Posts Tagged performance

Storage and Busy Hypervisors

Performance Penalties in Virtualization Customers enjoy the benefit of virtualised server environments, but as one problem is fixed, unforeseen bottlenecks emerge as a result. Cramming loads of virtual machines into a single physical server raise the utilisation rate, but so does the IO traffic. And virtualisation customers have learned to devise various workarounds to alleviate [...]

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Fusion-io. A Simple Proposition

Fusion-io was in Europe at the IT shows IP Expo and SNW. The company provides Flash based IoMemory PCIe modules emulating block-based storage. By operating at micro second speeds it has the ability boost application performance operating in excess of 100,000 IOPS. Simplicity is the best enabler Simplicity beats complexity and Fusion-io offers additional benefits [...]

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Cloud based storage and content

This post is about cloud computing (referred to simply as cloud in this post), focusing on storage and content. The entire ITC industry talks cloud, so let me try to give my perspective. For customers the debate, at this stage, can operate safely on a hypothetical level exploring what this buzzword might entail. For people [...]

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