Getting along with Software-Defined Networks

The latest topic in enterprise networking is software-defined networks (SDNs), which increase the intelligence of the core network making it more receptive to overall IT and business…

VHDX: The New Wave in Virtual Hard Disk Formats

  A bit about VHDs Virtual hard disk or VHD is a way to provide storage medium for virtual machines, which is represented as a disk image…

ZFS as a software-defined storage platform

ZFS is a feature-rich file system that makes it valuable as a starting platform for software-defined storage. This post speaks about ZFS features that are of prime…

VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols) – Tech Preview

vVols is a completely new concept designed to be the next generation of storage. However, todays storage protocols cause significant issues in adapting VM-centric approach. They might…

OpenStack Grizzly – 4 Key Facets

OpenStack came up with its new release called ‘OpenStack Grizzly’ earlier this April. This release is seventh in the row and is driven by users who have…

Open Stack: A Sneak-peek

Founded by Rackspace Hosting and NASA, OpenStack is used for building massively scalable private and public clouds. OpenStack can also be referred to as a global collaboration…

Is it the end of an era for FC SAN?

  The recent changes in the storage industry may be signaling the end of the SAN era. Why? The problem that SAN was designed to solve, still…

Software Defined Storage

Software defined storage is the latest buzz in the storage industry. It gives rise to questions such as how software-defined storage is different from storage virtualization? Is…