Networking

Networking is the backbone of the data center. It is what allows communication between compute and storage resources. As well as provides an interconnect between physical locations.

ScaleIO Bandwidth Calculation

I was watching some training videos on EMC's new ScaleIO and at one point they briefly talked about calculating Bandwidth for a ScaleIO cluster. The math seems [...]

SAN Replication: Bandwidth Math

A common question I get a lot is, "how much bandwidth will I need to replicate X amount of data". The answer is simple, it depends. It depends on your change [...]

The Bytes and Bits of Storage Capacity

Simple question, how many bytes are in a GB? Any storage professional would say 1,073,741,824 bytes using the 1024 increment scale. It is important to realize [...]

Skyera: 136TB of SSD in 1U for under $3/GB native

Skyera: 136TB of SSD in 1U for under $3/GB native On October 29, 2014 Skyera Inc. introduced its second-generation solid-state array, the Skyera skyHawk [...]

Unisphere Central for the VNX Family

EMC's Unisphere Central is a free virtual appliance that enables you to remotely monitor the status, activity, and resources of most EMC storage systems [...]

XtremIO 3.0 Product Release

It is official, XtremIO 3.0 has been released! For those of you that do not know what XtremIO is, it is an all-flash storage array. It is made up of [...]