Not All Flash Storage is the Same
Flash storage has evolved over the years and the specific improvements (and inevitable tradeoffs) have [...]
Four Ways Storage Vendors Try to Mislead You
Buying storage is a very important decision for your organization. Not only is it a [...]
Anti-Ransomware Armor: Prevention and Mitigation Tips and Strategies
Ransomware – do you wish you had a dime for every time someone mentioned it? [...]
Considerations When Thin Provisioning Your SAN or Virtual Disks
Storage is kind of expensive, so oversubscribing where possible is a good way for you [...]
Tips for Datacenter Migration Planning
Datacenter migrations are challenging in their own right. Not only do all of the concerns [...]
Planning a Datacenter
A datacenter on its face seems like a very simple thing. You take a room, [...]
Fibre Channel Switch Options Update
In a previous post we talked about the death of QLogic switches. At the time, [...]
PSA: Read Your Hardware Compatibility Lists!
Hardware Compatibility Lists (HCL) are an often overlooked, yet they are a very important part [...]
Understanding Hard Disk Sector Size, Part 2: Support for 4K
UPDATE: VMware 6.5 (and VMFS 6.0) supports 512e drives as direct attached drives. vSphere & [...]
Fibre Channel Switch Options
As you may have heard, with the recent purchase of QLogic by Cavium, QLogic’s 8 [...]