Thin Provisioning
All-Flash-Arrays
Storage Field Day 6 visits Pure Storage
Last week Stephen Foskett and a host of delegates visited the Bay Area for Storage Field Day 6. The crew stopped by Pure Storage to catch up on our vision and direction, whiteboard on...
Data Reduction
Understanding Thin Provisioning: Does it Reduce Storage Capacity?
I’d like to continue the discussion on storage savings technologies. In my recent post on Dedupe and Compression I attempted to clarify the differences in the data reduction capabilities between each technology and demonstrate...
Data Reduction
Data Deduplication and Compression Means Double Savings
In many ways data deduplication and compression are a lot like salt and pepper. Both of these seasonings enhance the taste of food, each has a distinct flavor and is used in varying quantities...
Best Practices
VCE-101 Thin Provisioning Part 2 – Going Beyond
This is the second installment of a two-part post focusing on the thin provisioning capabilities native to vSphere. If you haven’t read Part I - The Basics, I’d suggest you do so before proceeding....
Best Practices
VCE-101 Thin Provisioning Part 1 – The Basics
This week’s VMware Communities Roundtable featured one of my favorite people at VMware, Paul Manning who spoke on thin provisioning. This topic is the inspiration for today’s VCE post. Reducing storage costs...