My February 2003 column for Storage magazine focused on the surprising difficulty of measuring storage utilization. I wrote: “A true measurement of utilization would reflect every layer of usage metrics – from raw disk in a shared array to used storage within files. Raw storage for each new frame of reference is contained within […]
Enterprise storage
HP Picks Up iSCSI Contender, LeftHand Networks
It’s all over the industry news – HP will acquire LeftHand Networks for a reported $360 million in cash. The last funding press release I could find was dated September 8, 2005, when Valhalla Partners led a $25 million round, bringing LeftHand’s total funding to $75 million. This is a very nice payday for the […]
Is Deduplication Ready for Prime Time?
Deduplication is here for backup, but it is not yet ready for prime time in primary storage applications
Storage Decisions New York 2008 Feedback
Key takeaways from my Storage Decisions New York 2008 sessions: segment email archives, get legal involved on retention policy, consider the impact of VMware VDC-OS
A Consultant’s View Of The Enterprise Storage Market
This is part of an ongoing series of longer articles I will be posting every Sunday as part of an experiment in offering more in-depth content. I am not the typical enterprise storage user. In fact, I am not an enterprise storage user at all – I am a consultant focused for over a decade […]
