Comments on: Tweaking Storage for The Cloud

By: Like Our Data, Storage Startups Are Multiplying

Like Our Data, Storage Startups Are Multiplying — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:05:27 +0000

[...] launched in as many days this week, both offering variations on the theme that more data requires more storage, and faster networks (and impatient end users) require faster access to stored data. The trend has been building for [...]

By: The Simple Reason Dell Bought 3PAR

The Simple Reason Dell Bought 3PAR — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:01:20 +0000

[...] companies that buy into the 100 percent integrated IBM approach, and will also make use of its recent XIV acquisition. HP is perhaps the most exposed, still relying on Hitachi to provide the hardware and some software [...]

By: Has the Consolidation of Cloud Storage Started?

Has the Consolidation of Cloud Storage Started? — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:06:25 +0000

[...] is one of the many startups that have been funded in order to solve three major problems universal to the web and to the [...]

By: balesio AG

balesio AG — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:32:04 +0000

What is interesting in the field of Primary Storage is Native File Optimization (NFO), i.e. optimizing single files systematically to the size they need to be. With our FILEminimizer technology, companies can optimize all unstructured files and gain back over 70% of existing storage space.
The philosophy is different, the effect is powerful: why do companies allow to store Office files of 100 MB and more when the same content in optimized form takes up only 5 MB?
This is storage waste and it is incredible how much you can save there without changing existing storage infrastuctures.

By: NetApp to Buy Data Domain for $1.5B

NetApp to Buy Data Domain for $1.5B — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:57:54 +0000

[...] more tools to offer customers in their attempts to stay ahead of the ever increasing amount of data created and subsequently stored. De-duplication, a process where only new files are stored at each backup, is a way to hasten [...]

By: Who Will Cache in on Cloud Storage? - GigaOM

Who Will Cache in on Cloud Storage? - GigaOM — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:00:32 +0000

[...] for many applications, including media delivery and most application delivery, tweaking storage for the cloud means adding faster cache memory or optimizing the storage infrastructure by geographic location. [...]

By: GSN

GSN — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:48:53 +0000

Storwize is the only proven solution at the market with tens of customers and with enough money at the bank to the next few years. The saving in Storwize is across the board: Money, power, space, air conditioning etc. You should evaluate it.

By: LaunchSquad : Blogs : What’s New

LaunchSquad : Blogs : What’s New — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:56:12 +0000

[...] influential technology trades and blogs as Byte & Switch, GigaOm, TechWorld, and InfoStor jumped on the news, giving Ocarina plenty of ink and top billing at the [...]

By: - Storwize Gets $19M

- Storwize Gets $19M — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:02:21 +0000

[...] one of the many startups tweaking storage for the cloud, netted $19 million in funding yesterday. The round follows a $9 million Series B raised in 2007 [...]

By: Storwize Gets $19M - GigaOM

Storwize Gets $19M - GigaOM — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:42:39 +0000

[...] Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 10:42 AM PT Comments (0) Storwize, one of the many startups tweaking storage for the cloud, netted $19 million in funding yesterday. The round follows a $9 million Series B raised in 2007 [...]

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:10:24 +0000

a much cheaper solution the NetApp and EMC for enteprise storage are the true Cloud Storage providers, like Nirvanix. they recently announced services for enterprise backup and online archiving, and they claim to be pretty “nimble” while staying cheap.
for those interested http://www.nirvanix.com

By: Russ Kennedy

Russ Kennedy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:47:00 +0000

Stacey, Today, the client that reassembles the data resides in a device which we sell called an Accesser. In the near future, the client will be imbedded in media players, cameras, cell phones, etc. to save and access dispersed data. The number of servers that can simultaneously fail while maintaining access to the data is user configurable. A typical configuration will have 16 storage servers spread across 8 locations with a minimum of number of slices needed to create the data being 10. That's a 16 / 10 / 8 Cleversafe configuration. In this scenario, with 2 servers at each location you can simultaneously lose 3 sites or 6 individual servers and still be able to access the data. I'll have someone from our PR agency schedule a briefing with you.

By: SEO hosting

SEO hosting — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:16:18 +0000

I think your last pont is key. For any of these new ideas to really take off the companies either have to be bought out by one of the big players or they have to license out their knowledge. The cost to develop these ideas is huge and I think the VC folks don't like spending dollars on actual equipment.

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:41:19 +0000

Russ, Cleversafe is interesting. Who needs to have copies of the client in order to reassemble the data? What percentage of the servers can fail and still keep a viable copy of the information? I'd really like to learn more.

By: SolSie

SolSie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:42:35 +0000

IBM is playing in this field with its latest acquisition of XIV:
http://solsie.com/ibm-acquired-xiv-nextra-targeting-web-20-storage-need/

By: Russ Kennedy

Russ Kennedy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:46:20 +0000

Since you are identifying new technologies that are tweaking storage for the cloud, you may want to look at what Cleversafe is doing to address the needs of content storage and distribution. Cleversafe's core technology is build on information dispersal which is a fundamentally better way to store and distribute large digital content objects, not just at tweak. Dispersed Storage takes in data and slices the data into a number of pieces that are transformed (optionally encrypted) and then dispersed across a network of storage servers which can be geographically distributed. Data is rebuilt using intelligence in a light weight client by having access to a predefined subset of the original pieces. The client dynamically determines the fastest and most efficient method for retrieving the slices and recreating the original data which is ideal for content distribution. Cleversafe's products address both a more efficient way to store and protect digital content for extended periods of time as well as an efficient method of distributing that content to millions of users simultaneously.