So, there is so much buzz about green computing these days, you’d almost think environments were truly efficient. Often times, however, it’s only buzz and lacks real substance. I see this a lot amongst storage and server vendors. Here is a Byte and Switch article entitled, “Virtualizing NAS for Green Storage“. It discusses the power [...]
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Xyratex Makes a Push to 2.5″ Drives
Now, I have been a fan of using 2.5″ drives in servers and storage systems for a while. But sometimes the rationale for actually pushing such solutions escapes me. The primary reason for this is the cost difference between a 2.5″ drive vs an equivalent 3.5″ drive. In this article published by Byte and Switch, [...]
Thin Provisioning on Thin Ice
Recently, I just haven’t been able to go a day without reading something about the topic of Thin Provisioning. For those of you unaware of this feature, it’s a technique for providing an application or user a prescribed amount of dedicated storage without actually permanently allocating it. For example, let’s say an application is setup [...]
