In keeping with some traditions I have learned while working for a company who is based in Israel - today, Saturday is the day of Shabbat (Shabbat (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, Modern Shabbat … Read more »

Learn how 'random access' compression is different than traditional compression and is the key to primary storage compression in real time.

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Each year there tends to be one technology that stands out in the storage space. In 2009 it was data deduplication. At the end of 2008 EMC made an acquisition of a source based deduplicaiton solution called Avamar. Later, in 2009, they announced a strategic partnership with Quantum for data deduplication at the target. Then in 2009 EMC made a bid against NetApp for Data Domain and won. In addition, NetApp had data deduplication announcements… Read more »

In a recent blog post by Carol Silwa, Dave Russell from Gartner gives us his perspective on the status of current techniques for reducing primary storage.  I have huge respect for Dave, and I think he does some fine work.  In fact, Storwize is even a client of Gartner.  But I must say that in this case, some clarification is in order.  Allow me to elaborate:

It appears to me that Dave… Read more »

Last week Mike Davis from Ocarina Networks published a blog post "Compression and Dedupe like Oil & Water?" It was a good piece and from what I understand, and I don't know Mike, but he will be taking over blogging as Sunshine has moved on to greener pastures and I wish her the best. The reason for this piece is… Read more »