Maish Saidel-Keesing lays out how to configure SSD Equivalence for Oracle RAC at technodrone.blogspot.com: There are a number of posts on how to do this like here or here, and Oracle even have been so kind as to provide a script that will do this for you (even though it is not 100% automated. Read … [Read more...]
Howard Marks and Robin Harris Debate SSD Array Architecture
June 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As if it wasn't obvious already that SSD is the most controversial topic in enterprise storage, here's Howard Marks and Robin Harris with a great back-and-forth about array architecture. We can't wait to read the continuing exchange! Robin started everything with Are SSD-based arrays a bad … [Read more...]
Nimbus E-Class: The First Big, Redundant, All-Flash Enterprise Array
February 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Today’s announcement of the E-Class storage array is an important milestone for Nimbus Data and solid-state storage in the enterprise. Until now, most solid-state storage arrays have been fairly small-scale, focused on point performance rather than enterprise-wide capacity. But the E-Class, which … [Read more...]
NetApp Deduplication An In-depth Look
September 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
There has been a lot of discussion lately about the NetApp deduplication technology, especially on twitter. We had a lot of misinformation and FUD flying around, so I thought that a blog entry that takes a close look at the technology was in order. But first a bit of disclosure, I currently … [Read more...]
Micron Bursts Into the PCIe SSD Market
September 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Micron RealSSD P320h is more than a new form-factor for the company; it also introduces their RAIN technology This morning, Micron announced their “RealSSD” P320h SSD, bringing them into the PCIe storage market for the first time. Already a leading supplier of both consumer and … [Read more...]
EMC FAST and NetApp FlashCache a Comparison
September 21, 2011 by 4 Comments
This article is intended to provide the reader with an introduction to two technologies, EMC FAST and NetApp FlashCache. Both of these technologies are intended to improve the performance of storage arrays, while also helping to bend the cost curve of storage downward. With the amount of data that … [Read more...]
Flash Storage and Automated Storage Tiering
September 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In recent years, a move toward automated storage tiering has begun in the data center. This move has been inspired by the desire to continue to drive down the cost of storage, as well as the introduction of faster, but more expensive storage in the form of Flash memory in the storage array … [Read more...]
Violin Memory Inc Release New All-SSD Array
May 27, 2010 by 1 Comment
I’m not a fan of making press releases on behalf of other companies however once in a while, a news item catches my interest. So it is with the announcement of the Violin Memory Inc. 3200 series of all-memory storage arrays. Why are these interesting? Because I think they are moving and … [Read more...]
EMC Mixes Avamar Into Iomega ix12-300r
May 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Wandering the EMC World show floor was very revealing. Along with EMC’s new VPLEX, Chris Mellor and I spotted the unannounced SDRAM-based ZeusRAM SSD from STEC. While getting some hands-on time with Iomega’s new 12-drive storage array, I spotted an exciting but unannounced feature: The ix12-300r … [Read more...]
STEC Spills the Beans on ZeusRAM SSD
May 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
STEC may not have been quite ready to reveal their next-generation ZeusRAM solid-state disk (SSD), but they are demonstrating it anyway at EMC World in Boston this week. The ZeusRAM is a fundamentally different animal from the existing ZeusIOPS drive in one critical way: Rather than using flash … [Read more...]