Category Archives: Storage reliability

Graphene Flash Memory

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Ray

I have been thinking about writing a post on “Is Flash Dead?” for a while now.  Well at least since talking with IBM research a couple of weeks ago on their new memory technologies that they have been working on. … Continue reading →

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IBM’s 120PB storage system

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Ray

Talk about big data, Technology Review reported this week that IBM is building a 120PB storage system for some unnamed customer.  Details are sketchy and I cannot seem to find any announcement of this on IBM.com. Hardware It appears that … Continue reading →

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Pure Storage surfaces

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Ray

We were talking with Pure Storage last week, another SSD startup which just emerged out of stealth mode today.  Somewhat like SolidFire which we discussed a month or so ago, Pure Storage uses only SSDs to provide primary storage.  In … Continue reading →

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Data storage features for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Ray

Was talking with someone yesterday about one of my favorite topics, data storage for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments.  In my mind there are a few advanced storage features that help considerably with VDI implemetations: Deduplication – almost every one … Continue reading →

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Enterprise data storage defined and why 3PAR?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Ray

Recent press reports about a bidding war for 3PAR bring into focus the expanding need for enterprise class data storage subsystems.  What exactly is enterprise storage? Defining enterprise storage is frought with problems but I will take a shot.  Enterprise … Continue reading →

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WD’s new SiliconEdge Blue SSD data write spec

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Ray

Western Digital (WD) announced their first SSD drive for the desktop/laptop market space today.  Their drive offers the typical256, 128, and 64GB capacity points over a SATA interface.  Performance looks ok at 5K random read or write IO/s with sustained … Continue reading →

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Atmos GeoProtect vs RAID

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Ray

Yesterday, twitterland was buzzing about EMC’s latest enhancement to their Atmos Cloud Storage platform called GeoProtect.  This new capability improves cloud data protection by supporting erasure code data protection rather than just pure object replication. Erasure coding has been used … Continue reading →

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Intel-Micron new 25nm/8GB MLC NAND chip

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Ray

Intel-Micron Flash Technologies just issued another increase in NAND density. This one’s manages to put 8GB on a single chip with MLC(2) technology in a 167mm square package or roughly a half inch per side. You may recall that Intel-Micron … Continue reading →

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