Archive for the 'Hardware' Category
Reclaim vs. Buy Part 4 (of 4): Looking at the Total Cost
Posted in Capacity Efficiency, Hardware, Storage Economics, Storage Software on Apr 25, 2012 No Comments »
The past 3 blogs have covered the economics behind reclamation (of disk) compared to buying new disk. My material has focus on reclamation due to storage virtualization, over provisioning (thin provisioning) and zero page reclaim. The same methods can be used for other capacity efficiency techniques to be sure. The other blogs covering the setup, [...]
There’s one for you nineteen for me
Posted in Hardware, Storage Economics, Storage Software on Mar 30, 2011 No Comments »
I was working on my taxes two weeks ago, and as usual ended up humming the Taxman song from the Beatles. Part of the lyrics penned by George Harrison goes as follows: “Let me tell you how it will be; There’s one for you, nineteen for me. ‘Cause I’m the taxman, Yeah, I’m the taxman”. [...]
Hybrid Tiers
Posted in Hardware, Storage Economics on Oct 19, 2010 6 Comments »
We have seen a shift in the automotive world to hybrid vehicles with part electric and part gas-powered motors. There are points of efficiency to operate with batteries, and then again when horsepower is needed. The intelligence of the engine control determines when the car should operate on battery or pistons, thus removing the decision-making [...]
