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NetApp posts world-record SPEC SFS2008 NFS benchmark result

Just as NetApp dominated the older version of the SPEC SFS97_R1 NFS benchmark back in May of 2006 (and was unsurpassed in that benchmark with 1 million SFS operations per second), the time has come to...

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Are some flash storage vendors optimizing too heavily for short-lived NAND...

I really resisted using the “flash in the pan” phrase in the title… first, because the term is overused and second, because I don’t believe solid state is of limited value. On the contrary. However, I...

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Are SSDs reliable enough? The importance of extensive testing under adverse...

Recently, interesting research (see here) from researchers at Ohio State was presented at USENIX.  To summarize, they tested 15 SSDs, several of them “Enterprise” grade, and subjected them to various...

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Marketing fun: NetApp industry first of up to 13 million IOPS in a single rack

I’m seeing some really “out there” marketing lately, every vendor (including us) trying to find an angle that sounds exciting while not being an outright lie (most of the time). A competitor recently...

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NetApp posts SPC-1 Top Ten Performance results for its high end systems –...

It’s been a while since our last SPC-1 benchmark submission with high-end systems in 2012. Since then we launched all new systems, and went from ONTAP 8.1 to ONTAP 8.3, big jumps in both hardware and...

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Calculating the true cost of space efficient Flash solutions

In this post I will try to help you understand how to objectively calculate the cost of space-efficient storage solutions – there’s just too much misinformation out there and it’s getting irritating...

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NetApp Enterprise Grade Flash

June 23rd marked the release of new NetApp Enterprise Flash technology. The release consists of: New ONTAP 8.3.1 with significant performance, feature and usability enhancements New Inline Storage...

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The Importance of SSD Firmware Updates

I wanted to bring this crucial issue to light since I’m noticing several storage vendors being either cavalier about this or simply unaware. I will explain why solutions that don’t offer some sort of...

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NetApp posts world-record SPEC SFS2008 NFS benchmark result

Just as NetApp dominated the older version of the SPEC SFS97_R1 NFS benchmark back in May of 2006 (and was unsurpassed in that benchmark with 1 million SFS operations per second), the time has come to...

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Are some flash storage vendors optimizing too heavily for short-lived NAND...

I really resisted using the “flash in the pan” phrase in the title… first, because the term is overused and second, because I don’t believe solid state is of limited value. On the contrary. However, I...

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Are SSDs reliable enough? The importance of extensive testing under adverse...

Recently, interesting research (see here) from researchers at Ohio State was presented at USENIX. To summarize, they tested 15 SSDs, several of them “Enterprise” grade, and subjected them to various...

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Marketing fun: NetApp industry first of up to 13 million IOPS in a single rack

I’m seeing some really “out there” marketing lately, every vendor (including us) trying to find an angle that sounds exciting while not being an outright lie (most of the time). A competitor recently...

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NetApp posts SPC-1 Top Ten Performance results for its high end systems –...

It’s been a while since our last SPC-1 benchmark submission with high-end systems in 2012. Since then we launched all new systems, and went from ONTAP 8.1 to ONTAP 8.3, big jumps in both hardware and...

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Calculating the true cost of space efficient Flash solutions

In this post I will try to help you understand how to objectively calculate the cost of space-efficient storage solutions – there’s just too much misinformation out there and it’s getting irritating...

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NetApp Enterprise Grade Flash

June 23rd marked the release of new NetApp Enterprise Flash technology. The release consists of: New ONTAP 8.3.1 with significant performance, feature and usability enhancements New Inline Storage...

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The Importance of SSD (and other) Firmware Updates

I wanted to bring this crucial issue to light since I’m noticing several storage vendors being either cavalier about this or simply unaware. I will explain why solutions that don’t offer some sort of...

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