Automation Approaches

Introduction Define Automation Test Strategy in Agile based Product Development. For version 1.0 Release. Define Risks & Mitigation Plan Product Development is done using Agile-SCRUM Methodology Product…

Software Defined Network (SDN) – Present, Past and Future.

Before we move ahead let us understand the 3 generations of networking. The first generation of networking was primarily dominated by mainframes. Organizations invested a lot of…

When & Why You Should Use Docker or VMs – A Quick Comparison

I have heard people comparing Docker with VMs, but the fact is they both are complementary technologies. They don’t compete with each other; both of them have…

NetApp Acquisition of SolidFire – My View

NetApp’s $870 million acquisition of SolidFire was much discussed news after Dell and EMC merger in the year 2015. This acquisition solidifies the future roadmap for all-flash…

Storage Industry – A recap and the road ahead

Storage industry has evolved in recent years. We have seen more data, and different kinds of data, generated by enterprises in the recent past. However with addition…

Hyper-V shared VHDX vs VHDX

With the introduction of Windows 2k12 R2, shared VHDX has been added along with VHDX (Virtual Hard disk Extended). VHDX supports higher LUN storage (64 TB) and…

Change Block Tracking

In today’s world where massive data is created, it is important for enterprises to back- up their data else major business intelligence can be lost with no…

VAAI – is it a Mirage?

VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Array Integration (VAAI), also known as hardware acceleration or hardware offload APIs, are a set of APIs enabling interaction between VMware vSphere…

Testing Times for All-Flash Arrays

451 Research has estimated that in 2014 the market for All-Flash Arrays across the leading vendors was a substantial $ 1.7 Billion with a growth of over…

Top ten storage start-ups in 2015

The storage Industry seems to be looking ahead in 2015.  This is due to a fresh cycle of investments and new technologies like cloud based technologies, e-commerce…