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Dedupe Or Compression? Both! Optimization or Performance? Both!

by Carter George on June 8, 2010 in Analyst, Storage optimization, capacity optimization

Interest in and discussion of data deduplication and primary storage compression seems to be at an all-time high right now. In the last few weeks, we have seen new entrants into the market, including Permabit, and a broad overview from Wikibon, focused on storage optimization. At Ocarina, we see industry discussions such as these as [...]

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Make the right call

Make the right call

by Sunshine on March 10, 2010 in Analyst, Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization, Uncategorized, capacity optimization, green IT

Four out of five college students agree, this is not the way to deal with data growth. How about this instead?

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Fast and Effective Dedupe

by Carter George on March 3, 2010 in Analyst, Featured, Ocarina, Storage optimization, Uncategorized, capacity optimization, green IT

I’ve noticed a few blog posts recently about speed of deduplication in the modern data center. I agree that speed is an important factor, but keep in mind that not all dedupe is created equal. That is to say, fast is good, but only if you are also effective. One of the tricky things has [...]

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Dare to Be… Anyone You Choose!

Dare to Be… Anyone You Choose!

by Sunshine on February 24, 2010 in Analyst, Uncategorized

This Saturday I’m participating in an event that aims to bridge the gender gap in computer science and engineering. It’s the first annual Dare2BDigital, a conference for young women in the 7th-10th grades that exposes them to the new and exciting career options that now exist in computer science and engineering. Why such a young [...]

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The Environment Still Matters

by Sunshine on February 22, 2010 in Analyst, Blogroll, Featured, Ocarina, Uncategorized, green IT

With all the talk about the data inconsistencies around climate change theory, one issue that I’d hate to see lost in the shuffle is the actual environment. That is, while I personally have been skeptical for some time about the alarmist tone many scientists took regarding global warming, it would be a shame if there [...]

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Gartner Gobbles up Burton Group – Good or Bad Sign?

by Sunshine on January 6, 2010 in Analyst

This blog often talks about data deduplication, but today, some news about a different type of dedupe came across our desk. Consulting giant Gartner has acquired Burton Group for $56 million. This is just one example of the larger consolidation trend that’s been taking over the consulting industry. In fact, this is the second such [...]

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It’s Not Just About Storage Anymore

by Mike Davis on September 14, 2009 in Analyst, Featured, Ocarina, Storage optimization, Uncategorized

Bas Raayman, an SAP consultant has a post on StorageMonkeys that questions the emphasis on de-dupe and thin provisioning, when evidence is mounting that storage at many enterprises is largely underutilized. This got me thinking. Bas is asking a good question: Why bother shrinking your data when you’re only at 50% capacity? Now the premise [...]

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Get Ready for Dedupe 2.0

by Carter George on August 27, 2009 in Analyst, Featured, Storage, Storage optimization, capacity optimization

Data deduplication has become a very hot topic these days, especially in light of EMC’s recent and very high profile acquisition of Data Domain. This week, analyst George Crump of Storage Switzerland made some predictions as to where this technology is heading. His post, The Foundation of DeDupe’s Next Era, asserts that it will require [...]

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Tiered Storage – A Virtual Future

by Carter George on August 20, 2009 in Analyst, Blogroll, Featured, Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization, Uncategorized, capacity optimization, cloud, green IT

There’s been a lot of discussion about tiered storage lately. Most notably, Stephen Foskett has written a series of posts on the topic on his Nirvanix blog, Enterprise Storage Strategies. In his latest post, he essentially argues that tiered storage hasn’t turned out to be cost effective and that cloud storage could be the best [...]

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Moving Pictures – An Interview With Animator Michael Zachary Huber

Moving Pictures – An Interview With Animator Michael Zachary Huber

by Sunshine on August 14, 2009 in Analyst, Storage, Storage optimization, capacity optimization

A few of the Ocarina crew recently returned from Siggraph2009, the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. Held in New Orleans the week of August 3-7, the event drew participants from around the world. We were newbies to the event, and so decided get some perspective from an industry veteran, [...]

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