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Words of Wisdom: Let’s get Organized

by Carter George on April 22, 2010 in Uncategorized

Let’s Organize This Discussion A Bit! I think there are at least three interesting topics you bring up here that are worth exploring further. Please see the recent post by David Vellante on Dedupe Rates Matter…Just Not as Much as You Think I’ll respond with a separate post on each of the following topics, so [...]

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Deduplication: From Point Solution to Data Center Strategy

by Carter George on April 19, 2010 in Uncategorized

Deduplication has been a hot topic in storage for several years now. Most of the focus has been on dedupe appliances sold in the backup market, by companies like Data Domain and Diligent (now IBM ProtecTIER).There have been dozens of articles written explaining the basic concepts, and comparing the implementations by various vendors. Dedupe is [...]

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Our Thoughts on Performance and Recent Dedupe/Compression Comments

by Carter George on April 16, 2010 in Uncategorized

In the recent InfoStor article on primary storage optimization http://www.infostor.com/index/articles/display/2460996926/articles/infostor/storage-management/2010/april-2010/consider-compression.html , Ocarina was mentioned along with some other vendors who have offerings that provide either dedupe or compression for primary storage. Ocarina is characterized as being a post-process solution.    This is a theme that we’ve seen in several product review pieces, and it’s worth clarifying. [...]

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Ocarina Adds Video Optimization to Its List of 900 File Types

by Mike Davis on April 7, 2010 in Uncategorized

Here is our official announcement on our ability to reduce more than 900 file types Ocarina Adds Video Optimization to Its List of 900 File Types Supported by Content-Aware Storage Solution Company’s Native File Optimization delivers best possible file compression while preserving video quality, retaining native file format SAN JOSE, Calif., Apr 07, 2010 — Ocarina [...]

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Ocarina Weighs in- Dedupe Ratios Do Matter

by Carter George on April 6, 2010 in Uncategorized

Every dedupe ratio can be converted to a percentage of data reduction and vice versa.    The dedupe ratio measures against what’s left after you’ve deduped. The percentage measures against the size of the data before you dedupe.   Both are valid measures.      It’s also true that some solutions do a better job shrinking your data than [...]

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Compression and Dedupe like Oil & Water?

by Mike Davis on March 31, 2010 in Uncategorized

Ocarina customer Imagination Technology got some good press the other day in a SearchStorage article reviewing solutions for primary storage optimization. Imagination based Northwest of London provides key pieces of semiconductor IP that are in just about every smart phone out there, and they used Ocarina to double their storage in the same datacenter footprint. [...]

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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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