Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI)

Five Things Blog: 25 Cool Things You Can Do with Azure Stack HCI

The time has come to refresh your infrastructure. You want to eliminate your legacy storage, consolidate your infrastructure, and deploy a software-defined hybrid cloud solution. It must be simple, highly scalable, and highly resilient. It must support the latest technology, provide cost-conscious options for the edge, and deliver the performance that demanding SQL Server workloads, … Five Things Blog: 25 Cool Things You Can Do with Azure Stack HCI

Five Things about Intel® Optane ® SSDs and Why They’re Awesome for Azure Stack HCI

You’ve done the research and chosen Azure Stack HCI for your hyper-converged infrastructure. Depending on your workloads, you have a short list of storage possibilities like all-NVMe 3D NAND solid state drives (SSDs) or hybrid storage consisting of 3D NAND SSD cache and hard disk drive (HDD) capacity tiers. But there is another type of … Five Things about Intel® Optane ® SSDs and Why They’re Awesome for Azure Stack HCI

5 Key Takeaways from StorageReview’s “HCI at the Edge Benefits from Intel® Optane™ & QLC NVMe SSDs”

In 2019, StorageReview reviewed our DataON HCI-224 solution for Azure Stack HCI featuring Intel® Optane™ NVMe SSDs. They gave it an “Editor’s Choice” award, calling it “the fastest we’ve seen in a mid-market 4-node HCI cluster” and “simple to deploy, easy to manage, and exceptionally performant.” This month, StorageReview took a close look at our … 5 Key Takeaways from StorageReview’s “HCI at the Edge Benefits from Intel® Optane™ & QLC NVMe SSDs”

Five Hybrid Cloud Things You Can Do With Azure Stack HCI

The hybrid cloud isn’t just a cool, neat, novel thing anymore, it’s the go-to architecture for many. And those who aren’t onboard yet are definitely considering it. Microsoft’s Azure Stack HCI is a hyper-converged infrastructure with virtualization, software-defined networking, and more. But what separates it from the rest is it seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Azure. … Five Hybrid Cloud Things You Can Do With Azure Stack HCI

Five Things about Scale-Out Storage Solutions with Azure Stack HCI and DataON

There are many choices for scale-out storage solutions available. But there are only a few that can offer a complete line of resilient, hybrid cloud storage solutions from as simple as an SMB backup to ultra-dense big data and cloud files servers. Here are five things about scale-out storage solutions with Azure Stack HCI and … Five Things about Scale-Out Storage Solutions with Azure Stack HCI and DataON

TL;DW Webinar Report: Get the Benefits of Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server on Azure Stack HCI

If you missed our webinar, you can watch the entire recording on BrightTALK. But if you need the TL;DW, here are the top takeaways and a slides list, complete with YouTube timestamps. Top Takeaways 1/ Microsoft SQL Server 2019 is faster than SQL Server 2014. Compared to SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2019 (both Standard … TL;DW Webinar Report: Get the Benefits of Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server on Azure Stack HCI

IT Hero: Protect Your Business with Data Governance and Business Continuity Plans

Benjamin Clements is President of Strategic Online Systems, an IT consulting firm and full-service managed service provider (MSP) located in Collierville, TN. Strategic Online Systems specializes in Microsoft and Veeam solutions and is a DataON partner. Benjamin has over 21 years of CIO consulting experience. When it comes to a business continuity plan, it’s important … IT Hero: Protect Your Business with Data Governance and Business Continuity Plans

TL;DW Webinar Report: Data Security Governance & Enterprise Business Continuity Solutions from Microsoft, Veeam, and DataON

If you missed our webinar, you can watch the entire recording on BrightTALK. But if you need the TL;DW, check out the summary below, complete with YouTube timestamps. 1/ The hybrid cloud journey: azure everywhere [02:52] (SPEAKER: Howard Lo, DataON) HCI by the numbers and industry trends [04:37] The four components of Azure Arc and … TL;DW Webinar Report: Data Security Governance & Enterprise Business Continuity Solutions from Microsoft, Veeam, and DataON

Five Things about Switchless HCI Solutions

Switchless HCI is a growing trend in hyper-converged infrastructure. HCI already simplifies your infrastructure with virtualized compute, storage, and networking. Switchless HCI can further simplify your infrastructure and reduce costs and it’s a great option for small-to-medium sized businesses, remote office/branch office (ROBO), edge, or IoT deployments. Here’s five things you should know about switchless … Five Things about Switchless HCI Solutions