Most storage servers use a single type of primary storage media, like HDDs or SSDs. All-HDD servers excel at inexpensively storing large amounts of data, and serve it back over your network at very high speeds, although small-file random access workloads will challenge them. All-SSD servers excel at small file random access workloads, but at present, are much more expensive…
Some people think Ceph is difficult, with a steep learning curve and a complicated maintenance process. But that's not the case. Ceph has come a long way in terms of simplicity and usability. It also has a number of tools to make deployment and maintenance a relatively pain-free task. What is Ceph? Ceph is open-source clustering software which links multiple…
High-performance storage is becoming more and more essential for many organizations. During the pandemic, we saw a trend where a diverse range of organizations began upgrading their data storage to incorporate a flash component. This happened for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it was to enable remote work, where latency was a key component. Other times it was simply to…
If you want the best performance and fast access storage, you're looking for an all-flash storage server. And because the cost of SSDs has significantly dropped over the last few years, all-flash storage has become even more affordable and adopted among various industries. All-flash storage servers like our Stornado offer significantly improved performance over HDD, cooler running temperatures, and decreased…
Businesses and organizations run on data, making data storage a key factor of any successful business. Your organization's data should be fast, accessible and available when you need it. That's why more and more organizations are turning to clustered storage solutions. In this blog, we'll dive into the benefits of clustering your storage. But first, it's important to mention that…
From customers to social channels, we've listened to your feedback to improve our server administration software, Houston. Today, we're excited to share our new Houston updates and features in this blog. Along with the updates, I also want to talk about the history of Houston and why it was important for us to build an easy-to-use system to manage data…
Virtualization is an exciting technology that offers many potential benefits to a massive range of applications. Virtualization as a concept is ancient – it has been around for years, and its current position in the storage world is well established. However, in many cases, we’ve seen people who could be benefiting from it but perhaps fear the learning curve or…
Virtualization adds an abstraction layer between physical hardware and the systems and programs interacting with it. Having a virtual layer between your software and hardware provides huge benefits to many applications and potential future-proofing, flexibility, and resiliency to many more. There are a few big names in the virtualization world, and the largest proprietary virtualization software is widely adopted. However,…
A single portal to easily and effectively manage digital evidence is incredibly beneficial for small to medium-sized law enforcement and legal professionals to help manage their digital evidence. Traceability and controlled access are vital for ensuring anything that may end up within a courtroom are valid and admissible. Law and legal professionals shouldn't have to deal with a "mess" of…
Cameras are producing more and more data, especially with 4k transitioning into the new defacto-standard. With this explosion in data, there has been an increased need for large-scale data storage that is affordable and fits into your workflow. Chances are, if you're reading this, you are the video experts and don't spend all day thinking about data storage. The world…