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Strategies for choosing the best hyper-converged platform

As you already know from our previous articles, hyperconvergence is an infrastructure framework that enables using a single appliance that integrates key data center components: storage, networking, virtualization and compute. ...

October 18, 2016
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Monitoring Open-E DSS V7 and Open-E JovianDSS with Checkmk

NOTE: This article and included resources may contain a name of a product formerly known as Check_MK. Currently, the product name has been changed to Checkmk. Checkmk is now included ...

May 10, 2016
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Is your Heartbleeding?

The Heartbleed bug, officially referenced as CVE-2014-0160, is already being coined as one of the biggest security threats since the mass adoption of the Internet – affecting millions of websites ...

April 25, 2014
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SSD: Marketing Versus Reality

We can read many articles about the pros and cons of Solid State Drives. We may also hear opinions about them – from supporters and opponents of this technology… and ...

March 01, 2012
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There is something about the Cloud

Cloud is “hot”, everyone is talking about it, everyone uses it, everyone keeps data in the “Cloud”. However, do we know what it really means? Let’s look at a cloud ...

February 03, 2012
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It is alive!

Modern technology – we all know its rules, laws (like Moore’s law), limitations, possibilities and direction of development (well, for the most part). Technology is still evolving… But what if ...

November 08, 2011
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Appreciate the Past to Predict the Future – Data Storage Milestones

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – always. The same applies to technological progress – It begins with the simplest solutions, if you look at ...

July 04, 2011
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The Evolution of Technology: Ten Prophecies from Literature

Mass data storage – you think it is boring. Am I right? If you believe so, let me change your point of view. We would like to present a list ...

June 22, 2011
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The biggest or the Geekiest? Data centers of our dreams

When we were younger, we had dreams – dreams about the future and technology. We remember science-fiction movies with all the flashing little bulbs hypnotizing us. Buttons have concealed mysteries, ...

June 07, 2011
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A Few practical tips about IOmeter

There are plenty of benchmarking tools available but storage professionals mostly use IOmeter. Unfortunately IOmeter is a little tricky to use. You really need to read the user manual first. ...