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As applications continue to increase in complexity and users demand mo
There’s a fair amount of confusion when it comes to data reduction ter
Several solid state disk (SSD) and networking vendors have demonstrate
As more storage traffic traverses the network, the risk of congestion
Last month, the S
For a long time, the architecture and best practices of storage networ
For a long time, the architecture and best practices of storage networ
In the last few years, Ethernet equipment vendors have announced big i
Many followers (dare we say fans?) of the SNIA Networking Storage Foru
On February 28th, the SNIA Networking Storage Forum (NSF) t
On February 28th, the SNIA Networking Storage Forum (NSF) t
To meet the increasingly higher demand on both capacity and performanc
To meet the increasingly higher demand on both capacity and performanc
Unlike traditional local or scale-up storage, scale-out storage impose
Ever make a mistake configuring a storage array or wonder if you're ma
At SNIA, we are dedicated to staying on t
At SNIA, we are dedicated to staying on t
To date, thousands have watched our "Great Storage Debate" webcast ser
To date, thousands have watched our “Great Storage Debate” webcast ser
In our RoCE vs
In our RoCE vs
By now, we hope you’ve had a chance to watch one of the webcasts from
It’s become quite clear to those of us in the SNIA Ethernet Storage Fo
The term controller is used constantly, but often has very different m
The term controller is used constantly, but often has very different m
More than 1,200 people have already watched our
More than 1,200 people have already watched our
As a follow up our first two hugely successful “Great Storage Debate”
As a follow up our first two hugely successful "Great Storage Debate"
Are you a control freak?
Are you a control freak?
The SNIA ESF is announcing a new series of webcasts, following our hug
The SNIA ESF is announcing a new series of webcasts, following our hug
The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum is very pleased to announce that the h
The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum is very pleased to announce that the h
The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF), specifically ESF Vice Chair, Al
The most recent installment of our SNIA ESF webcast series “
The most recent installment of our SNIA ESF webcast series “
The most recent installment of our SNIA ESF webcast series "
The most recent installment of our SNIA ESF webcast series “
iSCSI is one of the most broadly supported storage protocols, but trad
Storage can be something of a “black box,” a monolithic entity that is
In Part Vermillion of our SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) “Everythin
By now, we at the SNIA Storage Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) hope you a
By now, we at the SNIA Storage Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) hope you a
In our most recent “Everything You Wanted To Know About Storage But We
The colorful “Everything You Wanted To Know About Storage But Were Too
Earlier this month, the SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum hosted a live webc
Earlier this month, the SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum hosted a live webc
Finely tuning buffers, queues and caches can make your storage system
Finely tuning buffers, queues and caches can make your storage system
Last month, we were fortunate enough to have Greg Schulz, analyst and
Last month, we were fortunate enough to have Greg Schulz, analyst and
In the recent SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum iSCSI pod webcast, from our
In the recent SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum iSCSI pod webcast, from our
Would you like some rosé with your iSCSI?
Would you like some rosé with your iSCSI?
Here at the SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF), we’ve been discussin
Buffers and Queues are part of every data center architecture, and
Buffers and Queues are part of every data center architecture, and a c
Do you ever feel a bit confused about common storage networking terms?
Do you ever feel a bit confused about common storage networking ter
Last month, experts from Dell EMC, Intel, Mellanox and Microsoft conve
Last month, experts from Dell EMC, Intel, Mellanox and Microsoft co
More than 350 people have already seen our SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum
More than 350 people have already seen our SNIA Ethernet Storage Fo
In the first of our “
It seems like everyone is talking about containers these days, but not
It seems like everyone is talking about containers these days, but
The first installment of our "colorful" Webcast series, "
The first installment of our “colorful” Webcast series, “
Today's storage world would appear to have been divided into three maj
Today’s storage world would appear to have been divided into three
Many times we know things without even realizing it, or remembering ho
Many times we know things without even realizing it, or remembering
Ethernet technology had been a proven standard for over 30 years an
At this month’s SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum Webcast, “
Our recent SNIA ESF Webcast, “
Our recent SNIA ESF Webcast, "
There are many permutations of technologies, interconnects and appl
The next Ethernet Storage Forum Webcast.
The next Ethernet Storage Forum Webcast.
For the third time, our storage performance benchmarking experts, K
Our live SNIA-ESF Webcast, “
Our live SNIA-ESF Webcast, "
Our recent SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum Webcast on
Our recent SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum Webcast on
Need a primer on NFS?
Need a primer on NFS?
