Software-Defined Storage


Working with OSNEXUS to Make SDS Adoption Easy

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

5 Trends Shaping the Modern Data Center

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

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

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!

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

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

VDI and its Deployment: Three Strategies

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