Solid State Storage Research
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Kaminario's CEO Identifies a Flash Market Shift, Illustrates the Role of the K2 Array
Sponsored by: SilkDownload this guide to get a technical breakdown from our editors on Kaminario's K2 array, including it data compression improvements (ratio of 4:1) and compatibility with NVMe. Then, you'll access a Q&A with Kaminario's CEO Dani Golan, in which he identifies how the flash market is shifting.
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All-flash Array Market Advances Outpace Demand, Create Opportunities
Sponsored by: SilkIn this guide, our experts deconstruct the high-density all-flash disruption. Additionally, you'll access an article by George Crump, President of Storage Switzerland, in which he illustrates the state of this year's flash storage systems, and talks in detail about NVMe, as well as flash DIMM.
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Building an All-flash Array Business Case
Sponsored by: SilkUse this guide as a means to building your all-flash array business case by characterizing your apps and their requirements. Inside, you'll learn how to construct your AFA case, while reviewing five factors to consider before making your purchase.
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Pure Storage CEO Assesses NVMe, Flash Storage Market
Sponsored by: Pure StorageIn this guide from the SearchStorage.com editors, senior news writer Garry Kranz sits down with Pure Storage CEO Scott Dietzen to assess the evolutionary cycle of NVMe flash, the likely timeline for its mainstream adoption, a glimpse into flash-based backup techniques, and more. Read on to stay in the NVMe loop.
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SearchStorage Editors Examine the Leading All-flash Array Vendors
Sponsored by: Pure StorageIn this e-guide, we evaluate eight leading AFA vendors to let you decide which products best suit your organization. Read on as Logan Harbaugh, IT consultant and freelance reviewer with SearchStorage, breaks down how to select an AFA vendor based on functional specification, 3 essential purchasing considerations, and more.
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Differentiating All-flash Array Vendors from their Counterparts
Sponsored by: Western DigitalOur experts compiled this guide to determining the most suitable AFA vendor for your enterprise—ensuring you choose one that not only provides snapshots and thin provisioning, but also active-active controllers and replication, and QoS. Read on to also gain access to instruction for a three-phase AFA implementation.
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Flashing Towards the Future of NVMe-Enabled Storage
Sponsored by: Western DigitalIn this guide, read an interview with the CEO of one major flash storage distributor as he talks about NVMe, how customers are using SSDs, and plans for the future. Then, read more about an all-flash offering that's already prepped for NVMe capabilities as soon as the demand arises.
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A Guide to Making a Business Case for All-Flash Arrays
Sponsored by: Tegile, a Western Digital brandUse this expert-guide to figure out if your workloads are right for flash storage, as well as explore 5 additional factors to consider before adopting a flash solution.
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Your Guide to Planning The Future of All-Flash Arrays
Sponsored by: Western DigitalGo inside this expert-guide to learn how to effectively price all-flash offerings. Then, learn how those on the cutting-edge of the flash market are putting their arrays to work reducing I/O latencies. Finally, discover the 2 data reduction strategies that many flash vendors put to work in their systems.
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George Crump Evaluates the State of Flash Storage Systems
Sponsored by: HPE and Intel®In this expert guide, George Crump outlines the state of flash storage systems, and demonstrates how to use NVMe and flash DIMM to proactively keep performance ahead of users' expectations. Read on as Crump also predicts the fate of HDDs, and explains how to keep pace by improving internal and external connectivity.
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Everything you need to know about NVMe storage
Sponsored by: TechTarget StorageUse this handbook to learn more about where NVMe development began, and predict where it's heading in the future, including how it will improve any form of nonvolatile memory, improve Ethernet connections, and more.
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Seven Tips to Improve Data Storage Efficiency
Sponsored by: HPE and Intel®In order to get the most out of your new flash array, you need to start with a solid foundation of practices and complimentary technology. In this expert guide, learn 7 tips to achieving faster, more efficient storage.
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All-flash Storage Arrays: Are They Killing Hybrids?
