Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Cloud Computing can be referred as a deployment model, designed to support for technology infrastructure in terms of cost, hi-tech hardware, storage capacity along with addressing scalability concerns. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). ► 2006. (2). Data Center Design. Cloud Hosting.

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Center Mobile Virtualization 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Dealing with this data volume, variety, velocity and complexity is really a “big data” problem for IT operations, forcing many traditional approaches in IT to change, ushering in IT Operations Analytics solutions to take on this challenge. IT Operations Analytics is better equipped to manage this kind of big data challenge.

Data Center 209

Data Center Big Data Data Analysis 209

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

DataStax Raises $45 million for Big Databases. DataStax Raises $45 million for Big Databases. The evolution of enterprise applications and rise of big data has eclipsed traditional database capabilities and provides an opening for a significant new market entrant,” said Andy Vitus, partner, Scale Venture Partners.

Data Center 184

Data Center Data Big Data Enterprise 184

Fountainhead

APRIL 7, 2009

PAN Manager is the "secret sauce" Egenera has been using to manage its own hardware for years, and recently OEMd to Dell as part of their Dell PAN System. The software has always had the ability to provision physical and/or virtual servers with mission-critical levels of availability, including networking, I/O and storage configurations.

Virtualization 100

Virtualization Dell Data Center Hardware 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

It’s not easy to stay current on the many facets of data center technology and operations. This week’s Industry Perspectives explore five hot topics for data center professionals and executives. IT Operations Analytics is better equipped to manage this kind of big data challenge. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Big Data » Storage. Scality Gets $22 Million for Scale-Out Storage. Scality Gets $22 Million for Scale-Out Storage. Storage provider Scality announced it has closed its series C funding round for $22 million, bringing the total invested capital since company inception to $35 million.

Data Center 100

Data Center Storage Data Big Data 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

With software defined infrastructure as the strategic foundation, Bryant explained plans for how Intel will invest in rack scale architecture, big data and high performance computing (HPC) technologies. “Data centers are entering a new era of rapid service delivery,” said Bryant. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center Intel Data Storage 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

“One thing we’ve learned from these customers is that dedicated hardware (whether bare metal or with virtualization) isn’t going away. If anything, there’s a renewed need for it with the increased use of I/O-heavy applications such as databases and Big Data platforms. Modular Data Centers. December 2006 (43).

Cloud 198

Cloud Data Center Disaster Recovery CTO 198

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 13, 2013

Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure – in many cases, the storage platform has become the heart of a cloud solution. Intelligent replication and storage control mechanisms now allow for the distribution of cloud components. Modular Data Centers. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51).

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Data Center Data IBM Storage 210

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

IBM boosts its System z portfolio by acquiring CSL International, Actian leverages previous acquisitions to launch new cloud and big data platforms and EastWest Bank selects HP to build a private cloud for updating its infrastructure. ” Actian Launches DataCloud and big data analytics platforms. Networking.

Data Center 190

Data Center IBM System Cloud 190

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

But we also fail to notice the complexity it creates for managing I/O, storage connectivity and other physical-world management issues. But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). ► 2006. (2). Data Center Design.

Data Center 100

Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

Data Center 184

Data Center Video Cloud Data 184

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

At the O’Reilly OSCON 2013 this week in Portland, Oregon, Fusion-io made the announcement that its Atomic Writes API contributed for standardization to the T10 SCSCI Storage Interfaces Technical Committee is now in use in mainstream MySQL databases MariaDB 5.5.31 Fusion-io Sets the Stage for the All-Flash Data Center. Networking.

Open Source 177

Open Source Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 177

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

Data Center 183

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 183

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 27, 2013

Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand – Those fields of crops you drive past out in the country could be generating data center demand. Modular Data Centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

Data Center 186

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Energy 186

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage Advertising 182

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

. “ The new Windows 8 app and automated alerts provide IT decision makers with quicker access to the performance data of both existing and potential providers, so they can make well-informed decisions, in real time.” . RELATED POSTS: Cedexis Fusion Tames Big Data Flows for Traffic Shaping. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 191

Data Center Cloud Data Windows 191

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

True, both have made huge strides in the hardware world to allow for blade repurposing, I/O, address, and storage naming portability, etc. Planning and managing cabling from a traditional blade solution to the storage and ethernet networks is a usually a major task. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

RELATED POSTS: Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switch Networks are New Data Center Standard. With Switch Light, Big Switch Looks to Boost Open Source SDN. PMC Introduces 100G Optical Processor to Speed Big Data Networks. Silicon Photonics: The Data Center at Light Speed. Modular Data Centers. August 2006 (31).

