• Latest SPECsfs2008 results – chart of the month

    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 [...]

  • Spring 2011 Server and StorageIO News Letter

    Updated: 2011-04-25 19:24:45
    Spring 2011 Server and StorageIO News Letter

  • Technology innovation

    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 [...]

  • Buzzword Bingo and Acronym Update V2.011

    Updated: 2011-04-22 17:47:18
    Buzzword Bingo is a fun and entertaining game that you may have played without knowing it

  • Happy Earth Day 2011

    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. [...]

  • SNIA CDMI plugfest for cloud storage and cloud data services

    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 [...]

  • The data storage prayer

    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.

  • Produce Ecommerce Software Solution for Business

    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 [...]

  • Data Backup and Recovery Solution

    Updated: 2011-04-14 10:17:59
    Thursday 14 April 2011 About Contact Sitemap Advertise Here News Feed Comments Feed Home Audio HDTV Images Misc PC Phone Software Featured Article Gadget Gifts Videos Movies Home PC Data Backup and Recovery Solution Data Backup and Recovery Solution Thursday , April 14, 2011, 9:17 PC 21 views Add a comment Secure your imperative information . Always have a data back up and recovery to your system . Reach out to Data Back up and Recovery Solution online . Trust the right source and make your . start How vital is the data on your system How important is your data . This importance determines whether or not it needs to be backed up . As well as when and how it should be backed up . Have redundant backup sets that extend back for several backup periods , if your data is critical . For other

  • New file system capacity tool – Microsoft’s FSCT

    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 [...]

  • Teradata integrates in solid-state storage

    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 [...]

  • Initial impressions on Spring SNW/Santa Clara

    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 [...]

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