Jeffrey Layton

Microservers are a huge coming wave that could overtake you if you're not ready.Microservers are simply small servers. Compared to a dual-socket or

Many people have the perception that archive storage should be really, really cheap. After all, you don't need much performance, so it shouldn't cost

Many people have said RAID is dead. But just like the Phoenix, RAID may rise from the dead thanks to some new technologies. One of the more recent and

Introduction Henry Newman and I have undertaken the task of examining Big Data and what it really means. It's a buzzword. Like many buzzwords, it has been

What tools are used in Big Data, and how do they influence storage design? Explore Hadoop and MapReduce, & their role in Big Data. Click here now.

In May, Henry kicked off a collaborative effort to examine some of the details behind the Big Data push and what they really mean. This article is the

Henry kicked off our latest collaborative effort to examine some of the details behind the Big Data push and what they really mean. In my first article,

The results of our Linux file system fsck testing are in and posted, but the big question remains: What do the results tell us, what do they mean, and is

After an extended delay, the Linux File System fsck testing results can now be presented. The test plan has changed slightly from our kickoff article

There is a somewhat famous saying that goes something like, "If you ask five economists their opinion, you will get 14 answers." The general idea is that

Building on Henry's Problem Statement, this article will present the test plan for performing fsck tests on Linux file systems. The goal is to test fairly

Building on Henry's Problem Statement, this article will present the test plan for performing fsck tests on Linux file systems. The goal is to test fairly