I have been involved with testing computer and storage systems for more than 30 years working in a variety of roles, including test engineering, and IT management roles. This is always interesting because by design, you are testing new configurations...
Read More »For much of the last year, vendors have been discussing end-to-end NVMe, but have not had anything tangible outside of statements of direction and “technology demonstrations”. With the announcement of end-to-end FC-NVMe solutions from both Dell-EMC and NetApp - and...
Read More »I just recently completed testing a Hyperconverged system using three new technologies: Intel Xeon Scalable processor systems Intel Optane storage and Intel NVMe Flash VMware vSAN 6.6 software The results showed significant performance enhancements, but more importantly significantly better price...
Read More »"The Best Storage System" by Russ Fellows As a storage analyst, I often get asked the same question, “What is the best array?” My answer has evolved slightly over the years, but now I use a very direct and clear...
Read More »Russ Fellows delivered "Solid State Deployments: Recommendations for POCs" at SNIA's Data Storage Innovation conference on Tuesday, April 7. If you weren't able to catch his presentation live, view his slides here on-demand.
Read More »In case you’ve been head down, buried in work this week you may have missed the announcement of VMware vSphere 6. If you are a VMware admin, you have likely been tracking this release for over a year. However, if...
Read More »The Next Storage Management War [caption id="attachment_10593" align="alignleft" width="174"] Storage Management Wars[/caption] Storage management is a mundane topic; one too dry even for most seasoned IT and storage administrators. However, it appears to be getting interesting again. This means that...
Read More »In what is an unfortunate cost of doing business in the cloud era, an online hosting service “CodeSpaces.com” has ceased operations today after several days of online attacks. Ironically, only two days ago, CodeSpaces website claimed to provide “Rock Solid,...
Read More »I recently read through a performance report created by a firm for one of their clients. My first thought is that it is good to see more people using actual lab testing and data rather than theoretical arguments as to...
Read More »Recently, I inadvertently became involved in a tweet fest, kicked off because a group of people believed I was attacking their protocol of choice. To devoted followers, a protocol is akin to religion, something that requires devotion and defense at...
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