How to Recover Deleted Files from Network Shares
You may have discovered—and too late—that while you can recover some deleted files from the Windows Recycle Bin on local machines, you cannot recover deleted files (accidentally or otherwise) from network drive shared folders. If you delete a file from a network share, it is gone. If you look in [...]
Ransomware Protection Tips
You hope that your systems never get attacked by Ransomware, but in case you do, you want to be prepared. One of the best ways to recover from such a malicious attack is to ensure you keep good and recent backups of your systems. But even with that, you can [...]
Condusiv’s V-locity Technology Was Recently Certified as Citrix Ready
We are proud to announce that Condusiv’s V-locity® I/O reduction software has been certified as Citrix Ready®. The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix Systems, Inc. V-locity, our innovative and dynamic alternative to costly hardware overhauls, has completed [...]
Case Study: Non-Profit Eliminates Frustrating Help Desk calls, Boosts Performance and Extends Useful Hardware Lifecycle
When PathPoint was faced with user complaints and productivity issues related to slow performance, the non-profit organization turned to Condusiv’s I/O reduction software to not only optimize their physical and virtual infrastructure but to extend their hardware lifecycles, as well. As technology became more relevant to PathPoint’s growing organization and [...]
Cost-Effective Solutions for Healthcare IT Deficiencies
Managing healthcare these days is as much about managing data as it is about managing patients themselves. The tsunami of data washing over the healthcare industry is a result of technological advancements and regulatory requirements coming together in a perfect storm. But when it comes to saving lives, the healthcare [...]
Do I Really Need V-locity on All VMs?
V-locity® customers may wonder, “How many VMs do I need to install V-locity on for optimal results? What kind of benefits will I see with V-locity on one or two VMs versus all the VMs on a host?” As a refresher… It is true that V-locity will likely provide significant benefit [...]
Improve Performance Without Getting Stuck with Unnecessary and Expensive Hardware
We recently completed a case study with a top construction company who deployed V-locity® I/O reduction software to improve speed on Citrix and SQL applications and avoided unnecessary hardware costs. Performance on Teichert’s Citrix and SQL servers that were running critical applications was beginning to suffer due to the growth [...]
Overcoming the I/O Blender Effect with V-locity
You’ve decided that you want to try out V-locity® software – kick the tires so to speak. You’ll just load it on one of your Virtual Machines and see how it goes. What kind of benefit will you see? It is true that V-locity will likely provide significant benefit on [...]
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. The first [...]
For Larger V-locity Deployments: Getting Up and Running Using V-locity Management Console (VMC)
V-locity® I/O Reduction software is designed to solve and prevent application performance degradation at the source, relieving stress and frustration from user complaints and reliability issues. V-locity eliminates the two big I/O inefficiencies in a virtual environment that generates a minimum of 30-40% I/O traffic chewing up storage IOPS and [...]
Undelete Saves Your Bacon, An In-depth Video Series
Undelete® is a lot more than those simple file recovery utilities that just search through free space on Windows machines looking for recoverable data. Undelete does so much more; protecting files in network shared folders and capturing versions of any number of file types. If you've ever had to rely [...]
SysAdmins Discover That Size Really Does Matter
(...to storage transfer speeds...) I was recently asked what could be done to maximize storage transfer speeds in physical and virtual Windows servers. Not the "sexiest" topic for a blog post, I know, but it should be interesting reading for any SysAdmin who wants to get the most performance from their [...]
Thinking Outside the Box – How to Dramatically Improve SQL Performance, Part 1
If you are reading this article, then most likely you are about to evaluate V-locity® or Diskeeper® on a SQL Server (or already have our software installed on a few servers) and have some questions about why it is a best practice recommendation to place a memory limit on SQL [...]
SQL Server Database Performance
How do I get the most performance from my SQL Server? SQL Server applications are typically the most I/O intensive applications for any enterprise and thus are prone to suffer performance degradation. Anything a database administrator can do to reduce the amount of I/O necessary to complete a task will [...]
The Challenge of IT Cost vs Performance
In over 30 years in the IT business, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve heard an IT manager say, “The budget is not a problem. Cost is no object.” It is as true today as it was 30 years ago. That is, increasing pressure on [...]