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Shared DAS

An announcement this week by VMware on their vSphere  5 Virtual Storage Appliance has brought back the concept of shared DAS (see vSphere 5 storage announcements). Over the years, there have been a few products, such as Seanodes and Condor Storage … Continue reading

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Cloud Storage Gateways Surface

One problem holding back general purpose cloud storage has been the lack of a “standard” way to get data in and out of the cloud.  Most cloud storage providers supply a REST interface, an object file interface or other proprietary … Continue reading

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