How to Recover Deleted Files from Network Shares
How to Recover Deleted Files from Network Shares You may have just discovered that a file you or your user deleted from a shared drive is not in the Windows recycle bin. That's because the Windows recycle bin does not capture all file deletions. If you delete a file from [...]
Why Faster Storage May NOT Fix It
With all the myriad of possible hardware solutions to storage I/O performance issues, the question that people are starting to ask is something like: If I just buy newer, faster Storage, won’t that fix my application performance problem? The short answer is: Maybe Yes (for a while), Quite [...]
IntelliWrite – Behind the Magic Curtain
IntelliWrite Makes Writes Happen Far More Intelligently IntelliWrite® is one of a suite of technologies that optimize the Windows Storage I/O subsystem so that Applications can get to and from the Storage layer much faster and process a lot more data. Remember when we used to talk about Data Processing? [...]
DymaxIO Dashboard Analytics 13 Metrics and Why They Matter
Our DymaxIO software includes a built-in dashboard that reports the benefits our software is providing. There are tabs in the dashboard that allow users to view very granular data that can help them assess the impact of our software. In the dashboard Analytics tab we display hourly data for 13 [...]
I/Os Are Not Created Equal – Random I/O Versus Sequential I/O
Random I/O versus Sequential I/O To demonstrate the performance difference of I/O patterns, put yourself in a Veterinarian’s office where all the data is still stored on paper in file cabinets. For a single animal (billing, payments, medication, visits, procedures…), it is all stored in different folders and placed in [...]
How to Improve Application Performance by Decreasing Disk Latency like an IT Engineer
Disk Latency, Heavy Workloads, Poor Response Time - Oh My I am an IT engineer and I am going to discuss improving application performance and response times by decreasing disk latency. I hope you enjoy and feel free to comment. You might be responsible for a busy SQL server, for [...]
How To Find Out If Your Windows Servers Have an I/O Performance Problem
You Can Stop The I/O Performance Frustration! IT pros know all too well the pain and frustration due to I/O performance problems such as users getting disconnected and complaining, SQL reports or queries taking forever or timing out, annoyingly slow applications causing users to wait, lose productivity and complain, backups [...]
Windows is still Windows Whether in the Cloud, on Hyperconverged or All-flash
Let me start by stating two facts – facts that I will substantiate if you continue to the end. Fact #1: Windows suffers from severe write inefficiencies that dampen overall performance. The holy grail question as to how severe is answered below. Fact #2: Windows is still Windows whether running [...]
MEDITECH Hospital Speeds EHR & MS-SQL with DymaxIO I/O Transformation Software
The Performance Challenges Community Medical Center (CMC) had one initial requirement – find a FAL remediation solution for their MEDITECH electronic health record (EHR) application to maintain 24/7 availability and avoid downtime. What surprised them the most was the extent of the performance boost from using DymaxIO™ I/O transformation software. [...]
Do I Really Need DymaxIO on All VMs?
DymaxIO™ customers may wonder, “How many VMs do I need to install DymaxIO on for optimal results? What kind of benefits will I see with DymaxIO on one or two VMs versus all the VMs on a host?” As a refresher… It is true that DymaxIO will likely provide significant [...]
University of Illinois Doubles SQL and Oracle Performance on All-Flash Arrays with DymaxIO I/O Transformation Software
The University of Illinois, had already deployed an all-flash Dell Compellent storage array to support their hardest hitting application, AssetWorks AiM, that runs on Oracle. After a year in service, performance began to erode due to growth in users and overall workload. Other hard hitting MS-SQL applications supported by hybrid [...]
A Deep Dive Into The I/O Performance Dashboard
While most users are familiar with the main DymaxIO™/Diskeeper®/V-locity®/SSDkeeper™ Dashboard view which focuses on the number of I/Os eliminated and Storage I/O Time Saved, the I/O Performance Dashboard tab takes a deeper look into the performance characteristics of I/O activity. The data shown here is similar in nature to other [...]
Application Performance is Not at the Mercy of Your Hardware
It's not your hardware's fault that your application performance stinks! SQL query freezes or timeouts, reports running too long, users complaining or getting disconnected, batch jobs failing, backups taking too long or failing to complete in their allotted window, and any of a host of other Windows application performance troubles [...]
13 Windows Performance Problems Traced to a Single Source
13 substantial Windows performance problems that can cause the most frustration and chew up valuable IT time can be directly traced to a single source. In this article, we’re going to show you how. First, let’s briefly touch on and describe each Windows performance issues. 1. Slow Application Performance This [...]
Caching Is King
Caching technology has been around for quite some time, so why is Condusiv’s patented IntelliMemory® caching so unique that it outperforms other caching technology and has been licensed by other top OEM PC and Storage vendors? There are a few innovations that make it stand above the others. Best Performance [...]