.

Big data is more than hadoop, map reduce, SAS or other programmatic and analytical focused tool, solution or platform, yet those all have been and will be significant focus areas in the future. This also means big data is more than data warehouse, data mart, data mining, social media and event or activity log processing which also are main parts have continued roles going forward. Just as there are large MByte, GByte or TByte sized files or objects, there are also millions and billions of smaller files, objects or pieces of information that are part of the big data universe.

You can take a narrow, product, platform, tool, process, approach, application, sphere of influence or domain of interest view towards big data, or a pragmatic view of the various faces and facets. Of course you can also spin everything that is not little-data to be big data and that is where some of the BS about big data comes from. Big data is not exclusive to the data scientist, researchers, academia, governments or analysts, yet there are areas of focus where those are important. What this means is that there are other areas of big data that do not need a data science, computer science, mathematical, statistician, Doctoral Phd or other advanced degree or training, in other words big data is for everybody.

Cover image of Human Face of Big Data Book

Back to how big this book is in both physical size, as well as rich content. Note the size of The Human Face of Big Data book in the adjacent image that for comparison purposes has a copy of my last book Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC), along with a 2.5 inch hard disk drive (HDD) and a growler. The Growler is from Lift Bridge Brewery (Stillwater, MN), after all, reading a big book about big data can create the need for a big beer to address a big thirst for information ;).

The Human Face of Big Data is more than a coffee table or picture book as it is full of with information, factoids and perspectives how information and data surround us every day. Check out the image below and note the 2.5 inch HDD sitting on the top right hand corner of the page above the text. Open up a copy of The Human Face of Big Data and you will see examples of how data and information are all around us, and our dependence upon it.

A look inside the book The Humand Face of Big Data image

Book Details:
Copyright 2012
Against All Odds Productions
ISBN 978-1-4549-0827-2
Hardcover 224 pages, 11 x 0.9 x 14 inches
4.8 pounds, English

There is also an applet to view related videos and images found in the book at HumanFaceofBigData.com/viewer in addition to other material on the companion site www.HumanFacesofBigData.com.

Get your copy of
The Human Face of Big Data at Amazon.com by clicking here or at other venues including by clicking on the following image (Amazon.com).

Some added and related material:
Little data, big data and very big data (VBD) or big BS?
How many degrees separate you and your information?
Hardware, Software, what about Valueware?
Changing Lifecycles and Data Footprint Reduction (Data doesnt have to lose value over time)
Garbage data in, garbage information out, big data or big garbage?
Industry adoption vs. industry deployment, is there a difference?
Is There a Data and I/O Activity Recession?
Industry trend: People plus data are aging and living longer
Supporting IT growth demand during economic uncertain times
No Such Thing as an Information Recession

For those who can see big data in a broad and pragmatic way, perhaps using the visualization aspect this book brings forth the idea that there are and will be many opportunities. Then again for those who have a narrow or specific view of what is or is not big data, there is so much of it around and various types along with focus areas you too will see some benefits.

Do you want to play in or be part of a big data puddle, pond, or lake, or sail and explore the oceans of big data and all the different aspects found in, under and around those bigger broader bodies of water.

Bottom line, this is a great book and read regardless of if you are involved with data and information related topics or themes, the format and design lend itself to any audience. Broaden your horizons, open your eyes, ears and thinking to the many facets and faces of big data that are all around us by getting your copy of The Human Face of Big Data (Click here to go to Amazon for your copy) book.

Ok, nuff said.

Cheers gs

Greg Schulz – Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press, 2011), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press, 2009), and Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier, 2004)

twitter @storageio

September 6, 2012November 26, 2023

Does software eliminate or move location of vendor lockin?

data infrastructure server storage I/O vendor lockin

Updated 1/21/2018

Does software eliminate or move location of vendor lockin?

I’m always interested when I hear or read a software vendor or their value added reseller (VAR) or business partner claim that their solution eliminates vendor lockin.

More often than not, I end up being amazed if not amused over the claims which usually should be rephrased as eliminating hardware vendor lock-in.

What is also amazing or amusing is that while some vendors make claims of eliminating (hardware) vendor lock-in, there is also some misdirection taking place. While some solutions may be architected to cut hardware vendor lock-in, how they are sold or packaged can force certain vendors technology into your solution. For example, the EMC Centera software in theory and architecture is hardware vendor independent, however it is sold as a solution (hardware and software), similar to how Dell sells the DX which uses software from Caringo and you guessed right, Dell hardware among many other similar scenarios from other vendors.

