Video content is increasingly delivered over the Internet or other online service, and stored in data centers. Video data is just one of the many data streams filling cloud data centers. Here’s a look at what lies ahead.
Doing Converged Infrastructure Right: A Practical Approach
There are many use cases for converged infrastructure (CI) and hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), but they can be frustrating to implement. Bill Kleyman offers tips for a successful deployment of CI and HCI solutions.
How All-Flash Storage Can Benefit Data Center Design
All-flash storage solutions are gaining traction, offering the potential to cut costs by consolidating petabytes of storage onto a smaller, more nimble infrastructure. Bill Kleyman examines the key factors in adopting all-flash solutions.
Cloudian Hyperstore: Data Protection And The Hybrid Cloud
Explosive growth in stored data volumes is putting intense pressure on IT budgets and staff. The challenge now will be figuring out how best to store all this data. A new white paper explores the changing landscape of data storage, and offers a review and economic evaluation of Cloudian Hyperstore.
What You Need to Know About Backup and Object Storage
Backup appliances do one thing well, store backup data. Object storage systems can also fulfill this role. But unlike typical backup appliances, object storage systems can do so much more. Download a new white paper from Storage Switzerland, sponsored by Cloudian, that explores easily scalable object storage as an option for backups.
How Storage Tiering Can Lead to Cost Savings
Storage growth isn’t slowing down. As a result, enterprise file management is top of mind for many data centers and businesses. A report from Cloudian explores how new storage technologies are bringing storage tiering to the forefront of the market.
Economic Advantages of Enterprise File Management
Every organization is under pressure to meet the exponential growth in demand for file storage capacity. Surveys show, however, that 60% or more of data on Tier 1 storage is either dormant or rarely used. Download this white paper to learn more about how enterprise file management can help your business maximize storage capacity.
Data Center Physical Realities in a Software-Defined and Virtualized World
This white paper addresses five key aspects of IT that are inextricably tied to computing’s physical realities, even as that computing becomes more virtualized. Download this white paper to learn more about software defined networks for the data center.
The Emergence of Lithium ION Batteries Within the Data Center
After looking at the specifics around LIB and lead-acid energy storage alternatives, we can see the future looks promising for lithium ion batteries. They are designed to bring extended life, reduced weight, smaller size and greater flexibility to modern data center providers. For more information on Lithium Ion Battery solutions for UPS applications, please download this white paper.
More Storage: Facebook Retools Design to Boost Disk Density
Facebook today introduced Bryce Canyon, a new storage unit that adds density by inserting 72 disks vertically into a 4U enclosure, boosting Facebook’s storage capacity. (Photo: Facebook)
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