Tweaking Storage for the Cloud
As online content storage grows larger and larger, speedy access and how we store data begin to matter even more and more. Gigaom
Massive memory servers
On ZDnet Robin Harris discusses the surging momentum for deploying memory in the data center to address I/O bottlenecks and reduce the need for over-provisioning disk drives to meet storage performance requirements. ZDNet
Gear6 offers entry-level caching appliance
Gear6 recently introduced the CACHEfx G100, a trimmed-down version of its centralized caching appliance designed to extend the reach of its products into new environments by making the technology more affordable. InfoStor
Gear6 accelerates data transmission
Enterprise managers struggling with the toxic mix of too many servers and insufficient storage that culminate in serious data bottlenecks appear to have a savior.eChannel Line
2008 Forecast: Mapping Your Data Center Caching Strategy
Centralized caching is a new model for deploying memory in the data center that brings all the benefits of cache without the limitations of current approaches.Computer Technology Review
Server Virtualization and the Business of I/O Solutions
David Marshall podcast: When introducing server virtualization into your environment, you may also be introducing an I/O bottleneck at the same time. Xsigo Systems announced the management integration of the Xsigo VP780 I/O Director and VMware VI3. And Gear6 announced a new suite of tools to better understand, improve and manage I/O performance. InfoWorld
Gear6 updates software to tackle bottlenecks
The latest release of the company's Reflex OS operating system features a suite of integrated profiling and analysis tools. InfoStor
Virtualization - Overcome the input /output pitfalls
While consolidated server deployments in a virtualized server environment can crank up utilization rates, this practice also allows large numbers of clients (real and virtual) to access data simultaneously on a single storage system. Communication News
2007 in Review: Scaling Business Analytics Applications
In the quest to make business analytics and intelligence applications more accessible to more users, companies often spend unnecessarily on underlying infrastructure to support these goals. Computer Technology Review
Ending the Application Waiting Game
Ironically, despite the enormous processing speed and advanced capabilities of robust application server platforms, often times these systems have to wait to process and deliver data from underlying disk-based storage. Enterprise Networks and Servers
Caching Strategies: Leveraging Caching To Improve Data Center Performance
The ever-growing demands on modern data centers, however, are driving the development of memory-based caching appliances that can improve data center performance in the face of increased loads. Processor
10 Disruptive New Storage Technologies Promise Big Changes
Fresh ideas bringing much-improved hardware and software to all sectors of the data storage market.eWeek
I/O, I/O, It's Off to Virtual Work We Go
Virtual I/O acceleration can boost performance, improve response time and latency and essentially make an I/O operation appear to the user or application as though it were virtualized. Enterprise Storage Forum
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Gear6 Enhances Large-Scale Network-Based Caching Performance Database Trends and Applications
Supercomputing 2007 product highlights
A number of vendors, including Terascala, SGI, Ciprico, QLogic, DataDirect Networks, Gear6, and Voltaire, used the Supercomputing 2007 (SC07) conference in Reno this week to launch high-end storage systems. InfoStor
InfoWorld Podcast: Gear6's CACHEfx Appliance and Xsigo's ConnectEd Program Attacking the I/O Bottleneck
A big problem within today's data centers is the issue of I/O. As processors and memory continue to climb in speed, performance and size, I/O is one of the few areas in the server that hasn't improved much, and thus, is quickly being identified as the bottleneck in today's equipment. Two companies addressing that problem are Gear6 and Xsigo. InfoWorld
VM Bliss Creates I/O Pain
By deploying a centralized network cache, such as Gear6's CACHEfx scalable caching appliance, IT managers can create VMs to their hearts’ content without worrying about performance bottlenecks.ComputerWorld
Demand for Great I/O Performance Increasing
One conclusion that can be drawn from the report is that the ability to add sustainable I/O performance without requiring complicated storage tiering or data migrations can save companies significant time and money. eChannel Line
Gear6 touts storage caching appliances
