Configuring and Deploying the Dell EqualLogic Multi-Path I/O device specific module with Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Lance — No Comments ↓

A little old, but still a good one … The Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage array supports multiple iSCSI SAN connections for performance and reliability. Multi-Path I/O (MPIO) provides multiple paths from servers to storage, delivering fault tolerance, high availability, and improved performance. The Dell EqualLogic MPIO DSM simplifies MPIO setup and configuration in a Microsoft® Windows® server environment by Continue reading →

Storage administrators demand simplicity

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Lance — No Comments ↓

The torrent of data that threatens to overwhelm many corporate IT departments has driven demand for new types of storage technology. Storage managers aren’t asking for ever-larger, ever-more-complex boxes like those that play leading roles in traditional marketing campaigns and vendor bragfests. Storage managers need faster, higher-capacity hardware to keep up with volumes of data that nearly double every two Continue reading →

Seagate Discontinuing 7,200 RPM Drives–A Focus on Capacity?

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Lance — No Comments ↓

Seagate Technology announced that they are going to discontinue making 7,200 RPM 2.5-inch HDDs later in 2013. While 7,200 RPM is the predominant rotation speed in 3.5-inch HDDs used for desktop and near line storage applications; 7,200 PRM 2.5-inch drives are a minority of 2.5-inch shipments. These products are intended for high performance notebooks (which often are the larger screen Continue reading →

Western Digital claims HDD capacity doubled with nanotech breakthrough

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Lance — No Comments ↓

Western Digital has announced what it said is a nanotechnology breakthrough that will allow the company to double data storage capacity on hard disk drives (HDD). more …

Cloud, virtualization, Storage I/O trends for 2013 and beyond

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Lance — No Comments ↓

It is still early in 2013, so I can make some cloud, virtualization, storage and IO related predictions, or more aptly, talk about some trends, in addition to those that I made in late 2012, looking forward and back. Common over-riding themes will continue to include convergence (people and technology), valueware, clouds (public, private, hybrid and community) among others. Certainly, Continue reading →

Why everyone needs to care about data

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Lance — No Comments ↓

In the past few weeks we’ve been under a data deluge. There have been data-fueled debates over the performance of Tesla cars and who will win the Oscars. Esteemed journalists have pointed out what “data can’t do.” This drives home a point: Data is a hugely important theme making its influence felt all around us, regardless of whether or not Continue reading →

Red Hat Adds Storage Plug-in to Apache Hadoop Community

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Lance — No Comments ↓

Red Hat announced it will contribute its Red Hat Storage Hadoop plug-in to the Apache Hadoop open community later this year, adding another component to the big data ecosystem. Red Hat Adds Storage Plug-in to Apache Hadoop Communityby Colleen Miller

Dell beefs up its deduplication appliance line

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Lance — No Comments ↓

The DR4100 is built on a Dell PowerEdge 12th generation server. The earlier arrays were based on the PowerEdge 11th generation servers. The DR4000 is capable of replicating data from up to five remote office sites back to a DR-series array in a central … Dell beefs up its deduplication appliance line – Computerworld

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