How to build resilient, scalable storage clouds and turn your IT department...
How to build resilient, scalable storage clouds and turn your IT department into a profit center!! If you’ve been living under a rock for the last year the topic of Cloud based computing might be new...
View ArticleWhy running a hotel like you run your storage array could put you out of...
<this post was updated on April 2, 2010> Recently I wrote about why “Cost per raw TB” wasn’t a very good metric for comparing storage arrays. In fact, my good friend Roger Kelley over at...
View ArticleWhat does the Pacer, Yugo and Arbitrated Loop have in common?
What does the Pacer, Yugo and Arbitrated Loop have in common? You are probably running one of them in your datacenter. George Crump recently blogged over at InfoWorld and asked, “do we really need...
View Article10,000 Exchange Users in 3U of space
This is a pretty cool video done by the Technical Marketing team at Xiotech. 10,000 Exchange users in 3U of space!! No fancy/expensive SSD needed for this !! In summary: 250 VDI instances or...
View ArticleVMware Virtual View
Xiotech Virtual View for VMware, HyperV and Citrix. If you are a VMware Admin, or a Hyper-Visor admin from a non-specific point of view, Xiotech’s ”Virtual View” is the final piece to the very...
View ArticleXiotech Storage Blade – 101
How Xiotech Storage Blades have the potential to change the storage paradigm. It’s inevitable, whether I’m talking with a value added reseller (VAR) or a net-new prospect, I’m always asked to explain...
View ArticleStalled Virtualization Projects-How Xiotech can help you unstick these...
Stalled Virtualization Projects? – How Xiotech can help you UN-STICK these deployments. Xiotech is in a huge partner recruitment phase this year. Things have been going just fantastic! However, one...
View ArticleHow to design a Scale Out NAS Architecture
Scale-out architecture and why it is important when architecting a storage solution. I had an interesting discussion with an architectural firm the other day. Most of the discussion was around scaling...
View ArticleThe Emprise 9000- Scaleout SAN Architecture
If you look up Emprise in the Merriam-Webster dictionary you will see that it means “an adventurous or daring enterprise.” That pretty much describes the Emprise product family’s launch 2 years ago....
View ArticleWhat is your Windows 7 strategy?
My new favorite question !! “What is your Windows 7 strategy?” What appears to be a pretty straightforward question has led to some FANTASTIC discussions around Virtual Desktop opportunities...
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