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Optimizing infrastructure with VMware and the EVA

By Calvin Zito In early March, we announced the new EVA6400 and EVA8400 - we talked about that on this blog (see my post titled Storage Virtualization and the new EVA ). The EVA is really a great match for virtual server environments. Here's a video...

Published 05-14-2009 12:24 AM by CalvinZ

Filed under: virtualization, solid state storage technology, EVA, storage

1 Million IOPS with solid state storage technology

By Calvin Zito One thing I wanted to mention last week and I forgot was the results of some performance testing our partner Fusion-io and HP did. We were able to achieve over 1 million IOPS in a single HP ProLiant Server running four Quad-Core processors...

Published 04-15-2009 5:47 AM by CalvinZ

Filed under: solid state storage technology, storage

Solid State Smack Down

By Calvin Zito I always enjoy a good laugh and thought I'd have to share this video clip I found yesterday. But first you need the back story. If you've read this blog or other storage vendor blogs, you know that many have had issues with the...

Published 04-07-2009 2:35 PM by CalvinZ

Filed under: EMC, solid state storage technology, storage

Storage virtualization and the new EVA

By Calvin Zito In my first post , I gave an overview of the March 10 announcement we did. In part 2 , I gave a bit more color to the StorageWorks piece of the announcement. Today, I want to talk about the new EVA6400 and EVA8400 that were announced. If...

Published 03-12-2009 7:04 PM by CalvinZ

Filed under: virtualization, Solid State Disk, solid state storage technology, EVA, storage

Changing the economics of storage infrastructure with virtualization

By Calvin Zito Yesterday I talked about the announcement that our Technology Solutions Group did and briefly mentioned the part HP StorageWorks had in that announcement. Today, I'll drill down a bit more into the StorageWorks news. The current economic...

Published 03-11-2009 6:30 PM by CalvinZ

Filed under: backup, thin provisioning, virtualization, storage management, Solid State Disk, solid state storage technology, EVA, storage

NPI Day Part 2

By Calvin Zito In my previous post , I talked a little bit about our New Product Introduction (NPI) process and gave some pointers to a number of things that came from the latest NPI. Here are a few more things to highlight: We announced the HP StorageWorks...

Published 11-17-2008 11:00 PM by CalvinZ

Filed under: security, virtualization, solid state storage technology, Utility Ready Storage, storage

Solid State Technology from the desktop to the data center

The topic of solid state technology has been oft covered here and by others in the storage industry. I'd like to point out a few things from the last few days for your consideration and reading pleasure: Jieming Zhu works for the HP StorageWorks office...

Published 10-23-2008 10:22 PM by CalvinZ

Filed under: solid state storage technology, storage

Solid State Hype or FUD

"Storagezilla" (aka Mark Twomey) is one of the many EMC bloggers and the other day he wrote an entry on his blog questioning where HP is with solid state technology, accusing HP of FUD. I'm guessing either EMC has talking points or he was...

Published 10-08-2008 9:06 PM by CalvinZ

Filed under: EMC, solid state storage technology, storage

HP's New Solid State Storage Web Page

Hi folks, If you're keeping abreast of the developments in Solid State Storage Technology for PCs, Servers and Storage Arrays, HP has a new web page devoted to the subject. You can find it at: www.hp.com/go/solidstate Take a look today and come back...

Published 10-07-2008 6:35 PM by jim hankins

Filed under: Solid State Disk, solid state storage technology, storage

Enterprise Solid State Technology Today: Hype or Reality (Part 2)

By Jieming Zhu I will continue on with part 2 now. Hope you enjoy and please share your thoughts! Claim #3: Because SSD does not use any mechanical moving parts, it's inherently more reliable than HDDs. This is probably the biggest misnomer surrounding...

Published 08-27-2008 2:58 PM by jasontreu

Filed under: solid state storage technology, HDD, storage

Enterprise Solid State Technology Today: Hype or Reality (Part 1)

By Jieming Zhu Almost every emerging technology suffers from the reality and expectation mismatch as a consequence of over-hyping. In the enterprise storage industry, it tends to be further amplified many times. Nobody should treat data, the life blood...

Published 08-26-2008 2:55 PM by jasontreu

Filed under: Solid State Disk, solid state storage technology, storage

IDC suggests SSD not quite baked for the Enterprise

by Jim Hankins Saw this article " Enterprise systems may need redesign to benefit from solid state disks " at SearchStorage.com. This paragraph from the article echos what I said in the Bottom Line on my previous Part 2 post on our position...

Published 07-17-2008 9:32 PM by jim hankins

Filed under: Solid State Disk, solid state storage technology, storage

Solid State Disks – Sorry EMC, Fibre Channel Disks aren’t dead yet! (Part 2)

By Jim Hankins Our view of Solid State Disks (SSDs), borne out by lab tests, is that some of the workloads that use 15K RPM drives today could take advantage of and cost-justify SSDs. Even then, not all 15K RPM drives are expected to be displaced. Rather...

Published 07-10-2008 8:42 PM by jim hankins

Filed under: Solid State Disk, Fibre Channel disk drives, solid state storage technology, storage

Solid State Disks – Sorry EMC, Fibre Channel Disks aren’t dead yet! (Part 1)

By Jim Hankins Recently, EMC and Sun made some high profile announcements on their Solid State Disk (SSD) products, touting SSD's immediate adoption in enterprise server and storage applications. Dave Donatelli, a senior exec at EMC, went so far as...

Published 07-10-2008 8:20 PM by jim hankins

Filed under: Solid State Disk, Fibre Channel disk drives, solid state storage technology, storage

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