Storage Tiering in a Virtual Age

By Mike Richardson, on April 1st, 2012

If you haven’t changed how you specify and build out storage tiers in the last year or so, you will need to soon.  Storage technology has rapidly evolved over the last few years.  In order to make the most out of our investments and fully leverage the new capabilities, we must also change the . . . → Read More: Storage Tiering in a Virtual Age

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How to Put a Price on Storage: The Danger of Cost Per GB

By Mike Richardson, on March 18th, 2012

IT Storage Standoff

It is 4:45 in the afternoon on a Friday as John and Travis sit across from each other.  A heavy oak table sits between them, but it may as well be granite wall.  After a series of uncomfortable discussions, they are no closer to agreement than when they began reviewing the . . . → Read More: How to Put a Price on Storage: The Danger of Cost Per GB

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Recent Comments Problems

By Mike Richardson, on January 20th, 2012

I’ve just discovered that for the last several months I’ve had a problem where spam filtering was rejecting comments without my knowledge.  I’m sure there were several of you who attempted to post comments on recent posts and were unable to.

I know how frustrating it can be to spend time on a comment . . . → Read More: Recent Comments Problems

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Storage Virtualization Showdown: Conclusion

By Mike Richardson, on November 14th, 2011

This is the conclusion post of the Storage Virtualization Showdown series.  For the full details of the commentary below, be sure to check out the rest of the series.

Storage virtualization can have a measureable impact in reducing both CAPEX and OPEX spend through giving customers more leverage when purchasing storage hardware and reducing . . . → Read More: Storage Virtualization Showdown: Conclusion

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Storage Virtualization Showdown (Part 6): High Availability

By Mike Richardson, on October 23rd, 2011

In the final part of this Storage Virtualization Series, I’ll be discussing the High Availability (HA) capabilities of each of the products.  This section will be most important to customers who prize maximum uptime above all other considerations—even storage efficiency. 

This post will be broken down into several key HA areas.

Redundancy: Can . . . → Read More: Storage Virtualization Showdown (Part 6): High Availability

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