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Toigo: Take VMware market stats with a grain of salt

Storage expert Jon Toigo explains how VMware is the market leader, and why virtualization growth statistics seem more impactful than they truly are.
VM storage to make room for more hypervisors

VM-aware and hyper-converged systems for VM storage mainly support VMware now, but wider support for other hypervisors is coming.
Why most options don't fix I/O bottleneck problem

Storage expert Jon Toigo explains why virtualization causes slow performance, and how methods for speeding it up don't address the real problem.
I/O blender effect

The I/O blender effect is a phenomenon in virtualized environments that degrades storage performance. The I/O blender effect occurs when multiple virtual machines (VMs) all send their input/output...

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converged storage

Converged storage is the combination of storage and computing hardware and processes to speed delivery time, optimize application performance, and minimize power, cooling, and physical space requirements in virtualized and cloud-based environments. Definition
I/O blender effect

The I/O blender effect is a phenomenon in virtualized environments that degrades storage performance. The I/O blender effect occurs when multiple virtual machines (VMs) all send their input/output (I/O) streams to a hypervisor for processing. Definition
disk mirroring (RAID 1)

Disk mirroring, also known as RAID 1, is the replication of data to two or more disks. Disk mirroring is a good choice for applications that require high performance and high availability such as transactional applications, email, and operating syste... Definition

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