Software-Defined Storage
Working with OSNEXUS to Make SDS Adoption Easy
Traditional storage arrays (feature-rich, powerful, and proprietary) have seen a revolution over the last decade with the dawn of Software-Defined Storage (SDS). I spoke with Western Digital partner Steven Umbehocker, CEO & Founder of OSNEXUS Corporation, to learn more about the state of SDS today, and how businesses and MSPs are taking advantage of SDS […]
November 16, 2020 • 6 min read Data
Three Rules to Software-Defined Storage Success – Gartner Event Takeaways
As you build your IT strategy for 2017, here are three rules to Software-Defined Storage that you should follow to ensure its success.
December 22, 2016 • 6 min read Data
5 Trends Shaping the Modern Data Center
When we think about the requirements of the modern data center, a large number of variables come to mind. Here are the top five technology trends disrupting the status quo.
May 23, 2016 • 5 min read Data
Deploying Oracle databases on Scalable VMware Virtual SAN 6
Working with Oracle database deployments, from earlier versions such as Oracle 7x to the latest Oracle database 12c , I have witnessed how storage systems have evolved to support Oracle database critical workloads. Previously, traditional storage arrays, built with spinning hard disk drives, were able to manage the performance requirements. But the increase in the […]
September 2, 2015 • 5 min read Data
Accelerating VDI Application Response Times: New HP Virtual SAN Solution
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
Business Critical Applications on VMware Virtual SAN: Extrapolating 48 Million NOPM!
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
VMworld US 2015: Something new and exciting is happening in VMware vSphere 6
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
More Choice Than Ever: Flash Storage for VMware Virtual SAN
There are so many choices available today as to how to adopt all-flash Virtual SAN. And that means customers can deploy the most efficient infrastructure for their workload needs.
June 25, 2015 • 3 min read Data
VDI and its Deployment: Three Strategies
There are three distinct ways VDI is deployed: VDI–in-a-box, VDI in network storage and VDI in software-defined storage. Flash plays a key role in each deployment architecture, improving user experience, accelerating performance and reducing costs. Biswapati Bhattacharjee shares how.
June 16, 2015 • 5 min read Data
The Roadmap to Software-Defined Storage – 3 Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite 2015
The future storage is all about server-attached, local flash memory storage and that is the mantra of cloud deployment
May 19, 2015 • 6 min read Data