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Brian Garrett, Vice President, ESG Lab
Brian Garrett is the Vice President of ESG Lab, providing independent hands on validation and analysis of emerging technologies in the server, storage, data management and information security industries.
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Published on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 4:45 pm | 1 Comment »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mike Leone |
Storage-class Memory with Sustainable, Multi-dimensional Performance
Virident Storage Class Memory (SCM) is a class of solid-state storage solutions designed to meet the extreme IO performance needs of business-critical databases, Web 2.0, high-performance computing (HPC), and data center tier-0 application workloads. This report documents ESG Lab’s hands-on validation testing of Virident FlashMAX ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Mike Leone |
Published on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 9:35 am | No Comments »
Authors: Ajen Johan | Brian Garrett | Tony Palmer |
Effectively Virtualizing Tier-1 Application Workloads
This report presents the results of ESG Lab testing of the performance and scalability of the HP ProLiant DL980 server powered by Intel Xeon processors, running SAP with VMware vSphere 5. Testing was conducted with a virtualized, tier-1 SAP application workload running on a massively scalable ...
Authors: Ajen Johan | Brian Garrett | Tony Palmer |
ESG Lab recently tested a cloud-based enterprise storage solution from Nasuni.
We were extremely impressed by the simplicity and performance of a multi-site file share that was automatically protected in the cloud. While you’re waiting for our report which will be published early next year, you might want to check out ...
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 |
Published on Monday, November 21st, 2011 at 12:51 pm | 1 Comment »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
Storage Center from Dell Compellent was designed to provide efficient, agile, and resilient networked storage with a goal of reducing storage cost and complexity while meeting the growing needs of the business. This report documents hands-on testing of Storage Center version 5.4 with a focus on the capacity, recoverability, and ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
Published on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 at 10:24 am | 2 Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
With more than 25 years of remote data protection experience, Asigra has created a field-proven software platform that provides cloud-based protection of data center, remote office, and mobile endpoint devices from a single platform. This ESG Lab Validation report documents the results of hands-on testing of Asigra Cloud Backup version ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
Published on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 at 10:24 am | 2 Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
With more than 25 years of remote data protection experience, Asigra has created a field-proven software platform that provides cloud-based protection of data center, remote office, and mobile endpoint devices from a single platform. This ESG Lab Validation report documents the results of hands-on testing of Asigra Cloud Backup version ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
Published on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 at 8:00 am | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
With more than 25 years of remote data protection experience, Asigra has created a field-proven software platform that provides cloud-based protection of data center, remote office, and mobile endpoint devices from a single platform. This ESG Lab Validation report documents the results of hands-on testing of Asigra Cloud Backup version ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
Published on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 10:10 am | No Comments »
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
This morning, ESG published a press release with the following highlights:
Completion of its 250th Lab Validation
As the gold standard in independent product validation services, ESG Lab provides in-depth testing and analysis of data center technology products for companies of all types and sizes. Among the first ESG Lab validations in ...
Authors: Brian Garrett | Jason Buffington |