How about virtualization or other abstraction software tools along with cloud, object storage, clustered file systems and related tools.

StorageIO industry trends and perspectives, I/O, clouds, virtualization

Keep in mind the gold rule of management software and tools which includes virtualization, cloud stacks, clustered file systems among other similar tools. The golden rule is simply who ever controls the software and management controls the gold (e.g. your budget). In the case of a storage software tools such as virtualization, cloud or object storage, cluster or NAS system among others, while they can be correct depending on how packaged and sold of eliminating hardware vendor lock-in, the lock-in also moves.

The lock-in moves from the hardware to the software which even though a particular solution may be architected to use industry standard components, often to make it easy for acquisition, a vendor packages the solution with hardware. In other words, sure, the vendor unlocked you from one vendors hardware with their software only to lock you into theirs or somebody else’s.

Now granted, it may not be a hard lock (pun intended), rather a soft marketing and deployment packaging decision. However there are some solutions that give themselves or at least via their marketing on hardware independence only to force you into buying their tin wrapped software (e.g. an appliance) with their choice of disk drives, network components and other items.

So when a software or solution vendor claims to cut vendor lock-in, ask them if that is hardware vendor lock-in and if they are moving or shifting the point of vendor lock-in. Keep in mind that vendor lock-in does not have to be a bad thing if it provides you the customer with value. Also keep in mind that only you can prevent vendor lock-in which is like only you can prevent cloud data loss (actually its a shared responsibility ;) ).

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

Here is my point, so what if a vendor chooses to wrap their software with an appliance to make it easy for you to buy and deploy, however unless they are willing to work with you on what hardware that will be, perhaps they should think about going a bit easier on the vendor lock-in theme.

In the quest to race from hardware vendor lock-in, be aware with ears and eyes wide open to make sure that you are not fleeing from one point of lock-in to another. In other words, make sure that the cure to your vendor lock-in challenge is not going to be more painful than your current ailment.

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

Ok, nuff said, for now.

July 3, 2012January 1, 2021

Dell is buying Quest software, not the phone company Qwest

For those not familiar with Quest, they are a software company not to be confused with the telephone communications company formerly known as Qwest (aka now known as centurylink).

Both Dell and Quest have been on software related acquisition initiatives that past few years with Quest having purchased vKernel, Vizoncore (vRanger virtualization backup), BakBone (who had acquire Alavarii and Asempra) for traditional backup and data protection among others. Not to be out done, as well as purchasing Quest, Dell has also more recently bought Appassure (Disclosure: StorageIOblog site sponsor) for data protection, Sonicwall and Wyse in addition to some other recent purchases (ASAP, Boomi, Compellent, Exanet, EqualLogic, Force10, InsightOne, KACE, Ocarina, Perot, RNA and Scalent among others).

What does this mean?
Dell is expanding the scope of their business with more products (hardware, software), solution bundles, services and channel partnering opportunities Some of the software tools and focus areas that Quest brings to the Dell table or portfolio include:

Database management (Oracle, SQLserver)
Data protection (virtual and physical backup, replication, bc, dr)
Performance monitoring (DCIM and IRM) of applications and infrastructure
User workspace management (application delivery)
Windows server management (migrate and manage, AD, exchange, sharepoint)
Identify and access management (security, compliance, privacy)

What does Dell get by spending over $2B USD on quest?

Additional software titles or product

More software developers for their Software group

Sales people to help promote, partner and sell software solutions

Create demand pull for other Dell products and services via software

Increase its partner reach via existing Quest VARs and business partners

Extend the size of the Dell software and intellectual property (IP) portfolio

New revenue streams that compliment existing products and lines of business

Potential for better rate of return on some of its $12B USD in cash or equivalence

Is this a good move for Dell?
Yes for the above reasons

Is there a warning to this for Dell?
Yes, they need to execute, keep the Quest team focused along with their other teams on the respective partners, products and market opportunities while expanding into new areas. Dell needs to also leverage Quest to further its cause in creating trust, confidence and strategic relationships with channel partners to reach new markets in different geographies. In addition, Dell needs to articulate its strategy and positioning of the various solutions to avoid products being perceived as competing vs. complimenting each other.

