I keep hearing this question, and I keep responding “not anytime soon,” rather than with a flat “no.” I can understand why some may consider replacing file storage with object storage given developments that are occurring, but file storage still has plenty of life....
Read More »There have been reports that a social media firm has purchased 85 PB of object storage from EMC. This is significant for several reasons. Certainly it is a large amount of capacity in a single purchase that should make the salesman...
Read More »Dealing with information in IT operations includes delivering the resources to store and retrieve information as well as all the management and security requirements. Continued capacity demand creates challenges in adding more storage systems, adapting the data protection process...
Read More »Storage devices such as hard disk drives may be seen as commodities, although storage systems that businesses depend on are clearly not commodities. Systems that store the most critical information inside data centers are complex and sophisticated, developed by companies...
Read More »I had a long discussion with an IT director for a large company this past week, and we talked about his views on open source software. Basically, he said he considered open source for information management software a much greater expense...
Read More »I just read an article written by Kevin Roose and published recently by New York mag that starts: “At 6 a.m. on Friday, I wake up, fumble for my alarm, and roll out of bed. As I walk to the...
Read More »This SearchStorage.com blog post explores how SSD might be changing the lifecycle of storage, and how this could impact the industry. Read the blog HERE
Read More »We’re seeing many different vendor initiatives for appliances or special purpose applications that run inside storage systems. In contrast to general purpose storage systems, these appliances consist of special purpose applications running on servers. The most common type of appliance is...
Read More »There is a prevalent problem in Information Technology today – too much data. Most of the data is in the form of files and called unstructured data. Unstructured data continues to increase at rates that average around 60% per year according to...
Read More »Paul Maritz (Photo credit: Dell's Official Flickr Page) On March 15, EMC EMC +3.1%’s Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci announced the division of EMC into three groups: EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II), EMCVMware VMW +1.64%, and EMC Pivotal. In the grand scheme of all things...
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