IT infrastructure doesn’t typically ‘wear out’, so much as it becomes obsolete. Technology changes fast enough that newer models offer substantial benefits over systems that may be only a few years old. This is particularly true with controller hardware where obsolescence...
Read More »Intel and Micron just announced a new solid-state memory/storage technology that looks to replace NAND flash, and probably a fair amount of DRAM as well. When we talk about new technologies most of the focus is on what it can...
Read More »Last fall I wrote a post on the pronouncement we heard a CIO make to his IT group on adding more storage capacity in 2013: “No New Storage, use what you’ve got.” The reasoning for this decision was twofold: First,...
Read More »Automated tiering has become a popular offering among most major storage vendors. The ability to automatically and intelligently move part of a LUN or volume to the appropriate storage media based on performance requirements or frequency of use has shown a performance...
Read More »The use of solid state-based storage systems is rapidly increasing. So far, solid state technology has been deployed to accelerate applications in specific environments. Successes have been demonstrated for increasing the number of transactions a system can perform, the number of virtual...
Read More »Information Technology (IT) organizations must continue to innovate and advance their capabilities to deliver services more economically. Without making progress, competitive pressures will overtake IT with the following results: • The potential to be outsourced will become greater with the...
Read More »We recently queried some large enterprise IT storage architects about planned storage acquisitions in the next 12 months. The answer from one storage architect of a top-five financial institution was “ZERO, Nada, None. The CIO has told us there will...
Read More »Storage Misalignment has been a performance issue that has been around for a long time. It can contribute to as much as a 30% loss in performance is not resolved. It has always been a consideration in the physical environments...
Read More »IBM’s acquisition of Texas Memory Systems is the latest salvo in the battle of heavyweights as companies position themselves to offer primary storage based on solid-state technology. It’s important for IT professionals to understand that solid-state technology is used in...
Read More »Storage systems are undergoing important changes. New systems are becoming available that are both sophisticated and make storage “simple.” Simple is mainly a euphemism for automating many complicated tasks that administrators had to deal with before, but there’s a lot...
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