File-based Disk Storage Systems and File System Software
Sometimes in this business it is hard to separate the real stuff from the marketing fluff. One of the big questions I’ve been asked in 2011 is whether or not there is any momentum behind cloud storage. That is a tough question to answer – the biggest players, ...
These past few months I’ve been working diligently with ace ESG research analyst Kristine Kao to examine how workforce mobility and consumerization are driving the online file storage and collaboration market. Today I am happy to announce that we’ve published a comprehensive report on this space that examines the ...
Managing data growth in the enterprise is a top IT priority, but too many organizations are focusing only on structured data, yet unstructured data is experiencing tremendous growth and accounts for a significant portion of enterprise volumes. Failing to manage it properly and consistently could lead to unwanted OPEX and ...
No, I didn’t do a typo and mean to say "Every Windows Server has an iSCSI Initiator."
And it may only be a slight exaggeration when I say "Every."
But did you know that your Windows Server 2008 R2 server can also be an iSCSI Target? I didn't.
Typically, one thinks of an ...
HP acquired IBRIX in 2009 for the segmented scale-out file system that’s used to process huge volumes of shared digital animation data at Pixar and other leading studios. Classic Pixar productions including Monsters Inc. and Cars were created on an IBRIX-enabled scale-out file serving solution. Pixar relies on IBRIX to ...
Published on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 at 1:42 pm | 3 Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mike Leone |
Extremely Scalable Performance for Large and Small File Workloads
This report documents the results of ESG Lab hands-on testing of the performance of the HP Storage X9320 IBRIX Network Storage Systems(X9320) with a focus on performance scalability for large and small file workloads.
Background
File data growth has outstripped e-mail- and database-driven growth ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mike Leone |
Nexsan is probably better known for its rather interesting product names, like SATABoy and SATABeast, than its corporate brand. But the moves it has made over the past year or so indicate that it is ready and indeed making a push to make Nexsan a household name for midsize enterprise ...
Terri McClure, a senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), said DynamicRAID should appeal to small- and medium-sized business (SMB) customers, although some shops may not want to give up control of their RAID groups. She said customers may want to start with smaller deployments to get familiar with the ...
I get this question a lot–how do I segment the NAS market and evaluate vendors? After all, there are so many use cases with different price/performance/protection characteristics that you can’t just set out a level playing field and evaluate systems on a 1 for 1 basis. While ...
Don’t know the dough, but BA has a PILE of money invested in it (over 300M I think) so I’m guessing it’s north of that.
Why? HDS sells HUGE stuff to HUGE shops. Some of the biggest on the planet. But they really only sell block. BlueArc, running ...
