S3260

I’ve been a big fan of automation almost since I discovered computers many years ago. It is my favorite thing about Cisco UCS. Today, guest blogger: Olli Walsdorf, Technical Marketing Engineer, discusses using Ansible with UCS. Olli has more than 20 years of storage experience, working in different…

This post was co-authored by Rajesh Shroff  66 years in the making! It sounds like a long time, but first we had to wait for a few milestones to precede us: 1951 – UNIVAC pioneers use of magnetic tape for storage 1993 – Severe Tire Damage is the first band to live stream 2007 – Ne…

In this new digital economy, data is king and storing it requires a well-funded army. At least it does when you maintain the status quo with legacy storage solutions. In this scenario, cost and complexity often impede a business’s ability to scale and adapt to these new digital demands. This signals…

Heading to New Orleans for VeeamON 2017 this year? So is Cisco and we would love to talk to you about what we have been doing in the data protection space with Cisco Unified Computing! This is our second time at VeeamON, we were a proud sponsor of Veeam’s inaugural customer event in 2015. Our own Si…

I promised a follow up in my recent blog about Facebook’s new Bryce Canyon storage platform. While the title of this blog may sound like it questions the new platform’s capabilities. It like the previous blog aims to help you understand why it is perfectly suited for Facebook’s unique ne…

A few weeks ago, this year’s Open Compute Summit in Santa Clara, California concluded. I personally love this event to see what all the big massive scale data center operators are doing. I have been following the program since it’s inception and unfortunately missed this year’s event but you can de…

Well we just opened up a hornet’s nest didn’t we?! Our recent announcement of the new Cisco UCS S-Series Storage Server definitely caused a stir in the industry. We launched into the emerging scale out storage market with a broad ecosystem of solution partners backed by amazing customers like Cirrit…

What does Data Unstored mean?   It begins with connecting the unconnected. That the world is undergoing digital transformation is without question. Billions of devices are connected to the internet, and billions more will be connected by 2020. Over three and a half billion people have internet acces…

Last week, I discussed the economics of on-premises storage using the S3260 Storage Server vs. the cloud. Net net, the S3260 is 56% less expensive. Today, I wanted to talk about server consolidation of multiple 2RU rackmount servers on to a S3260. Yes, I’m going to try and sell you fewer servers. 2R…