Storage in virtualization: Performance and capacity challenges are widespread
Organizations report widespread performance and capacity challenges. SDS and HCI adoption continues to increase. How does StorMagic SvSAN tackle such issues and continue to be a leader in the field of...
View ArticleEvolution of Storage: Part 1 – Dedicated application resources
Starting at the beginning with dedicated application resources, this five part series takes a look at how storage solutions have evolved. We look at how data storage vendors are finally addressing the...
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: Software-defined storage in remote sites
Suppliers delivering software-only solutions, single RAID arrays and converged systems are all adopting the term 'software-defined'. To the IT buyers and operations managers definitions do not matter,...
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: Serviceability of branch office IT
Branch office solutions may be in place for 5 years or more, very often without an on-site support team to provide support when things go wrong. Remote centralized management is key to resolving...
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: Risk assessment for remote site IT
Organizations would like to have the time and experience to thoroughly evaluate data risk for their remote IT strategy. More often than not though, decisions have to made quickly. Should you consider...
View ArticleMight have missed: Mar 11 – Mar 24
This fortnight's Might Have Missed includes Tom Shanley on application downtime costing your organization money, Mike Matchett on unlocking hyper-convergence in 2016 and Magnus Andersson on vSphere 6.0...
View ArticleEvolution of Storage: Part 2 – Dawn of shared storage – JBOD arrays
In part two of this series we look at the subsequent introduction of shared JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) storage to alleviate some of these issues.
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: Conducting an application inventory in branch offices...
Do you know how many applications you have and which ones business managers use? More importantly which applications they don't use? Think of those that run not just on servers, personal computers,...
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: Distributing risk to increase resiliency
Managing risk alongside generating revenue and efficiency are key factors in determining business success. While centralization drives efficiency and one location is easier to secure than thousands, a...
View ArticleEvolution of Storage: Part 3 – The consolidation era – Server consolidation &...
As organizations grow in size, so does the requirement to retain more and more data. To limit the server sprawl and the number of storage islands, the concepts of server and storage consolidation were...
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: Requirements for high availability
High availability isn't always a requirement, but for organizations where applications need to run constantly in 10s or even 1000s of sites HA needs to be affordable.
View ArticleMight have missed: Mar 25 – Apr 7
This fortnight's Might Have Missed includes Tom Fenton on 5 storage trends to watch, StorageReview.com's independent review of Cisco UCS Mini and ActualTech Media's Gorilla Guide to Hyperconvergence...
View ArticleEvolution of Storage: Part 4 – The rise of the (virtual) machines – Server...
Building on the previous architectures with the primary objectives of protecting against a rogue application from consuming all server resources and driving up server resource utilization further, the...
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: Split brain
If the connection between two servers fails, but the servers keep running, you have what’s known as a split brain. This can lead to dreaded data corruption. But split brain is preventable.
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: IT considerations for remote site expansion
Organizations looking to expand into rural areas or less developed countries may face challenges such as: a lack of high performance network connectivity; the affordability of such networks; and a lack...
View ArticleEvolution of Storage: Part 5 – Present day & future – Software-defined storage
As mentioned in the last instalment, server virtualization and consolidation drive up resource utilization while ensuring that virtual machines only consume the resources that are allocated. This...
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: Creating a localized disaster recovery solution
With disasters ranging from server failure to a fire on-premises you need to plan varying approaches for disaster recovery scenarios.
View ArticleRemote office tech tip: When to avoid the cloud
Many CIO's will tell you moving all applications to the cloud is unrealistic. Considerations have to be made for application availability, performance and regulatory compliance. So should you avoid the...
View ArticleMight have missed: Apr 8 to Apr 21
This fortnight's Might Have Missed includes James Green on HA and protecting your vSphere environment, Orin Thomas on optimizing hyper-convergence for VDI and Brien Posey on why you need VM monitoring...
View ArticleHelping customers with their “Green IT” initiatives
Organizations all over the world are becoming more reliant on technology in order to operate as the demand for IT resources continues to grow exponentially. And yet, many IT managers are trying to meet...
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