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Archived Storage Articles
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11 Oct 2011
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Hybrid Columnar Compression Now Supported for ZFS Storage Appliances, Pillar Axiom Storage Systems [24665]
Enables 3x to 5x Reduction in Storage Footprint Versus EMC and NetApp for Oracle Databases
Hybrid Columnar Compression, enabled in an update to Oracle Database 11g Release 2, is now supported on both Oracles Sun ZFS Storage Appliances and Pillar Axiom Storage Systems enabling customers using Oracles NAS and SAN systems to manage the lifecycle of data using in-database archiving for OLTP databases and data warehouses, with 10x to 50x compression for most datasets. Using Hybrid Columnar Compression in these environments, customers can achieve 3x to 5x reductions in their storage footprints, energy usage and cost by replacing existing EMC and NetApp SAN and NAS storage with Oracle storage solutions.
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21 Sep 2011
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Q3.4.1 Code Now Available on MOS for the 7000 ZFSSA Family [24585]
Significant Price Reductions
With the code Q3.4.1 release users can employ the new 15K speed 300 gigabyte (GB) and 600 GB drive trays, mixing and matching drive trays in their systems as long as they do not include the high-capacity slower drives in the same pool as the high-speed drives. While, as blogger Steve Tunstall points out, not everyone will need these faster drives, users whose workloads either fill up the cache or by-pass the Logzillas altogether during writes will find the 15K speed spindles a valuable tool.
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13 Sep 2011
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Pillar Axiom Release 5 Storage System Software [24577]
Now Available for Pillar Axiom 600 Storage Systems
Pillar Axiom Release 5 Storage System Software is now available for Pillar Axiom 600 Storage Systems and is also compatible with Pillar Axiom 500 and 300 storage systems. The software provides incomparable, upgradeable investment protection for all current Axiom customers. The enhancements in Pillar Axiom Release 5 Software include: Pillar Axiom Storage Domains allow disparate customer, application, or workload data to be securely separated physically in drive groups in a single storage array, while maintaining full data accessibility; Pillar Axiom MaxMan enables management of multiple Axiom storage systems anywhere from a single Java-based interface; Pillar Axiom MaxRep simplifies data mobility and migration.
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12 Sep 2011
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Client Solid State Storage (SSS) Performance Test Specification (PTS) Released to Public [24549]
Enables Fair Testing of Disparate Storage Implementations
According to StorageNewsletter.com the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has released the Client Solid State Storage (SSS) Performance Test Specification (PTS) to the public. The Client PTS comprises a suite of tests and test methodologies necessary to enable comparative testing of individual SSS client device performance. The SSS PTS itself includes a Reference Test Platform (RTP) that ensures the comparison of results on a true 'apples-to-apples' basis across multiple testers,
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07 Sep 2011
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IDC Report Finds Seven Consequtive Quarters of Storage Software Revenue Growth [24546]
EMC, Symantec, IBM Lead the Field
The IDC report "Ongoing Infrastructure Investments Carry Storage Software Revenues to Seventh Consecutive Quarter of Growth in 2Q11" finds a total market value approaching $3.4 billion during the quarter, up 11.3% over the same period last year. IDC reports that this double-digit growth broadly aligned with increased investments made within the server and disk storage systems markets during the same quarter, which suggests that storage software sales benefited from expansive investments made within the infrastructure space. The survey found EMC, Symantec, and IBM were the top ranking storage software suppliers with 24.5%, 15.8% and 14.1% market shares respectively.
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