Storage

Around the Storage Block

Leading up to the HPE Discover Virtual Experience we had big news. We just announced some pretty exciting primary storage updates that center on Advancing Intelligence, Mission-Critical DR, Accelerating Apps, and On-Demand Automation. HPE Nimble Storage and HPE Primera are our stars of the day, and I have two ways for you to learn about what’s up: a Chalk Talk and a podcast.
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Around The Storage Block

In this abbreviated article based on an Around the Storage Block blog post, my colleague Simon Watkins looked at what customers said about HPE StoreOnce. There were too many quotes to include in my article so be sure to read the article on ATSB to see everything that was said. Here’s the article from Simon.
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Protecting your most vital applications and data with HPE Mission Critical Software

In our connected 24x7 economy, experiencing downtime for most applications has become cost-prohibitive for business, not only financially but also in loss of reputation. Minimizing downtime has long been a core tenet of IT teams the world over, especially those working with vital applications such as enterprise resource planning, core banking, electronic healthcare and more. In HPE, we have vast experience and proven solutions in the mission-critical computing space. We start at the infrastructure level with our well known mission-critical servers, with a unique and comprehensive set of built-in RAS (reliability, availability, and serviceability) capabilities that result in high levels of single-system uptime. Single-system availability is of great value, and a fundamental component of any mission-critical environment; but it´s not enough when the end result must be maximum application uptime across the IT stack. Ultimately, the business cares about the availability of business functionality, and that comes directly from the applications. And so, application-targeted high availability is paramount for this type of IT deployment.
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You complete me:
What is HPE Complete?

A couple of months ago, I did a Chalk Talk that gave a description of the HPE Complete program. The HPE Complete program resells best-in-class third party branded products that complement and complete HPE native solutions. When something is worth my time to do a Chalk Talk, I try to also do a blog post on the topic. I just updated the Chalk Talk with a few new partners in the Complete program so now's a great time to highlight the program. 
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Möbius Partners and Texas Christian University: Standing Up Active-Active Data Centers with Zero Downtime

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  • Separate data centers and aging storage
  • Lag during high availability tests
  • Disaster preparedness Business Continuity

Solution:

  • Active-Active Data Centers
  • VMware vSphere 6.5
  • 2 HPE 8440 StoreServe All-Flash Arrays

Benefits:

  • Ease of management
  • HPE Peer Persistence allows high-availability
  • Failover capabilities under 5 minutes with no data loss
  • Stretch and metro clusters allow for multi-level of resiliency on storage, compute, and networking
  • Confidence in IT from students and staff
  • Data compaction 3.2:1, data compression 2.1 and deduplication 1.5
  • Documentation and training to prepare the TCU team

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Texas Christian University (TCU) has long been an HP-based organization with significant investment made in its equipment.…

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Recapping the storage news from HPE Discover

Discover has come and gone and it was a fantastic event for me. I had a great time meeting people and sharing my passion for storage. If you were unable to join us in Las Vegas, I want to give you an overview of some huge news we announced at HPE Discover 2019. If you’d rather watch a video, this Chalk Talk is the same information but there are several links in my article that you can get more on the things I discuss.

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The Data-centric World of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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In the early days of High-Performance Computing (HPC) the concept of solving complex problems was driven by how much processing power was available to achieve a goal within a reasonable amount of time. At the same time, the algorithms that made up the HPC applications were designed to take full advantage of the processing capabilities with no limits in sight.…

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Hyperconvergence Delivers Unexpected Results for VDI Users

The self-help industry is steadily growing, due to a basic human desire for improvement. Consumers can find a plethora of books, podcasts, and seminars, not to mention products and services that promise positive change.

IT organizations that want to experience similar improvements can find them by implementing some less-than-urgent technology makeovers. The results can often deliver unexpected and far-reaching benefits. Client virtualization environments stand to benefit more than most, because even small improvements in system performance are multiplied across hundreds of desktops.…

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