Posts Tagged ‘Wide Striping’

Enterprise Computing: Run My Storage At 60%? No Way!

Enterprise Computing: Run My Storage At 60%?  No Way!
Hu Yoshida has an interesting view on his recent post discussing storage utilisation rates.  His concluding remark suggests running at a maximum of 60% utilisation – even with Dynamic Provisioning.  Hu, you must be joking, right? Point 1: I’ve paid for my 100% of storage and I’m...
March 17th, 2010 | Enterprise Computing, Featured | Read More

Enterprise Computing: The Wide Striping Debate

Enterprise Computing: The Wide Striping Debate
I’ve read with interest this week the posts on wide striping and the consequent expansion to thin provisioning.  Here are some of the highlights: First there’s Martin Glasborow’s post, which discusses whether wide striping and thin provisioning should be chargeable items.  I’d...
July 12th, 2009 | Enterprise Computing, GestaltIT, Virtualisation | Read More