http://blog.permabit.com OEM Data Optimization Solutions for Next Generation Storage Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:56:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I talked about deduplication and its advantages for VMware environments.  One question I heard from a reader, "if the savings are as great as you're saying, why isn't deduplication in VMware environments everywhere today?"  And on the surface, I think the answer is simple, the key challenge to ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/09/vmware-performance-and-deduplication/ Deduplication (data optimization) is a hot topic these days because its promise to reduce storage consumption and its associated costs is compelling to today's high data growth businesses. Impact on IT budgets, CAPEX and OPEX as a result of applying dedupe in primary and/or secondary tiers of storage can ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/09/cherry-garcia-and-deduplication/ We are at VMworld this week and it should be interesting as VMware continues to press their aggressive growth agenda. We are here because our OEM data optimization solution, Albireo dedupes VMDK and VDI environments like nobodies' business (up to 100X) and this is a great week to talk with ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/08/interoperability-is-ok-but-optimization-is-optimal/ A few comments have been made regarding latency, most recently in a Search Storage piece from Dave Raffo, when comparisons were being made between compression and deduplication applied to primary storage. The concern expressed is that deduplication may be inflicting latency in the write or read process for primary ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/08/latency-latency-latency/ We've all watched over the past several years as VMware virtualization has revolutionized IT, instigating the most significant consolidation of computer hardware assets in history. What you may not know is that VMware deployments offer one of the most attractive use cases for data optimization in a primary storage environment. ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/08/the-case-for-vmware-and-deduplication/ In my last two posts, I have emphasized key Albireo features. NOT in the Read Path and Flexibility in deployment. These really do set Albireo apart from the early days of deduplication and other similar approaches being discussed today. However, I believe the most important issue with data storage is ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/08/data-safety-its-the-only-issue/ As we talked to potential OEMs for our Albireo Data Optimization offering several key requirements kept emerging. One was 'don't impact performance', followed by 'don't impact my existing feature set (because I've invested $$$ in it)' and finally 'please make your deduplication easy and flexible to deploy.' As we developed ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/08/albireo-flexibility/ In Mike's Blog a couple of weeks ago, 'Get Out of My Way', he accurately portrayed our Albireo offering as 'not in the read path'.  In primary storage implementations, it's critical to ensure the most efficient access to data. 'Out of the read path' has been one of our key ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/08/not-in-the-read-path-or-performance-matters/ Usually summer is a time for reflection and sun tanning at the beach. From a business perspective things tend to slow down a bit while each of us takes a second breath and spend some quality time with our families away from the business side of our ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/08/why-the-summer-of-2010-changed-the-storage-landscape/ Whew...things are certainly heating up. Last week, Dell agreed to acquire Ocarina Networks for an undisclosed amount. As I mentioned to Chris Mellor at the Register, this was a good indication of how primary storage is, "moving from 'bump in the wire' compression/deduplication solutions to integrated capacity optimization". And, yesterday, ... http://blog.permabit.com/index.php/2010/07/summer-heat-baseball-and-data-optimization/