Additional Dell related links:
Dell Storage Customer Advisory Panel (CAP)
Dell Storage Forum 2011 revisited
Dude, is Dell doing a disk deal again with Compellent?
Data footprint reduction (Part 2): Dell, IBM, Ocarina and Storwize
Post Holiday IT Shopping Bargains, Dell Buying Exanet?
Dell Will Buy Someone, However Not Brocade (At least for now)

Ok, nuff said for now

Cheers Gs

Greg Schulz – Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press, 2011), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press, 2009), and Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier, 2004)

twitter @storageio

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Software Defined Data Infrastructure Webinars and Fall 2016 events

December 7, 2016 – Webinar 11AM PT – BrightTalk Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Decision Making

November 29-30, 2016 (New) – Converged & Hyper-Converged Decision Making Is Converged Infrastructure Right For You? Workshop Seminar – Nijkerk The Netherlands

November 28, 2016 (New) – Server Storage I/O Fundamental Trends V2.1116 Whats New, Whats the buzz, what you need to know about and whos doing what Workshop Seminar – Nijkerk The Netherlands

November 23, 2016 – Webinar 10AM PT BrightTalkBCDR and Cloud Backup Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI) and Data Protection

November 23, 2016 – Webinar 9AM PT – BrightTalkCloud Storage – Hybrid and Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI)

November 22, 2016 – Webinar 10AM PT – BrightTalkCloud Infrastructure Hybrid and Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI)

November 15, 2016 (New) – 11AM PT Webinar – Redmond Magazine and Solarwinds The O.A.R. of Virtualization Scaling A journey of optimization, automation, and reporting

November 3, 2016 (New) – Webinar 11AM PT – Redmond Magazine and Dell Software Tailor Your Backup Data Repositories to Fit Your Security and Management Needs

October 27, 2016 (New) – Webinar 10AM PT – Virtual Instruments The Value of Infrastructure Insight

October 20, 2016 – Webinar 9AM PT – BrightTalk Next-Gen Data Centers Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI) including Servers, Storage and Virtualization

September 20, 2016 – Webinar 8AM PT – BrightTalk Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI) Enabling Software Defined Data Centers – Part of Software-Defined Storage summit

September 13, 2016 – Webinar 11AM PT – Redmond Magazine and Dell SoftwareWindows Server 2016 and Active DirectoryWhats New and How to Plan for Migration

September 8, 2016 – Webinar 11AM PT (Watch on Demand) – Redmond Magazine, Acronis and UnitrendsData Protection for Modern Microsoft Environments

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Is more always better? Depends on what you are doing

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Do you want non disruptive updates or do you need non disruptive upgrades?

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December 7, 2016 – Webinar 11AM PT – BrightTalk
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Decision Making

November 29-30, 2016 (New) – Converged & Hyper-Converged Decision Making
Is Converged Infrastructure Right For You?
Workshop Seminar – Nijkerk The Netherlands

November 28, 2016 (New) – Server Storage I/O Fundamental Trends V2.1116
Whats New, Whats the buzz, what you need to know about and whos doing what
Workshop Seminar – Nijkerk The Netherlands

November 23, 2016 – Webinar 10AM PT BrightTalk
BCDR and Cloud Backup Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI) and Data Protection

November 23, 2016 – Webinar 9AM PT – BrightTalk
Cloud Storage – Hybrid and Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI)

November 22, 2016 – Webinar 10AM PT – BrightTalk
Cloud Infrastructure Hybrid and Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI)

November 15, 2016 (New) – 11AM PT Webinar – Redmond Magazine and Solarwinds
The O.A.R. of Virtualization Scaling
A journey of optimization, automation, and reporting

November 3, 2016 (New) – Webinar 11AM PT – Redmond Magazine and
Dell Software
Tailor Your Backup Data Repositories to
Fit Your Security and Management Needs

October 27, 2016 (New) – Webinar 10AM PT – Virtual Instruments
The Value of Infrastructure Insight

October 20, 2016 – Webinar 9AM PT – BrightTalk
Next-Gen Data Centers Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI) including Servers, Storage and Virtualization

September 20, 2016 – Webinar 8AM PT – BrightTalk
Software Defined Data Infrastructures (SDDI) Enabling Software Defined Data Centers – Part of Software-Defined Storage summit

September 13, 2016 – Webinar 11AM PT – Redmond Magazine and
Dell Software
Windows Server 2016 and Active Directory
Whats New and How to Plan for Migration

September 8, 2016 – Webinar 11AM PT (Watch on Demand) – Redmond Magazine, Acronis and Unitrends
Data Protection for Modern Microsoft Environments