There has been a lot of discussion lately about the NetApp deduplication technology, especially on...
Author - Joerg Hallbauer
EMC FAST and NetApp FlashCache a Comparison
This article is intended to provide the reader with an introduction to two technologies, EMC FAST...
Flash Storage and Automated Storage Tiering
In recent years, a move toward automated storage tiering has begun in the data center. This move...
Dell Buys 3PAR and Monolithic vs. Modular Storage
Dell has offered to buy 3PAR for about $1.1 billion. So, a number of my customers have called and...
Path Management Software Recommendations
Lately, I’m being asked more and more what my recommendations are around path management. In this...
Virtual Computing Environment Coalition
I was wondering how long it would take before these three decided to get together and try to push...
The real cost of storage
What's the real cost of storage? I get asked this question all the time, and it's so difficult to...
Storage Shangri-La
Cloud ComputingI don't know about you, but I've spent a lot of time reading about "Cloud Computing"...
Storage Efficiency
So, I've been sitting here thinking that with the current economic distress everyone is looking to...
Wide striping is a two edged sword
I have spent a lot of time lately talking with some of my coworkers, friends, etc. on the topic of...