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PernixData Flash Virtualization Platform: a storage solution worth researching

May 6, 2013 5:30am PDT

PernixData Flash Virtualization Platform: a storage solution worth researching article root Sales pitch versus testing I was curious if you actually tested a device?

1 Started by Michael Kassner |

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Five tools to help sync more than one cloud storage service

May 2, 2013 11:29am PDT

Five tools to help sync more than one cloud storage service article root Mostly cloudy Do you have more than one cloud storage service? I know I do. Have you considered using one of these cloud...

11 Started by Mark W. Kaelin | Latest comment by lvzhoujie

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First look at the Astute ViSX all-flash storage appliance

April 24, 2013 11:25am PDT

First look at the Astute ViSX all-flash storage appliance article root Also consider.. Nimble Storage is what we use and their models range in capability from 10-66K IOPS. We have iSCSI LUNS...

2 Started by iantrent@... | Latest comment by 4StorageCom

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Boost productivity with five cloud-based apps

March 28, 2013 2:48pm PDT

Boost productivity with five cloud-based apps article root Sorry, I don't get it I get (already have) Zoho, but the others, not so much. The others, ways to link up your cloud storage into 1 or...

1 Started by ManoaHI |

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Use AWS CloudFormation to create a highly available cluster

March 27, 2013 3:16pm PDT

Use AWS CloudFormation to create a highly available cluster article root I have tried this ....it's too simple for words, I tested a HA sharepoint farm, the cloudformation stack created, -a...

1 Started by rduncan@... |

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Avoid these five cloud storage pitfalls

March 23, 2013 5:02am PDT

Avoid these five cloud storage pitfalls article root Nicely explained! Hello Rick, I appreciate that you have invested your precious time in sharing the pitfalls which you think are of utmost...

3 Started by sabihahmed | Latest comment by sabihahmed

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Add SkyDrive cloud storage to your Android tablet

March 21, 2013 12:17pm PDT

Add SkyDrive cloud storage to your Android tablet article root Is this article necessary Is it really necessary to show how to install SkyDrive on Android to the IT Professional community? This...

3 Started by pfyearwood | Latest comment by ethan_white

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Pros and cons of Fibre Channel and Ethernet storage

March 18, 2013 2:37pm PDT

Pros and cons of Fibre Channel and Ethernet storage article root SAN Storage Interesting how you disparage iSCSI and relegate it off into the NAS nethers. iSCSI works very well as a lower costs...

6 Started by Joanne Lowery | Latest comment by dennis@...

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Five easy to use drive janitors to help clean up your hard drive

March 14, 2013 12:58pm PDT

Five easy to use drive janitors to help clean up your hard drive article root Disk drive space In this day and age of relatively cheap storage, do you find yourself scrounging for more disk drive...

29 Started by Mark W. Kaelin | Latest comment by thenetdoctor

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How to determine if cloud storage is a cost savings

March 4, 2013 10:10am PST

How to determine if cloud storage is a cost savings article root I disagree I disagree with the logic of this determination about Cloud storage. It does not take into account that "the cloud" may...

5 Started by nontrad | Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson

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Alternatives to the BYOD free-for-all

February 23, 2013 8:08am PST

Good points And that's why I stress both the written sign-off and actual classroom-type or one-on-one training - to ensure that employers understand what compromises they have to make if they want...

4 Started by dcolbert@... | Latest comment by dcolbert@...

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Alpha Review: BitTorrent SyncApp

February 20, 2013 11:19am PST

Alpha Review: BitTorrent SyncApp article root Your own cloud Does the prospect of creating your own storage "cloud" using peer-to-peer technology appeal to you?

1 Started by Mark W. Kaelin |

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Find detail storage measurement for virtual machines: IOPs

February 13, 2013 8:13am PST

Find detail storage measurement for virtual machines: IOPs article root SATS vs SAS You give stats for how many SATA drives it would take to satisfy the IOPS, but aren't SAS drives more common in...

3 Started by wdewey@... | Latest comment by zmx

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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn: High Availability database for cloud data centers

February 5, 2013 1:29pm PST

SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn: High Availability database for cloud data centers article root SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn with virtualized storage? If I had virtualized my storage to make it uber-HA,...

1 Started by kroels |

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DIY SAN: Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces and iSCSI target

January 17, 2013 8:47am PST

DIY SAN: Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces and iSCSI target article root RAID Controllers, SCSI Reservations, and Networks? Nice article, John, but I do have a few questions: 1. In order to use...

7 Started by AstroCreep | Latest comment by ascar.omarov@...

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Track projects and employees' hours with eHour

January 14, 2013 9:03am PST

Track projects and employees' hours with eHour article root looks really useful I'll have to try this out. Thanks for the heads-up. Back end? This does look interesting! But no mention of a data...

6 Started by eldergabriel@... | Latest comment by kshitiz_vyas

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The brewing battle between hybrid and all-flash storage

January 1, 2013 1:08pm PST

The brewing battle between hybrid and all-flash storage article root Good article. Hybrid will definately win out for the mainstream Scott. You might want to check out Starboard Storage the...

13 Started by Storageologist | Latest comment by wenster

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The brewing battle between hybrid and all-flash storage

January 1, 2013 10:51am PST

The brewing battle between hybrid and all-flash storage article root my friend's step-mother Comment version #2 my friend's step-mother makes $72 hourly on the computer. She has been laid off for...

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Getting started with HP Cloud Storage

November 21, 2012 6:00am PST

Getting started with HP Cloud Storage article root A Great Start for HP Cloud I must say this is a very good step taken by HP Cloud to promote its storage attribute in the market. The competition...

1 Started by leyonchung |

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Tonido: A Dropbox alternative for SMBs

November 17, 2012 8:59am PST

Tonido: A Dropbox alternative for SMBs article root Good mobile support Tonido has native apps for popular mobile platforms (iOS, Android and Blackberry). Also you can brand Tonido and run under...

2 Started by sphinxguy | Latest comment by jred