Virtual machine storage is a demanding business. Where once one app server equalled one physical server and the demands on storage were known and predictable, with virtual machines, storage I/O has ...

As we dive deeper into the storage as a virtual machine concept we went back and re-interviewed some of the players in the storage as a virtual machine market, focusing specifically on what they ...

Q: Whats the difference between “storage virtualization” and “file virtualization”? A: At one level pretty much everything in storage these days is virtualized to some degree. Low level standards like ...

If there’s one thing that marketing departments in tech companies around the world are unbelievably good at, it’s taking the newest and hottest technology terms and diluting them to the point that ...

Storage for virtual machines is a key consideration when embarking on a virtual server or virtual desktop project. Most IT organisations opt for shared storage for a virtual machine environment, as it ...

Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

One of the main problems in introducing scale-out architecture to legacy data environments is the sheer number of incompatible formats, platforms and vendor solutions that have infiltrated the data ...

One of the key steps in addressing the issue of depleted bandwidth is accepting the idea that some types of storage cost more than others (I'll revisit this theme later on). You can look at a storage ...

Commentary--The buzz around the storage world today is virtualization, how customers--large and small--can maximize their storage infrastructures by taking advantage of virtual storage solutions ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...