Gear6 Releases Data Center Performance Tool

Gear6, accelerating storage for real time application performance, today announced the public release of its NEMo performance analyzer for customers to gauge the acceleration benefits of centralized storage caching. NEMo is a simple, lightweight software script that uses existing Unix and Linux tools to measure application data patterns and the suitability for acceleration. more »

What is Centralized Storage Caching?

Centralized storage caching innovatively applies well-known caching concepts to modern data center architectures by keeping frequently accessed data in a very large central memory pool instead of on traditional mechanical disk drives. This enables high performance data access by avoiding time-consuming disk operations and accelerates applications due to dramatically decreased response times and increased data throughput. more »

EE Times : Accelerating Electronic Design with Centralized Storage Caching

EDA users drive powerful requirements for the underlying computer and data storage infrastructure. In particular, many aspects of the EDA process such as regression testing and correction processing engines often cause storage system bottlenecks due to heavy peak loads. For designers looking to make full use of these tools, optimize performance, and speed time to market, all parts of the infrastructure must be in balance. While clustering processors has been a boost to performance at the CPU level, storage I/O operations have remained constrained by a reliance on mechanical disk, leaving the I/O link in need of attention. Now new acceleration solutions based on centralized storage caching restore I/O performance and boost overall system productivity. more »

Analyst reports on centralized storage caching

Robert Frances Group Research Brief: Centralized Storage Caching: A Bridge for the Server-Storage Performance Gap? RFG believes almost every enterprise is seeking to accelerate overall IT performance, to deliver consistently high service levels, and to reduce over-provisioning of resources and its attendant costs and support challenges. Storage caching, such as that offered by the Gear6 Cachefx solution, can enable all three benefits, without requiring significant modification of IT or business infrastructures. more »

Taneja Group Technology Brief: The Business Case for Centralized Storage Caching We believe that centralized storage caching offers a killer value proposition - an order of magnitude better performance (for both IOPS and access times) coupled with a non-disruptive approach that complements existing storage infrastructure. more »

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