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Sharing Our Storage Vision

Sharing Our Storage Vision

by Carter George on April 15, 2011 in Featured, File Systems, Ocarina, Storage, Uncategorized

This is an exciting year for Dell storage customers because this is the year you will begin to see the results of our recent storage acquisitions – including Exanet, Ocarina and Compellent – and how they combine to support our Dell storage vision. Most importantly, you will see how this strategy will help you use [...]

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Dell to Work with OEMs

Dell to Work with OEMs

by Carter George on July 29, 2010 in Ocarina

The acquisition of Ocarina by Dell has now closed, and we can now say some things about where we are headed.  Mergers and acquisitions can often be a time of confusion, as the new combined company figures out what the new plan will be. I’d like to use this first blog after the closing of [...]

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Protecting Compressed Data and Reducing Costs

by Carter George on May 25, 2010 in Ocarina, Storage optimization

As @storagebod (Martin Glassborow) noted today in a blog post, the issue of protecting deduplicated data is an important one for any business. Deduplication and other data reduction technologies offer the opportunity for increased data protection at a reduced cost. When you hit a threshold of 50% or greater overall data reduction, it lowers the [...]

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All good things…

by Sunshine on March 31, 2010 in Ocarina, Storage

Today is a bit of a sad day for me, as this will be my last post on Online Storage Optimization. For those who are just joining us, I’ve been the regular “newsy” blogger on this site. It’s never been a traditional setup. I’m not an employee of this blog’s parent, Ocarina Networks. Rather, I’m [...]

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I dream of data reduction

I dream of data reduction

by Sunshine on March 29, 2010 in Featured, Ocarina, Storage, Storage optimization

Data is growing at a dizzying rate. We need only look at our home computers to get a sense of how easy it is to fill our hard drives to overflowing with all manner of flotsam and jetsam. From family photos to LOLcats to videos of our kids, we’re finding it difficult if not impossible [...]

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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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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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How do you get your storage news?

by Sunshine on February 9, 2010 in Ocarina, Storage

For IT decision makers it’s imperative that you keep up with the latest news and information. Yet, the overall shakeup of the media has left many confused about where to turn. Industry pubs are getting slimmer and slimmer. Some are cutting back, others are consolidating, and a few have disappeared entirely. At the same time, [...]

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With a name like Ocarina…

by Sunshine on February 4, 2010 in Ocarina, Storage, Uncategorized

This blog’s parent Ocarina and I have something in common. Can you guess? That’s right. We both have names that are cause for frequent comment. The first question anyone ever asks me when they meet me is, “is that your real name?” And the first question that anyone asks a person from Ocarina is “where [...]

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