Software Defined Storage Archives

Simplify Storage for Kubernetes with Rook and Ceph

Posted by: Sagar Nangare August 2, 2019 No Responses

Kubernetes has enabled applications to be cloud native, but application storage has not been enabled with cloud native features from the start. Rook bridges that big gap by making storage cloud native in conjunction with Ceph and other storage systems.

The Problem with Enterprise Data Storage and One Promising Solution

Posted by: Anupam Bhide March 25, 2019 No Responses

With the new information generated per second for every human being predicted to hit 1.7 megabytes by 2020, the expectations from data are enormous. The ability to analyze critical data and unearth critical insights can take enterprises to an entirely different level.

The Problem with Enterprise Data Storage and One Promising Solution

[Infographic] NVMe: Tryst with Technology Innovation

Posted by: Shweta Kulkarni December 20, 2018 No Responses

This infographic covers basics and need for NVMe; market drivers for NVMe, ecosystem, forecasts

[Infographic] NVMe: Tryst with Technology Innovation

Is the Cloud Next Thing for Long Term Data Retention or Archival?

Posted by: Sagar Nangare December 6, 2018 No Responses

it is clear that most vendors are focused towards utilizing public cloud or hybrid cloud environments to archive the long-term data. Use of the hybrid cloud means that private cloud can be used to store data, which is bound by compliance and security norms critical to organizations.

Is the Cloud Next Thing for Long Term Data Retention or Archival?

NVMe over Fabrics: Fibre Channel vs. RDMA

Posted by: Sagar Nangare November 15, 2018 No Responses

For enterprises deploying NVMe over Fabric, choosing between Fibre Channel and RDMA can be difficult, because both have advantages and disadvantages.

NVMe over Fabrics: Fibre Channel vs. RDMA

OpenStack and NVMe-over-Fabrics – Getting High Performance for Network Connected SSDs

Posted by: Sagar Nangare September 18, 2018 No Responses

This article focused light on a demonstration of utilizing SPDK storage framework from Intel for generating high-performance SSD transmission of data with the OpenStack based system and NVMe over fabrics.

OpenStack and NVMe-over-Fabrics – Getting High Performance for Network Connected SSDs

Top Three IoT Concerns for IT Infrastructure

Posted by: Sagar Nangare June 25, 2018 No Responses

This article talks about how a proliferation of data due to growing number of devices imposes a burden on current IT infrastructure and what needs to be done to tackle the challenges. Concerns are: need faster and high volume data storage systems, need scalable and agile network with high bandwidth and low latency

Top Three IoT Concerns for IT Infrastructure

Software-Defined-Storage (SDS) – An Alternative to Traditional Storage

Posted by: Anupam Bhide October 14, 2016 No Responses

We all are aware of the amount of data being generated by an enterprise as well as an individual every minute across the globe. Mobility, social media and Internet of Things (IoT) are the major contributors for the same, and...

Software-Defined-Storage (SDS) – An Alternative to Traditional Storage

Hyper-V shared VHDX vs VHDX

Posted by: Himanshu Sonkar December 22, 2015 No Responses

With the introduction of Windows 2k12 R2, shared VHDX has been added along with VHDX (Virtual Hard disk Extended). VHDX supports higher LUN storage (64 TB) and has better optimization in comparison to VHD. What are the benefits of shared...

VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols) – Tech Preview

Posted by: Calsoft Inc June 13, 2013 No Responses

vVols is a completely new concept designed to be the next generation of storage. However, todays storage protocols cause significant issues in adapting VM-centric approach. They might not realize a sudden change in their existing architecture, but modifications to scale...