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Video: Caching as a Network Service

The need for data center, memory-based caching solutions is rising. Today's application infrastructure simply requires too much information too quickly for conventional disk-only systems to keep up. There must be a way to deliver low-latency, rapid file access without a wholesale forklift upgrade of existing storage systems.

While caching is a near-universally accepted solution, there are often questions of how and where that caching investment should reside. In this short video (3m 42s) we outline Caching as a Network Service...and why we see network deployments as the most efficient and effective means to enhance existing and new data center solutions.

Enjoy! Click here to see the video directly on YouTube.

Top 10 Signs of I/O Bottlenecks

How do you identify I/O bottlenecks? We put together a short video that outlines a few of the primary symptoms. Of course, it is not an exact science, and often involves a combination of intuition and measurement, but this list will get you off to a good start.

Top 6 Ways to Cut Storage Costs

We talk a lot about performance at Gear6. But equally important to the performance angle of scalable caching appliances is the opportunity to reduce storage costs. We put together this short video to outline the cost-saving advantages of scalable caching appliances.

Learning the Components: Memory and Storage

I came across this video on YouTube when reviewing some of our Gear6 material. The "memory" and "storage" terms have linked us in the videosphere.

Take this with a grain of salt...I think this is two tech guys explaining the differences between memory and storage to a Computer 101 class. But the analogies they use are entertaining, and the similarities between the data center problems of slower disks and faster memory are striking.

Video: Using Memory to Speed Storage Performance

There has been some recent industry activity outlining ways to use memory to speed storage and data center performance. As expected, there are a couple of ways to slice the onion here.

This video shows a few key differences between an approach of using SSDs within a single array and applying a centralized caching resource to the entire data center infrastructure.

Click here for a link to the video, or view the embedded version below.

Gear6 Video: Surviving the Data Deluge

Many customers face challenges in making a large amount of content available to end users at sufficient performance levels. We call this Surviving the Data Deluge. Gear6 has a unique approach that is outlined in our first foray into online video. Enjoy!