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Imagining a Datacenter without Disks

The following post was submitted by Greg Duplessie of The ExecEvent, an exclusive networking event for industry executives. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of WHIPTAIL.

A datacenter that uses only SSD and Tape to handle data storage and I/O needs.  You may have heard this crazy thought before, but is it becoming a reality?

Imagine a datacenter without spinning disks.  Crazy?  Maybe.  Possible?  You bet.  Realistic?  Probably not for most ...

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22
DEC
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Is VDI the Next Big Thing?

The following post was written by Eugene Alfaro of Cornerstone Technologies, an IT Engineering Services company located in San Jose, CA.

The phrase “the next big thing” brings to mind the short-lived careers of many in the entertainment industry who excited the masses for a moment but could not sustain their popularity. Using that perspective, we can learn from recent technology history to determine which disruptive technologies were merely a flash in ...

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13
DEC
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It’s all about the IOPS

By guest blogger, Jur Faber, CEO Consolidate IT- The Netherlands

Over the years the storage concepts have changed drastically.

Application performance was a matter of memory, drives and CPU power. As I sit here looking at a server, I’m confronted with idle (napping?) CPU’s and overheating drives (nothing like the summer odor of cooking plastic.)

The quality performance of everyday applications that the users need is limited nowadays by the storage. It’s that simple. I need no intelligent tiering device to help me ...

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AUG
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