Attendees cannot get enough of the SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum’s St
Attendees cannot get enough of the SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum's Stora
NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) over Fabrics is of tremendous in
NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) over Fabrics is of tremendous inter
Our recent Ethernet Storage Forum Webcast, “
We got a lot of great questions at our recent Ethernet Storage Foru
We got a lot of great questions at our recent Ethernet Storage Forum w
Wonder how storage really
Wonder how storage really
Maybe you’ve asked yourself recently; “Hmm, I wonder what’s new in
Maybe you've asked yourself recently; "Hmm, I wonder what's new in NFS
Our recent Webcast with OpenStack Manila OpenStack Manila Project T
We at the Ethernet Storage Forum heard you loud and clear.
We at the Ethernet Storage Forum heard you loud and clear.
We had a great response to last week’s Webcast “
We had a great response to last week's Webcast "
Our recent SNIA-ESF webcast, “
Our recent SNIA-ESF webcast, "
How do new architectures being deployed in today’ s data cente
How do new architectures being deployed in today'  s data centers
There’s an art to making sense of storage performance benchmarks.
There's an art to making sense of storage performance benchmarks.
Almost 200 people attended our joint Webcast with the Ethernet Alli
Almost 200 people attended our joint Webcast with the Ethernet Allianc
Keeping storage as close to the application as possible and reasona
Keeping storage as close to the application as possible and reasonable
The team at SNIA-ESF and I were very pleased with how many people a
The team at SNIA-ESF and I were very pleased with how many people atte
We received several great questions at our
We received several great questions at our
The ESF is excited to announce our next live Webcast, “
The ESF is excited to announce our next live Webcast, "
We’re excited to announce our next ESF Webcast on
At our recent SNIA ESF Webcast “
At our recent SNIA ESF Webcast "
The ESF continues our busy schedule hosting informative Webcasts, w
The ESF continues our busy schedule hosting informative Webcasts, writ
At our recent live Webcast “
At our recent live Webcast "
Mark your calendar for March 25th as SNIA-ESF, together
Mark your calendar for March 25th as SNIA-ESF, together wit
We’re kicking off our 2015 ESF Webcasts on March 4th with what we b
We're kicking off our 2015 ESF Webcasts on March 4th with what we beli
At our recent live Webcast “
At our recent live Webcast "
ESF has some exciting plans for 2015!
ESF has some exciting plans for 2015!
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) has been growing in popularity y
More than 400 people have already seen our recent live ESF Webcast,
When I first started in storage technology (it doesn’t seem
Cloud File Services: SMB/CIFS and NFS…in the Cloud – Q&
Imagine evaporating your existing file server into the cloud with t
This year’s SNIA
This year's SNIA
At our recent live ESF Webcast, “
In July 2014, IEEE 802.3 voted to form a Study Group for 25Gb/s Eth
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) has been growing in popularity y
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) has been growing in popularity year
Presumptuous, yes, because Ethernet has been a mainstay in enterpri
Presumptuous, yes, because Ethernet has been a mainstay in enterprises
The Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force
As one Cisco colleague once said to me, “After the nuclear holocaus
As one Cisco colleague once said to me, "After the nuclear holocaust,
We had a tremendous response to our recent Webcast “
Technology continues to advance rapidly.
It’s been a bit of a bumpy ride for FCoE, which started out with mo
Previously, I’ve blogged about the VN2VN (virtual node to virtual n
“Software Defined” is a label being used to define advances in
Storage traffic running over Ethernet-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux shipped their first commercially supported
I’ve gotten some interesting feedback on my recent 10GBASE-T blog,
A challenge with traditional iSCSI deployments is the non-determini
The completion of a specification for FCoE (T11 FC-BB-5, 2009) held
In a previous blog post Why
In a previous blog post Why
I guess this is a blog that could either be very short or very long
A significant challenge in managing large amounts of data (or
For nearly a decade, the primary deployment of 10 Gigabit Ethernet
As we come to a close of the year 2012, I want to share some of our
Building an industry standard is a series of incremental steps – fr
Our recent Webcast: Flash – Plan for the Disruption was very well r
Our recent Webcast: NFSv4.1 – Plan for a Smooth Migration was very
There’s no doubt that flash is a game changer.
NFSv4.1 is a mature and stable protocol with many advantages over N
10GBASE-T is a technology that runs 10Gb Ethernet over familiar Cat
Our recent Webcast: 10GbE – Key Trends, Drivers and Predictions was
Is 10GbE coming of age? Many of us within the SNIA-ESF think so.
The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) will be presenting a live Web
The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) will be presenting a live Web
I recently attended Cisco Li
Experts from SNIA’s Ethernet Storage Forum are going to discuss the
“It is a mistake to think you can solve
I continue to believe that IP based storage protocols will be prefe
The inexorable growth of the m
The inexorable growth of the m