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Coraid Seeks to Update Cloud Storage With Ethernet SAN
16 May 2012
With enterprises steadily expanding their cloud computing deployments, traditional Fibre Channel storage architectures are falling out of step with the elastic, scalable requirements that cloud and big data applications demand, according to Coraid, a startup specializing in alternative storage arrays.
Coraid's pitch is to pair commodity hardware and Ethernet with its own software to create an Ethernet SAN storage array it calls EtherDrive, for which it touts significant price savings and performance improvements over legacy storage.
Exactly what military data should reside in the cloud
27 April 2012 - For the military, building a cloud infrastructure may prove to be easier than figuring out what to put into it
The cloud promises to help the military achieve data storage efficiencies leading to cost benefits, but it first needs to figure out which types of information can safely reside in the cloud and which are best left in a conventional data storage environment.
Can this man disrupt the storage incumbents? A Coraid Q&A
26 April 2012
Jason Stamper sits down with Kevin Brown, CEO of Coraid. Coraid is a start-up, founded in 2004, which claims to offer Ethernet-attached storage that offers a 5-8x price-performance advantage over legacy gear.
Ethernet Cloud Storage
20 March 2012
A Cloud Compute infrastructure is built by adding processing power (in the form of servers) as you need it and then shifting workloads (in the form of virtual machines) onto those servers. Ethernet Cloud Storage, as proposed by Coraid, brings a similar concept to storage. When more capacity or performance is needed, users simply attach another Coraid storage shelf to an Ethernet network and start writing to it.
Big Data
11 February 2012 - Kevin Brown of Coraid helps the world store a staggering amount of information.
‘Press: Here’ features the top names in Silicon Valley's technology industry and world-class technology reporters from The New York Times, CNBC, Time Magazine, TechCrunch, USA Today, Businessweek, Forbes, The Financial Times, NPR, the BBC and Fortune.
The show is seen in the San Francisco Bay Area on NBC and on cable in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Dallas and Washington DC.
Ethernet SAN: At the Intersection of Enterprise Storage and Cloud Scale
6 February 2012
Business demand for technology continually increases, but businesses have no tolerance for waste. This forces IT into a survival-of-the-fittest mode, ridding the data center of underperforming products -- and storage is currently under fire.
Showing off: What’s hot or not
31 January 2012 - Looking at the storage trends from 2011, Coraid’s John Gilmartin predicts what’s in store for 2012
2011 was a busy year for IT professionals, with many trade shows and conferences on the calendar; from SNW to VMworld via IP Expo and CeBIT, old and new events are vying for vendors and resellers’ budget and end users’ time. And although each show had a different focus, some technologies were the subject of numerous discussions across the board. So here is what we heard and what seem to be the big trends for 2012 and beyond...
Best Practice: Palmer’s College, Essex
31 January 2012
Would you choose to work direct with a US-based company that had no local representation? Five years ago, probably not – too risky. But for Dan Byne, IT Manager at Palmers College in Essex, that potential risk was outweighed by what he thought he could gain from such a relationship – and in the end, did.
Coraid plans further storage market disruption
30 January 2012 - Firm claims its Ethernet storage blows away rivals
Coraid, which already claims to offer Ethernet-attached storage that offers a 5-8x price-performance advantage over legacy storage, is readying complete thin provisioning capability for an imminent launch, CBR has learned.
Commoditise storage to slash costs using AoE, says Coraid
26 January 2012
Thanks to x86 and other "commodity" components, users usually get good value for money from their server systems. However, storage subsystems and their connectivity remain stubbornly complex and costly. This has got to change - and for some this has started to happen.