In my last blog post I talked about our VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) solution with our partner Lenovo, and new OLTP testing results. In this post, I would like to discuss some fantastic results we have achieved with a new Virtual SAN solution for VDI that we developed with our partner, HP. Indeed, this solution is […]
August 27, 2015 • 3 min read Data
Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve shared my last blog, mostly as I have been so busy working with different OEM partners on enabling VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) solutions. VMworld 2015 US is around the corner, taking place next week! My colleague, Beth Caltagirone, has written a nice blog elaborating on SanDisk®’s broad presence […]
August 27, 2015 • 3 min read Data
The recent, well-publicized hack of the website Ashleymadison.com (and before that: Twitter, United Airlines, Target, and more) is a harsh reminder to IT teams everywhere that the biggest risk to security is ourselves and our users. It is possible that their hack was due to improperly secured or reviewed administrative access, which is how many […]
August 20, 2015 • 3 min read Data
Do you really need DRAM? MIT researchers built a system called BlueBDM optimized for Big Data workloads around a core of flash memory and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), reprogrammable processors that can be used to accelerate search and other somewhat repetitive tasks. In the system, the reseachers linked 20 servers to FPGAs, which in […]
August 19, 2015 • 3 min read Data
Recently I did a webinar about server-side caching using Flash. We tried to have a little fun with it by naming it after the game “Two Lies and a Truth”. This is a common game used at meetings where people need some kind of an icebreaker to quickly get to know each other. You tell […]
August 17, 2015 • 4 min read Data
When you think of the big changes and disruptors in the new data center of today and tomorrow, Open Source software and Flash storage are two major forces that come to mind. What better place to bring the two together than at the Linux Conference for North America. It is one of the best places […]
August 12, 2015 • 4 min read Data
We are on the verge of a significant milestone with the advent of 3D NAND. In case you missed it, last week we announced that we have commenced operations of a 3D NAND pilot line in Yokkaichi, Japan. Our first product from the line is a 256Gb X3 NAND device constructed from 48 layers of […]
August 11, 2015 • 4 min read Data
VMware is expanding the platform’s SDS capabilities to incorporate and support third party software-based data services such as caching and replication. With our FlashSoft software, we take advantage of these capabilities to optimize storage I/O performance, while running as a data service that is deployed and managed by vSphere storage policies. It’s real-world software-defined storage that […]
August 10, 2015 • 5 min read Data
Columnstore indexes are a powerful memory-optimized column-oriented index intended for data warehouse workloads—but far too few architects know about them or their benefits. Columnstore indexes routinely improve performance by 10x, 100x (such as in the demo below), and even 1,000x—rendering results in seconds that classic row store data structures required minutes to satisfy. Microsoft recommends […]
August 7, 2015 • 4 min read Data
The pace of innovation in our industry is moving at breakneck speed, and if you’re wondering “what’s next for flash?” there is no better place to be this month than Flash Memory Summit. Flash memory is everywhere you look. From the thinnest smartphones in the world to the largest hyperscale data centers. Flash technology is […]
August 7, 2015 • 5 min read Data
