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Various cloud, virtualization, server, storage I/O poll’s storageioblog.com
The following are a collection of on-going industry trends and...
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Spring (May) 2012 StorageIO news letter storageioblog.com
The Spring May 2012 Server and StorageIO news letter covering trends,...
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Various cloud, virtualization, server, storage I/O poll's storageioblog.com
The following are a collection of on-going industry trends and...
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Spring (May) 2012 StorageIO news letter storageioblog.com
The Spring May 2012 Server and StorageIO news letter covering trends,...
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Is SSD dead? No, however some vendors might be storageioblog.com
Solid state device (SSD) data storage continues to evolve and grow in terms of adoption and deployment. How will market shakeout impact many startups vendors?

Don't miss session with Greg Schulz in the Netherlands May 14-15-16
Don't miss session with greg Schulz in the Netherlands May 14-15-16
- Don't be afraid of the Cloud
- Big data is Bullshit
- Extensive ...

Cloud computing adoption curve
This plot depicts the rate of adoption of cloud computing, versus the size of the company.
Last week I was strolling about Silicon Valley visiting several very interesting companies (I'll surely write about them in the next days). The...

Free signed book of Greg Schulz : Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking
Free signed book of Greg Schulz : Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking
The first 10 participants of the training session with ...

How much does it cost to “think cloudy”?
During the last week we witnessed the worst possible show from the most prominent cloud provider of the world: Amazon.
One of the best ...
During the last week we witnessed the worst possible show from the most prominent cloud provider of the world: Amazon. One of the best articles I saw in...

Why SSD based arrays and storage appliances can be a good idea
Vendor and product neutral, sorry, its not a product pitch, rather a perspective and discussion piece.
Why SSD based arrays and storage appliances can be a good idea (Part I) storageioblog.com
There are many options for deploying solid state device (SSD) in storage, where and how is the best way? Should drive form factor SSDs be used?

Have you ever experienced tape backup failure?
ExaGrid Systems, Inc invites all Back-Up and Storage Professionals to join their discussion and enter the competition for a chance to ...
ExaGrid Systems linkedin.com
Welcome to the company profile of ExaGrid Systems on LinkedIn. ExaGrid offers the fastest and most scalable disk backup system with data deduplication at the best...

Is 14.4TBytes of data storage for $52,503 a good deal? It depends!
A news story about the school board in Marshall Missouri approving data storage plans in addition to getting good news on health ...
Is 14.4TBytes of data storage for ,503 a good deal? It depends! storageioblog.com
What this means is the importance of looking beyond lowest cost, or cost per capacity (e.g. cost per TByte) factoring in value, feature functionality benefit.

World backup day, dont be a fool with restore
Industry trends & perspective comments, sorry no sales pitch ;)
If March 31st is backup day, dont be fooled with restore on April 1st storageioblog.com
With March 31st as world backup day, hopefully some will keep recovery and restoration in mind so as to not be fooled on April 1st.

Perspectives and comments about IBM announcement of converged infrastructure systems under the PureSystems banner. (non sales pitch)

Going dutch and other Spring 2012 StorageIO activities storageioblog.com
Themes and topics of these and other events include data center convergence, infrastructure optimization and data protection modernization.

What is the best kind of IO? The one you do not have to do storageioblog.com
The best kind of IO (input output operation) to disk or storage is one that you do not have to do. The next best is to make as efficient as possible.

Are large storage arrays dead at the hands of SSD? storageioblog.com
Trends and perspective piece (sorry, not a product pitch ;) There is still a place for traditional storage arrays or appliances particular those with extensive features, functionality and reliability availability serviceability (RAS).

More storage and IO metrics that matter storageioblog.com
It is great to see more conversations and coverage around storage metrics that matter beyond simply focusing on cost per GByte or TByte (e.g. space capacity).

Spring (May) 2012 StorageIO news letter storageioblog.com
The Spring May 2012 Server and StorageIO news letter covering trends, technologies, techniques and more is now available. Sorry there are no vendor promotions or ad's ;)

Announcement from Cloud Virtualization and Data Storage Networking
I would like to invite you to be a charter member in my new LinkedIn group Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking.
-Greg

Poll: What do you think of IT clouds?
IT clouds (compute, applications, storage, and services) are a popular topic for discussion with some people being entirely sold on them ...

Dude, is Dell going to buy Brocade?
Dude, is Dell going to buy Brocade?
http://storageioblog.com/?p=1898Or:
Dell Will Buy Someone, However Not Brocade (At least for ...

3 dirty little cloud computing secrets by David Linthicum
3 dirty little cloud computing secrets
What you need to know before committing to the cloud, whether vendors like it or not
David ...