Sponsored by: TechTarget StorageWhere there are instances when either all-flash or hybrid arrays work well—that is where the battle for dominance occurs. In this issue of Storage Handbook, our experts deconstruct the hybrid vs. AFA debate, digging into cost, network connectivity, and which arrays are more pertinent for primary storage workloads.
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Storage Showdown: All-flash vs. Hybrid Arrays for Virtual Desktop Environments
Sponsored by: Pure StorageDownload this guide as Tom Fenton, Senior Validation Engineer at the Taneja Group, illustrates several critical factors to consider when deciding to use an all-flash or hybrid array in your virtual desktop environments. Here, you'll evaluate hybrid vs. all-flash on cost, ability access to cold data, compression and deduplication, and more.
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Flash Storage Caching Boosts Application Performance—but Requires Balance
Sponsored by: Pure StorageUse this guide as a comprehensive resource for evaluating flash caching benefits, trade-offs, 3 main implementation models, and determine where to cache in order to leverage faster media and improve I/O performance.
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SQL Server SSD Technology Becoming a Solid Storage Choice
Sponsored by: Pure StorageAccess this e-guide to clue into exactly why SSD is emerging as a solid storage choice for SQL Server. Our experts highlight how SSD's embedded controller ensures the integrity of the data stored in the drive, and address your concerns centered on drive reliability and longevity.
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Which Types of Flash Make the Most Sense for Virtualization?
Sponsored by: Pure StorageWhich types of flash make the most sense for a virtualized environment? In this expert guide, George Crump evaluates the durability of three types of flash—single-level, multi-level, and triple-level cell. Read on to also delve into three flash form factors to consider when implementing it on virtual workloads.
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DevOps Strategy for Health Site Fueled by Flash, CDM
Sponsored by: Pure StorageIn this expert guide, discover how women's health website Lifescript implemented a revenue-boosting DevOps strategy with all-flash storage and copy data management. Read on to see how this SSD/CDM duo succeeds, with built-in data deduplication and more.
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If Performance Is Paramount, Flash Cloud Storage May be Key
Sponsored by: TintriThis e-guide serves as your essential resource for choosing a cloud provider with integrated flash storage to maximize your cloud app performance. Read on to learn why object storage just doesn't deliver the scale and performance cloud apps demand, and instead see how SSD steps in to deliver potentially unlimited scale.
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3D-Nand Boosts Capacity to Push All-flash Data Center
Sponsored by: AvnetBecause the demand for storage capacity is so insatiable, storage media suppliers have had to look for new ways to increase the capacity of their flash products. Discover how to do so here with 3D-Nand-powered SSD, achieving higher densities at a lower cost per bit.
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Solid-State Storage Device Buyers Want Performance
Sponsored by: AvnetRead this expert guide to flesh out flash implementation, and discover why I/O performance lags, capacity concerns, and server virtualization are fueling SSD appliance adoption. Additionally, learn the top 3 apps storage admins indicate are in most need of flash.
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Honing Your Business Case for All-flash Array Implementation
Sponsored by: AvnetDownload this expert guide to delve into the AFA essentials, and learn which apps will best benefit from implementation. Read on to take advantage of AFA deduplication and compression for virtual apps, as well as learn how HDDs compare to SSDs, how to accommodate apps that require more IOPS, and more.
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Storage Magazine, October 2015, Vol. 14, No. 8
Sponsored by: TechTarget StorageStorage magazine's October issue examines flash storage technology, takes a closer look at how the vSphere 6 release impacts storage and explores data capacity challenges.
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Hyper-convergence Extends to New Horizons—and New Uses with All-flash Storage
Sponsored by: LenovoDownload this expert guide to gain a foothold in the hyper-converged market, and discover why all-flash storage is now an integral component in converged infrastructure. Read on to learn how to apply flash-based HCI to high-performance databases, VDI workloads, and more.
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Combine Flash Systems With Hyper-Converged Infrastructure to Better Backup Your Data
Sponsored by: CohesityIn this expert-guide, learn how data protection systems have adapted to support hyper-convergence, and how hyper-convergence can be used to better archive your information. Then, read a little about why you may want to consider moving your organization to a flash backup system.
