Storage Spaces Direct

Post-Show Recap: DataON at Microsoft Ignite 2017

Orlando is known for its theme parks and thrill rides. Last week, Microsoft provided over 25,000 people with a week-long thrill ride at Microsoft Ignite, showcasing tomorrow’s technology. Microsoft Project Honolulu Microsoft’s big story at Microsoft Ignite 2017 was the announcement of Project Honolulu for Windows Server 2016. It’s a locally deployed, browser-based management tool Post-Show Recap: DataON at Microsoft Ignite 2017

Ignite Your Microsoft Software-Defined Data Center with DataON and Mellanox

DataON TracSystem, certified for Microsoft Windows Server, is a fully integrated and turnkey hyper-converged solution with Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct Powered by the end-to-end Mellanox RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) solution, and all-flash NVMe SSDs, DataON TracSystem achieves exceptional performance of 3M IOPS in a four-node configuration. It also delivers simplicity, scalability, automation Ignite Your Microsoft Software-Defined Data Center with DataON and Mellanox

Busiest Library in the U.S. Retires Legacy SAN and Capitalizes on Hyper-Convergence

With over 1,300 staff in 48 locations across Washington State, King County Library System (KCLS) is the busiest library in the United States – circulating 22.4 million items in 2010. But like the old saying goes, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.”  While KCLS continues to do an amazing job at inspiring and Busiest Library in the U.S. Retires Legacy SAN and Capitalizes on Hyper-Convergence

“Too Much Information” – Manufacturing Company Ditches Sluggish SAN

When we hear the acronym “TMI,” the first thing that comes to mind is probably “too much information.”  Coincidentally, this is a real-world problem that many businesses in this day and age are beginning to face. Such was the case with TMI Manufacturing, headquartered in Dickinson, North Dakota.  Their iSCSI SAN was outdated, slow, and “Too Much Information” – Manufacturing Company Ditches Sluggish SAN

Deploy a Windows Server 2016 Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Solution with Tips from DataON and Strategic Online Solutions, Inc.

Windows Server 2016 includes a very good software-defined storage feature in Storage Spaces Direct but it’s not one of the most commonly mentioned providers of hyper-converged software. Storage Spaces Direct turns standard servers with local storage into enterprise-grade storage infrastructure, promising simplicity, flexibility and low operating costs. Most of the major data center vendors offer Deploy a Windows Server 2016 Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Solution with Tips from DataON and Strategic Online Solutions, Inc.

DataON Helps Windows Server Make Hyper-Converged Infrastructure a Boring Commodity

Many companies are interested in hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) because it promises simplicity, flexibility, and low operating costs. Transparency Market Research estimates the global market value for HCI at $31 billion by 2025 and is potentially the biggest growth area for server vendors. HCI is enabled by software, not hardware design, so it’s easy for anyone DataON Helps Windows Server Make Hyper-Converged Infrastructure a Boring Commodity

Customer Story: Youth Villages Chooses a WSSD-Compliant Solution for Cheaper, Faster Storage

Youth Villages is a nonprofit organization that helps emotionally troubled children and their families live successfully. They chose a Windows Server 2016 solution with DataON servers that is compliant with the WSSD program to replace an overextended, expensive storage area network. With a solution that takes full advantage of Storage Spaces Direct, Youth Villages slashed Customer Story: Youth Villages Chooses a WSSD-Compliant Solution for Cheaper, Faster Storage

Customer Story: Infront Upgrades to a Windows SDS Environment with a Good Monitoring System

Infront is a financial services company that provides real-time market data, trading, news and analytics to over 10,000 traders, analysts and financial providers across the world. Their storage infrastructure was aging rapidly, with a 10Gb iSCSI SAN that was over 6 years old. They had surpassed the maximum IOPS throughput on the current configuration, which Customer Story: Infront Upgrades to a Windows SDS Environment with a Good Monitoring System