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Extreme Tiered Storage: Flash, Disk, and Cloud

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Gestalt IT, Personal, Virtual Storage on 03. Feb, 2010 | Comments

In this video, I present the shortcomings of traditional tiered storage and propose a solution: Although merely using different disk types will never deliver the goods, adding flash and cloud to an integrated, automated solution will be truly revolutionary. I look forward to the day when all of today’s buzz-worthy technologies (flash, cloud, thin provisioning, automated tiering, post-RAID) are mixed together to form a really revolutionary storage system.

iPhone Review: Aliph Jawbone ICON BlueTooth Headset

Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal on 01. Feb, 2010 | Comments

iPhone Review: Aliph Jawbone ICON BlueTooth Headset

With my Cardo Scala abandoned in a New York taxi and my Motorola H800 falling apart, I decided it was time to pick up a new BlueTooth headset. As luck would have it, I decided to buy on the very day that Aliph released their next-generation Jawbone headset, the ICON.

CommVault Gives Cloud Storage A Seat At The Adult Table

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage on 01. Feb, 2010 | Comments

CommVault Gives Cloud Storage A Seat At The Adult Table

Only mature technologies are taken seriously and granted equal status when enterprise architectures are defined. That’s why I’m pleased to see today’s announcement that CommVault has completely integrated API-driven public cloud storage with Simpana, their impressive data protection and archiving suite. Now there are three equal backup targets: Tape, disk, and cloud.

Drobo Adding 4K Drive Support – What About Everyone Else?

Posted by Stephen in Apple, Enterprise storage, Terabyte home on 28. Jan, 2010 | Comments

Drobo is adding support for 4K-sector “Advanced Format” drives across their product line, but others do not seem as responsive.

Does Apple’s iPad Support Exchange?

Posted by Stephen in Apple on 27. Jan, 2010 | Comments

Does Apple’s iPad Support Exchange?

Apple introduced their “magical” iPad today, demonstrating impressive updates to iWork but focusing on home and consumer applications. The company never mentioned business applications beyond Keynote presentations, leaving a question as to whether they support Exchange ActiveSync like the iPhone family.

What I’ve Learned From Vendor Blogging

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 21. Jan, 2010 | Comments

What I’ve Learned From Vendor Blogging

Concluding my series on vendor bloggers, I present my own experiences wearing multiple hats and trying to remain credible.

Vendor Non-Blogs

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 20. Jan, 2010 | Comments

Vendor Non-Blogs

Biased content isn’t just found on blogs – it’s much more likely to be found in other areas like Twitter and discussion forums. When does discussion become Astroturf?

The Spectrum of Vendor Blogs

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 19. Jan, 2010 | Comments

The Spectrum of Vendor Blogs

There is a spectrum of vendor-oriented blogging in various IT infrastructure areas: Some are more or less open about where they work, some focus on common technology, and others work in marketing. Bloggers are wise to keep these in mind as they move to new companies!

Ramdisks: Back From the Brink of Extinction

Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage on 15. Jan, 2010 | Comments

Ramdisks: Back From the Brink of Extinction

Using system memory for storage is something of a lost art these days. But many of today’s I/O intensive tasks can still benefit from the untouchable quickness provided by a ramdisk. Happily, most operating systems are still capable of creating and using ramdisks.

Microsoft and Intel Push One Million iSCSI IOPS

Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Gestalt IT, Virtual Storage on 14. Jan, 2010 | Comments

Microsoft and Intel Push One Million iSCSI IOPS

In March, Microsoft and Intel demonstrated that the combination of Windows Server 2008 R2 and the Xeon 5500 could saturate a 10 GbE, pushing data throughput to wire speed. Today, they showed that this same combination can deliver an astonishing million I/O operations per second, too.

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