Data Center 173

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 173

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

IT Asset Management Integration: Newly enhanced version now has a common format for importing and synchronizing data – making a simpler and deeper connection to asset management tools to automatically share information. DCIM and Big Data: FieldView, nlyte, Splunk. Modular Data Centers. December 2006 (43).

Data Center 180

Data Center Disaster Recovery Applications Data 180

Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2009

It allows IT operations to define I/O, storage connectivity and networking entirely in software, resulting in stateless and re-configurable CPUs. It permits IT to "wire-once" and then create CPU configurations (virtual NICs, HBAs, networks/VLANs, storage connections) using a unified/consolidated networking fabric. Big Data. (6).

Data Center 100

Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

Data Center 190

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

Data Center 112

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 112

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this week in Houston Microsoft (MSFT) is focusing all attention on its transformation to a devices and services company – emphasizing the underpinning trends of cloud, mobility, big data and enterprise social. Modular Data Centers. December 2006 (43). July 2006 (26).

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Data Center Microsoft Cloud Data 178

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

He has more than 20 years of experience in assisting cloud, storage and data management technology companies as well as cloud service providers to address rapidly expanding Infrastructure-as-a-Service and big data sectors. Modular Data Centers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. PAUL SPECIALE.

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Fundamentally, the concept abstracts-away a servers I/O, disk, storage connectivity, and out-of-band controls, making it a stateless entity. Both of these technologies instantly resulted in additional hardware on the motherboard: The Network Interface Card (NIC) for connection to Ethernet, etc., An alternative model.

Hardware 100

Hardware Data Center Storage Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

MARCH 5, 2009

Hardware consolidation. When most IT professionals think "virtualization" they are mostly wanting to consolidate/reduce hardware. But essentially its about converging data, storage, and even out-of-band management information along a single (high bandwidth, low-latency) wire. Big Data. (6). ► 2006. (2).

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Virtualization Software Software Data Center 124

Fountainhead

JANUARY 26, 2010

It changes how availability is delivered: By manipulating IO addressing, networking and connectivity, Converged Infrastructure Management can re-provision failed hardware – either in the form of physical servers, or indeed, entire environments. As physical/virtual servers move, migrate and scale, storage simply follows.

Data Center 138

Data Center Virtualization HP Cloud 138

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In essence, a server’s logical IO is consolidated down to a single (physical) converged network which carries data, storage and KVM traffic. Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g. can be recovered onto another domain (assuming shared/replicated storage). Big Data. (6).

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Storage Network 157

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Essentially the punchline is this: Weve taken the most commonly-purchased hardware configuration and management tools used by mission-critical IT Ops, and integrated them into a single product with a single GUI that you can install and use in ~ 1 day. If you dont believe Dell hardware is ready for the Data Center, then think again.

Dell 138

Dell Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer 138

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

and storage connectivity (LUN mapping, switch control) are all abstracted and defined/configured in software. The result is a pooling of physical servers, network resources and storage resources that can be assigned on-demand. Because the physical CPU state (i.e. Converged Infrastructure and Software Virtualization.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Truth-be told, Egeneras own BladeFrame hardware already supports 128GB of memory, on 6-core, 4-way boards. These connections also give the blades very fast Ethernet access to both the network and storage devices and eliminate the need for a storage-area network (SAN). Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Data Center 100

Data Center Dell Virtualization Storage 100

Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2010

Capital cost – if you count all of the separate hardware components they’re trying to manage. That last bullet, the thing about hardware components, is also something to drill down into. It means creating segregated VLAN networks, creating and assigning data and storage switches. Big Data. (6).

Virtualization 113

Virtualization Data Center Transportation Disaster Recovery 113

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In fact, Compute fabrics might just be the next big thing after OS virtualization. Think of it this way: Fabric Computing is the componentization and abstraction of infrastructure (such as CPU, Memory, Network and Storage). Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). ► 2006. (2). Data Center Design.

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

A specific angle I want to address here is that of infrastructure automation ; that is, the dynamic manipulation of physical resources (virtualized or not) such as I/O, networking, load balancing, and storage connections - Sometimes referred to as "Infrastructure 2.0". Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

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Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100