Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe Advanced Host Controller Interface and RAID are fundamental concepts for running an efficient data management and storage infrastructure. Learn the AHCI and RAID basics. By Scott D. Lowe, and Brien Posey Even in this age of SSDs, IT still works with technologies developed in the last century. These techs include the Advanced Host Controller Interface and redundant arrays of independent
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWe look at RAID and flash to highlight key choices when it comes to drive data protection. What RAID levels work best with solid state and when is erasure coding a good choice? By Stephen Pritchard RAID systems have been the building blocks of enterprise storage since the 1990s. But RAID – redundant array of inexpensive disks – originated the decade before that in
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesStorage customers such as the German data processing service center GWDG have started to think about how they can archive data forever. It’s challenging and complex, but possible. By Paul Crocetti What do you do with data you need to archive forever? First of all, long-term data archiving for decades upon decades is not as simple as loading up tapes
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesConsider several SSD performance benchmarks, including SSD response time as a key unit of measurement. Also, note the difference between benchmarks and load generators. By Dave Raffo and Leah Schoeb It’s no longer big news when a vendor claims its solid-state storage system has reached a performance of 1 million IOPS. Still, it can be tough for a user to
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesMicrosoft unveiled a Datacenter Azure edition to go with the traditional Standard and Datacenter editions. See what else is new with this server OS release in this breakdown. By Brien Posey Windows Server 2022 arrived without the pageantry of previous Windows Server releases, but organizations with specific needs will appreciate the refinements to this server OS release. Microsoft has offered
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA storage volume is an identifiable unit of data storage. It can be a removable hard disk, but it does not have to be a unit that can be physically removed from a computer or storage system. By Robert Sheldon and Paul Crocetti The term volume, as it relates to storage, can refer to a physical volume or logical volume. A physical
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhen evaluating archiving services, you must determine what you need to archive, requirements around that data and how to make the most cost-effective selection. By Paul Kirvan Long-term data archiving can and should be an important piece of an organization’s data storage strategy and policy. If it’s too costly to manage a brick-and-mortar data archive, consider using one or more
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVeeam Backup & Replication is a software product developed by Veeam Software to back up, restore and replicate data on virtual machines (VMs). It was first released in 2008 and is part of the Veeam Availability Suite. By Erin Sullivan Veeam was among the first vendors to develop backup software tailored to VMs. Before Veeam, backup applications failed to recognize the difference between
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBackup admins who use Veeam can make their lives easier with not only the tools built into the platform but by checking out vendor and user suggestions and guidance. By Stuart Burns Veeam Backup & Replication is a popular backup platform with built-in troubleshooting tools and support features. The recent acquisition of Kubernetes data protection provider Kasten has only expanded
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHitachi storage for E Series adds two midrange block arrays based on NVMe flash technology. E590 and E790 scale to 360 TB and differ in processing performance. By Garry Kranz Hitachi Vantara moved its NVMe flash systems down market with models aimed at medium-size organizations. Hitachi expanded its Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E Series lineup with 2u E590 and E790 models. The
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