I want to tell you all about some work my colleague Marcelo Gigliotti (@presuntinho) has completed, testing InfoScale’s SmartIO caching feature in AWS. Marcelo observed that storage IOPs could be incr...
In earlier post in the series, we have learnt about various file system level settings to get more out of SmartIO. But many times a single file system has files and folders with different access chara...
In Ryan’s blog post, we have seen benefits provided by SmartIO in today’s datacenter where SSDs are becoming more and more prevelant. Sumit in his blog has provided more details about SmartAssist tool...
As we reach the end of the year, one of my favorite things to do is look through a never-ending supply of lists: Christmas lists from my kids and family; “Best of …” lists for 2014; and “Top Predictio...
On December 2nd ,2014, SORT delivered another release and added the following features: Support for Storage Foundation and High Availability 6.2 release within the following areas of SORT: Installatio...
SmartIO was introduced in Storage Foundation HA 6.1. SmartIO enables data efficiency on your SSDs through I/O caching. Using SmartIO to improve efficiency, you can optimize the cost per Input/Output O...
Is the era of storage systems (arrays) facing disruption? Do the expensive monolithic chassis sellers need to find new ways to make money? Do the investors betting on newer storage array startups need...
“What is SmartIO and what does it do?” Since the launch of Storage Foundation 6.1, I’ve been asked that question by all sorts of people in all sorts of situations. The most concise answer I have is th...
The 6.1 release of Storage Foundation High Availability introduces SmartIO which enables customers to increase application performance and reduce storage costs while maintaining availability of data a...
