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May 2017 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructures Update Newsletter

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Volume 17, Issue V

Hello and welcome to the May 2017 issue of the Server StorageIO update newsletter.

 

Summer officially here in the northern hemisphere is still a few weeks away, however for all practical purposes it has arrived. What this means is that in addition to normal workplace activities and projects, there are plenty of outdoor things (as well as distractions) to attend to.

 

Over the past several months I have mentioned a new book that is due out this summer and which means it's getting close to announcement time. The new book title is Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials - Cloud, Converged, and Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft (CRC PRess/Taylor Francis/Auerbach) that you can learn more about here (with more details being added soon). A common question is will there be electronic versions of the book and the answer is yes (more on this in future newsletter).

Data Infrastructures

 

Another common question is what is it about, what is a data infrastructure (see this post) and what is tradecraft (see this post). Software-Defined Data Infrastructures Essentials provides  fundamental coverage of physical, cloud, converged, and virtual server storage  I/O networking technologies, trends, tools, techniques, and tradecraft skills.

 

Software-Defined  Data Infrastructures Essentials provides fundamental  coverage of physical, cloud, converged, and virtual server storage I/O  networking technologies, trends, tools, techniques, and tradecraft skills. From  webscale, software-defined, containers, database, key-value store, cloud, and  enterprise to small or medium-size business, the  book is filled with techniques,  and tips to help develop or refine your server storage I/O hardware, software,  and services skills. Whether you are new to data infrastructures or a seasoned  pro, you will find this comprehensive reference indispensable for gaining as  well as expanding experience with technologies, tools, techniques, and trends.

 

Software-Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials SDDI SDDC
ISBN-13: 978-1498738156
  ISBN-10: 149873815X
  Hardcover: 672 pages
  Publisher: Auerbach Publications; 1 edition (June 2017)
  Language: English

 

Watch for more news and insight about my new book Software-Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials soon. In the meantime,  check out the various items below in this edition of the Server StorageIO Update.

In This Issue

Enjoy this edition of the Server StorageIO update newsletter.

Cheers GS

Data Infrastructure and IT Industry Activity Trends

Some recent Industry Activities, Trends, News and Announcements include:

 

Flackbox.com has some new independent (non NetApp produced) learning resources including NetApp simulator eBook and MetroCluster tutorial. Over in the Microsoft world, Thomas Maurer has a good piece about Windows Server build 2017 and all about containers. Microsoft also announced SQL Server 2017 CTP 2.1 is now available. Meanwhile here are some my experiences and thoughts from test driving Microsoft Azure Stack.
   
Speaking of NetApp among other announcements they released a new version of their StorageGrid object storage software. NVMe activity in the industry (and at customer sites) continues to increase with Cavium Qlogic NVMe over Fabric news, along with Broadcom recent NVMe RAID announcements. Keep in mind that if the answer is NVMe, than what are the questions.

 

Here is a good summary of the recent OpenStack Boston Summit. Storpool did a momentum announcement which for those of you into software defined storage, add Storpool to your watch list. On the VMware front, check out this vSAN 6.6 demo (video) of stretched cluster via Yellow Bricks.

 

Check out other industry news, comments, trends perspectives here.

 

Server StorageIOblog Posts

Recent and popular Server StorageIOblog posts include:

View other recent as well as past StorageIOblog posts here

Server StorageIO Commentary in the news

Recent Server StorageIO industry trends perspectives commentary in the news.

Via EnterpriseStorageForum: What to Do with Legacy Assets in a Flash Storage World
  There is still a place for hybrid arrays. A hybrid array is the home run when it comes to leveraging your existing non-flash, non-SSD based assets today.
 
  Via EnterpriseStorageForum: Where All-Flash Storage Makes No Sense
    A bit of flash in the right place can go a long way, and everybody can benefit from at least a some of flash somewhere. Some might say the more, the better. But where you have budget constraints that simply prevent you from having more flash for things such as cold, inactive, or seldom access data, you should explore other options.
   
    Via Bitpipe: Changing With the Times - Protecting VMs(PDF)

 

    Via FedTech: Storage Strategies: Agencies Optimize Data Centers by Focusing on Storage

 

    Via SearchCloudStorage: Dell EMC cloud storage strategy needs to cut through fog
   
    Via SearchStorage: Microsemi upgrades controllers based on HPE technology

 

    Via EnterpriseStorageForum: 8 Data Machine Learning and AI Storage Tips

 

    Via SiliconAngle: Dell EMC announces hybrid cloud platform for Azure Stack

View more Server, Storage and I/O trends and perspectives comments here

Events and Activities

Recent and upcoming event activities.

Sep. 13-15, 2017 - Fujifilm IT Executive Summit - Seattle WA

August 28-30, 2017 - VMworld - Las Vegas

Jully 22, 2017 - TBA

June 22, 2017 - Webinar - GDPR and Microsoft Environments

May 11, 2017 - Webinar - Email Archiving, Compliance and  Ransomware

See more webinars and activities on the Server StorageIO Events page here.

Useful links and pages:
Microsoft TechNet - Various Microsoft related from Azure to Docker to Windows
storageio.com/links - Various industry links (over 1,000 with more to be added soon)
objectstoragecenter.com - Cloud and object storage topics, tips and news items
OpenStack.org - Various OpenStack related items
storageio.com/protect - Various data protection items and topics
thenvmeplace.com - Focus on NVMe trends and technologies
thessdplace.com - NVM and Solid State Disk topics, tips and techniques
storageio.com/converge - Various CI, HCI and related SDS topics
storageio.com/performance - Various server, storage and I/O  benchmark and tools
VMware Technical Network - Various VMware related items

Ok, nuff said, for now.

Cheers
Gs


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