Archive for February, 2012
Big Data – Optimal Storage Infrastructure
Posted in Storage Economics, Virtualization on Feb 23, 2012 4 Comments »
There is plenty of talk in the press today about big data, analytics and our next new wave for IT. I would like to present 2-3 blogs on a small but important subset of the big data world: storage infrastructure (and more importantly, optimal storage architectures). I will use our storage economics approach for the [...]
Getting Your Budget Consumed
Posted in Storage Economics, Virtualization on Feb 17, 2012 1 Comment »
I had a conversation with a colleague yesterday on budget consumption, and then saw this shark-eating-shark photo in National Geographic:
It’s About Time (and Money)
Posted in Storage Economics, Virtualization on Feb 13, 2012 1 Comment »
There has been great news about nondisruptive migration capabilities, and Hu has a great post that you can read here on the options now available from HDS. Hu quoted me on a rate of $15K per TB for traditional migration, and I would like to address this rate and the research we have done on [...]
Measure Twice, Cut Once
Posted in Capacity Efficiency, Storage Economics, Virtualization on Feb 10, 2012 No Comments »
We live in a world of measurements, metrics and comparative standards. IT may have to consider more measurable gain justifications in order to compete for limited CAPEX and OPEX dollars. I like this quote from Thomas Monson who said:
Action Plans in a Crisis
Posted in Capacity Efficiency, Storage Economics on Feb 7, 2012 No Comments »
This is part three of a three-part blog series on strategies and tactics during an economic crisis. You can read part one here and two here.
Economic Crisis Part 2: Hoarding Cash
Posted in Capacity Efficiency, Storage Economics, Virtualization on Feb 3, 2012 2 Comments »
This is part two of a three-part blog series on strategies and tactics during an economic crisis. You can read part one here.
