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Why TCO is not OCT (Only Cost per Terabyte)

When it comes to IT today, almost every decision made takes into account the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).  TCO analysis has never been more needed than in the era of cloud. Evolve IP – The Cloud Services Company put together a nice infographic that helps IT take into account all of the…

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In the new data center…software trumps hardware everytime.

. Where to place your bet in the poker game that is the cloud? “The reality, he said, is that engineers know the various components of their systems are going to fail and they design around the known fallibilities. But when you’re building some of the largest computing systems ever…

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“Inside the Box” Storage Tiering

It seems there is still some confusion out there on how, when, where and why to tier internal storage, so I’ll take a shot at explaining this as I know it today. The easiest and most sensible place to start is of course at the “Why” tier my storage. As with everything in the business [...]

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Seagate on security and interface trends at SNW Fall 2011

The fall 2011 Storage Networking World (SNW) show is just around the corner and will be held next week at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida. SNW is the world’s largest storage, data center, and IT infrastructure conference and brings together top information from information technology executives, leading product and service providers, and [...]

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Modulars: Rethinking the future of the data center

With all the talk of the continued exponential growth of storage, and the excitement surrounding the consumption being driven by all the new applications and devices that access information from the Cloud, it’s easy to overlook the question of just where exactly all the backend technology will…

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Shrinking enterprise storage form factors?

In a recent StorageNewsletter.com story, an argument was presented that SSDs and HDDs are different technologies and are therefore going to follow different paths with regard to form factors. Because an SSD is not a mechanical device with rotating platters, it is less constrained as to any form factor restrictions. Makes sense, and while it’s [...]

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New SSD Performance Test Specification Brings Clarity, Levels Playing Field

We’ve blogged about the importance of testing and standardization when it comes to defining and validating enterprise-level SSD reliability. Industry organization JEDEC has brought that to the forefront of the industry with its standards work. But what about the need for having industry-accepted test methods for measuring and reporting real-world SSD performance? Especially when considering [...]

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How Can You Evaluate Consistent SSD Performance?

Everyone knows that solid state drives are fast. And while speed is great, consistent performance is essential. Why? Because datacenters are driven by service level agreements that demand the same level of fast, storage performance 24x7x365 – regardless of the workload complexity or changing IO intensity levels. So how can you evaluate consistent SSD performance? [...]

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Do IT Professionals care what’s under the covers when it comes to their equipment?

Yes they do! IT Pros know what drive brands are spinning inside their equipment.  OEMs may want all of us drive guys to be strictly vanilla but to IT pros, there is a difference …especially when it comes to enterprise storage.   Each month IT Brand Pulse selects a handful of product…

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Looking Back – Seagate’s Key 2010 Enterprise Storage Accomplishments

Happy New Year and welcome back to the world of enterprise storage! Full of promise, resolution and ideas for 2011, it’s important to look back on our achievements from the past year. Built on our Unified Storage strategy for the future,  here are our key 2010 Enterprise storage accomplishments: Seagate® Ships World’s Highest-Capacity, Most Reliable Small Form [...]

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