Tag: Storage Architecture

Too Proud to Ask Webcast Series Continues – Getting from Here to There Pod

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As part of the SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum’s successful “Everything You Wanted To Know About Storage But Were Too Proud To Ask” series, we’ve discussed numerous topics about storage devices, protocols, and networks. As we examine some of these topics further, we begin to tease out some subtle nuances; subtle, yet important nevertheless.

On May 9th we’ll take on the terms and concepts that affect Storage Architectures as a whole in “Everything You Wanted To Know About Storage But Were Too Proud To Ask – Part Sepia – Getting from Here to There.” In particular, we’ll be looking at those aspects that can help or hinder storage systems inside the network:

  • Encapsulation vs. Tunneling
  • IOPS vs. Latency vs. Jitter
  • Quality of Service (QoS)

Each of these topics has a profound impact on storage designs and performance, but they are often misunderstood. We’re going to help you become clear on all of these very important storage concepts so that you can grok storage just a little bit more.

We hope you will join us on May 9th at 10:00 am PT and that you won’t be “too proud” to ask our experts your questions! Register today.

Think there may be other storage topics you feel you should understand better? Check out the rest of the webcasts in this series here.

Update: If you missed the live event, it’s now available  on-demand. You can also  download the webcast slides.

The Everything You Want To Know About Storage Is On Again With Part Mauve – The Architecture Pod

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The first installment of our “colorful” Webcast series, “Everything You Wanted To Know about Storage But Were Too Proud To Ask – Part Chartreuse,” covered the fundamental elements of storage systems. If you missed it, you can check it out on-demand. On November 1st, we’ll be back at it, focusing on the network aspect of storage systems with “Everything You Wanted To Know About Storage But Were Too Proud To Ask – Part Mauve.”

As with any technical field, it’s too easy to dive into the jargon of the pieces and expect people to know exactly what you mean. Unfortunately, some of the terms may have alternative meanings in other areas of technology. In this Webcast, we look at some of those terms specifically and discuss them as they relate to storage networking systems.

In particular, you’ll find out what we mean when we talk about:

  • Channel versus Busses
  • Control Plane versus Data Plane
  • Fabric versus Network

Register now for Part Mauve of “Everything You Wanted To Know About Storage But Were Too Proud to Ask.

For people who are familiar with data center technology, whether it be compute, programming, or even storage itself, some of these concepts may seem intuitive and obvious… until you start talking to people who are really into this stuff. This series of Webcasts will help be your Secret Decoder Ring to unlock the mysteries of what is going on when you hear these conversations. We hope to see you there!

Update: If you missed the live event, it’s now available  on-demand. You can also  download the webcast slides.