An introduction to thin provisioning at On Storage

An introduction to thin provisioning: One of the more important but often misunderstood advancements within data storage is thin provisioning. This article defines and discusses thin provisioning, its economic impact and how it works. A great introduction to a concept that I've not previously seen examined - Just In Time enterprise-wide storage capacity planning. [...] Read More


Helping Storage Admins Write Bad Checks at On Storage

Helping Storage Admins Write Bad Checks. - DaveBlog A Sun employee, an EMC employee and a NetApp employee are all at the funeral of a mutual friend. The Sun employee says, "We have a tradition at Sun. If someone dies, we put ten dollars into their coffin," and he drops in a ten dollar bill. The EMC employee says, "At EMC our tradition is to put $100 in their coffin," and he [...] Read More


ZFS and Thin Provisioning at On Storage

ZFS and Thin Provisioning: I'm really liking the sound of ZFS for a few things we have coming up at work - not sure how well it will fit in with whatever technology mix we're going to get inflicted on us, but still... interesting. [...] Read More


Evan Rapoport on Capital Introduction - Excerpt at The Hedge Funds Weblog

Capital Introduction is a service usually provided by hedge fund prime brokers. The biggest teams coming from the largest prime brokers, firms like Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, etc. These prime brokers have teams within their 'prime services' divisions that will help clients of the firm to find investors suitable for their funds. How do they introduce investors you may ask? Well, investor introductions are made through occasional [...] Read More


Banks Tighting Loans at Biz Plan Hacks

According to the Start Up Spark blog, banks such as Bank Of America are tightening their small business loans. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andrew Johnson This can be expected with the turmoil the banking industry is in and can be expected to continue for the time being. However this is an opportunity for small businesses to set the example and be sure to live within their means. One of the problems that [...] Read More