Updated: 2011-04-28 01:06:08
The above chart comes from our last month’s newsletter on the lastest SPECsfs2008 file system performance benchmark results and depicts a scatter plot of system NFS throughput operations per second versus the number of disk drives in the system being tested. We eliminate from this chart any system that makes use of Flash Cache/SSDS or any other performance [...]
Updated: 2011-04-25 19:24:45
Spring 2011 Server and StorageIO News Letter
Updated: 2011-04-22 21:20:06
A recent post by Mark Lewis on innovation in large companies (see Episode 105: Innovation – a process problem?) brought to mind some ideas that have been intriguing me for quite awhile now. While Mark’s post is only the start of his discussion on the management of innovation, I think the problem goes far beyond [...]
Updated: 2011-04-22 17:47:18
Buzzword Bingo is a fun and entertaining game that you may have played without knowing it
Updated: 2011-04-21 20:26:06
Let me keep this simple, efficient and effective, Happy Earth Day 2011 April 22, 2011. Be smart, practical, conscious, aware, recycle, cut down on waste, work smarter and more effective. Ok, nuff said for now, go hug a tree, your computer, hybrid car, droid, ipad, spouse, partner, kid, dog, cat or whatever suits your needs. [...]
Updated: 2011-04-21 05:12:57
Was invited to the SNIA tech center to witness the CDMI (Cloud Data Managament Initiative) plugfest that was going on down in Colorado Springs. It was somewhat subdued. I always imagine racks of servers, with people crawling all over them with logic analyzers, laptops and other electronic probing equipment. But alas, software plugfests are generally [...]
Updated: 2011-04-15 19:59:32
For those who follow or are involved with data storage religiously with a passion, then this is for you, as for others who do not get or understand what it is about, just ask those are devout data storage followers.
Updated: 2011-04-14 16:31:42
Nowadays, people mostly turn to online business because it seems more profitable. When they set up a business or even a store, they don’t need to think about any monthly bill. When people have offline stores, they have to think about the electricity, air conditioner, gas, or heater bills. No wonder if the things sold [...]
Updated: 2011-04-14 10:17:59
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Updated: 2011-04-14 01:20:27
Jose Barreto blogged about a recent report Microsoft did on File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) results (blog here, report here). As you may know FSCT is a free tool released in September of 2009, available from Microsoft that verifies a SMB (CIFS) and/or SMB2 storage server configuration. The FSCT can be used by anyone to verify [...]
Updated: 2011-04-11 04:56:30
For once, I think Teradata’s annual hardware refresh is pretty interesting, because of the integration of flash storage into its high-end “active enterprise data warehouse” product line. The essence of the announcement is: Teradata is rolling out a new appliance,* the 6680, which combines hard-disk and solid-state drives, relying on Teradata Virtual Storage. Teradata is [...]
Updated: 2011-04-06 23:15:38
I heard storage beers last nite was quite the party, sorry I couldn’t make it but I did end up at the HDS customer reception which was standing room only and provided all the food and drink I could consume. Saw quite a lot of old friends too numerous to mention here but they know [...]