The company has developed a new line of massive caching appliances to help IT groups avoid over-engineering their environments to meet application performance requirements. InfoStor
Gear6 Aims To Speed Storage Access
When there's a lot of data fetching, the speed of the storage system is critical, and in most cases, currently inadequate. Gear6 thinks it can help. Information Week
Gear6 offers huge RAM cache for network
Gear6's CACHEfx is a RAM cache, using standard computer memory, packaged as a set of appliance building blocks, 250 or 500GB in size, each with a processor and Reflex operating system. Techworld.com
Gear6 satiates hungry apps with 500GB RAM monster
Gear6 fits into that elite, blissful class of start-ups that have an easy to digest premise and infrastructure-friendly gear. The Register
Scaling Content Delivery for IPTV and WebTV
Centralized storage caching solution delivers digital content quicker for on-demand WebTV and IPTV. Converge! Network Digest
Delivering capacity and performance
Centralized storage caching and global namespaces work together Communication News
Computer Technology Review: Building an Accelerated Archive
Combining large capacity, ready access, and instant acceleration for digital content repositories Computer Technology Review
Technology Update: Centralized Storage Caching
A new approach to storage caching that centralizes the resource and uses Ethernet, IP and Network File System can serve RAM-cached files 10 to 50 times faster than mechanical disk-based approaches. Network World
Gear6 Announces New CACHEfx Appliance Line
Gear6 today introduced the CACHEfx appliance line, which the company called the world's first line of terabyte-scale caching appliances. Enterprise Systems
Startup skirts datacenter bottlenecks with cache
Gear6 CACHEfx's cache-in-a box approace serves data quickly to I/O-heavy apps. InfoWorld
Gear6 shifts into caching
Gear6 is earmarked to solve some tough problems. Byte and Switch
Storage capacity problem is often really about performance
Many times, data centers are racing to add storage capacity faster than the growth in actual data would require, spreading data across more disks to maintain acceptable storage performance. Network World
Hybrid Drives: Good Architecture or All Flash?
In addition to looking at recent developments in hybrid drive technology, this article also explores disk caching in an enterprise storage setting and the architectural advantages of centralized storage caching. Enterprise Systems
Centralized storage caching fixes the EDA compute bottleneck
Complementing storage systems with high capacity, high throughput, instant access cache restores infrastructure balance and boosts overall productivity of EDA applications. EE Times
Shorten EDA Cycles With Storage Acceleration
Centralized storage caching enables faster time to market by accelerating performance, improving productivity of large design teams, and ensuring high quality of service. Electronic Design
Gear6 sets sights on virtualizing cache
Startup Gear6 is getting ready to launch a new product, Cachefx, that promises to bump up the performance of any storage system by one order of magnitude or more. InfoWorld
Startup Gear6 Readies New Centralized Cache for NAS/NFS
This marks the first time that high-capacity, high-performance cache can be deployed as a scalable, shared network resource. eWeek
Network cache paves the way through the bottleneck
A start-up is preparing to ship an appliance that can place terabytes of cache in a storage network to increase data-transfer rates up to fivefold. ComputerWorld
Gear6 shifts out of neutral
We know there appears to be a market for any product that can significantly bump up performance of NAS. Byte & Switch
Startup Gear6 touts RAM cache scheme
Gear6 has a novel concept for boosting performance in the data center. EE Times
Future cache
For many, the disk drive has become the primary bottleneck in application performance. But things may be changing. ComputerWorld
Storage caching makes a comeback
CACHEfx from Gear6 points to a growing trend in the industry for faster response time from storage. Search Storage
Big network storage cache from Gear6
By focusing on building an NFS SAN cache appliance I believe Gear6 has picked a niche ripe for change. StorageMojo
Filling The Server-Storage Performance Gap
The industry faces two large challenges or storage acceleration: instant data access (response times) and servicing multiple requests (parallelism). Processor
Gear6 Grabs $10 Million
Startup Gear6 clinched $10 million in its first major funding round today, as the vendor prepares to bridge the performance gap between servers and storage. Byte & Switch
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