* Posts by bigdata

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How to design a storage array: NOT LIKE THAT, buddy

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That architecture is already here - designed from the ground up by Violin Memory. Take a look at vmem.com Hot swappable, NAS, software optimized down to each strip of NAND flash. Lowest latency of any array.

Fusion-io opens trenchcoat, flashes cheap PCIe cards

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Reactionary to Vioin PCIe Price Cuts

FIO is just responding to Violin Memory's PCIe product introductions. Let the price war begin!

Then there were 3: Micron slowly 'wipes out' NAND flash rivals

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Don't believe those numbers

Samsung and Toshiba are the largest makers of NAND period.

How Fusion-io redlined its PCIe flash motor to hit 9.6 MEEELION IOPS

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More ridiculous fantasy world benchmarks from FIO.

Rackspace: Why we're designing our own cloud servers

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Rackspace is behind the curve if they're still using spinning discs. Having Quanta build them saves them 15%, which is no savings since there's no support.

This is the last leg of spinning discs. CIOs aren't knowledgeable enough about flash storage so they try to cut box costs by buying from China. OCP is hardware communism, so everyone gets the same lousy generic performance. Performance needs tweaking. You don;t get performance by buying cheaper boxes.

I don't see how getting rid of a few unnecessary ports speeds up IO, reduce latency, and cut power usage and footprint.

Dell's having a fiddle with Violin Memory - but will it flash the cash?

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Re: A bit of a waste for Violin to go to Dell

Symantec is for backup.

I think everyone agrees growth is still to come in the next year or two.

When the big boys wake up, they'll have to buy their way in.

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A bit of a waste for Violin to go to Dell

But frankly, what's so hard about what Nimble, Whiptail, Skera of the world do? They're somewhere in between fast enough and bulk storage. Not much intelligence or IP there.

I think Violin is positioned well for a bigger acquisition, with both SAS and NAS products, great IP and management. If they have a good IPO and good sales, it would almost be a shame for them to get bought out before the fun begins in a year or two, because they have such a lead in the space.

I think this is a hockey stick growth story.

Taiwanese giant Quanta sold one out of every seven servers last year

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Are server makers worried about Open Compute?

Quanta and Taiwanese makers benefit from Open Compute. Are server makers worried?

Do you believe Open Compute will stick?

Violin Memory fires PCIe server card salvoes at rival Fusion-io

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Re: Really?

Both SAN and NAS are needed to speed up data.

Violin started with PCIe years ago but decided to build on array opportunities first. With SAN PCIe, Violin offers the full spectrum in enterprise storage.