storageswiss

Analyst Firm focused on the Storage, Cloud and Virtualization Marketplaces

[storageswiss @storageswiss]

vSAN shops pay for a DR copy, then pay again for double drive failure protection: VCF licensing, six or more NVMe hosts at up to 5X flash prices, and RAID 6 eating the entitlement faster than your data grows. Remote parity puts the DR copy to work.

https://t.co/UdzaNNaomX

[storageswiss @storageswiss]

What to Look for in a vSAN Alternative

Leaving VMware means leaving vSAN. The right alternative runs on the hosts you already own, delivers server-side storage that matches vSAN and improves on it, and migrates VMs with a backup-style workflow that keeps production running until cutover.

https://t.co/ZEP8YV2q04

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

A three-person IT team pays for every hardware failure twice: the outage, then the planned work it pushes out. See how VergeOS keeps VMs running through drive and server failures and turns Patch Tuesday into a weekday task.

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

The AI build-out bought the memory and flash supply.

Now 74% of enterprises say the shortage is slowing their 2026-27 initiatives. 98% are looking to consolidate infrastructure

Omdia surveyed 400 IT buyers. The findings:

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

Legacy HCI promised to simplify the data center. Instead, it set three clocks you no longer control: your renewal date, your hardware refresh, and the servers you're allowed to buy. Learn how to upgrade your HCI, exit VMware, and regain control.
https://t.co/T8S1DcAAUF

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

Former VMware ecosystem chief Zia Yusuf just invested in VergeIO and joined our board, the second VMware leader to back us in weeks. If you sell or run infrastructure, this is where the market goes after VMware. https://t.co/l42oy33jk8

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

Every VMware alternative claims to be integrated. Three architectures hide behind that word, and only one removes the complexity instead of moving it. What "integrated" really means when you leave VMware:

https://t.co/0q76fvaaRx

#VMware #VergeOS #vmwareexit #vmwarealternative

[storageswiss @storageswiss]

Everyone asks if their next platform is AI-ready. Almost no one asks the second question: can it protect the infrastructure you already own? A VMware alternative has to do both.
https://t.co/PhF8kCDtm8

#VMware #AIinfrastructure

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

The next infrastructure decision isn't "which VMware alternative."

It's what comes after the hypervisor era. Most teams underestimate the difference.

VergeIO is running a live architectural session on June 11.

https://t.co/usKm6jYR51

[storageswiss @storageswiss]

Drive reliability should not be the deciding factor. Recovery behavior took its place.

Parity competes with production IO during rebuilds. Replication holds steady. Refurbished enterprise SSDs work when the platform absorbs the failure.

https://t.co/p5ZEZEBQtj

[Scott Shadley @SMShadley]

We just published a deep-dive on liquid cooling fundamentals including how it works, how it compares to air, where hybrid fits in & what SSD liquid cooling looks like in practice. Great resource whether you're in planning mode or trying to get up to speed! https://t.co/xh2yaxmXCX

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

Kubernetes on VMware created three separate taxes for IT teams:

• vSphere licensing
• Kubernetes distribution fees
• Overlay storage costs

Most VMware exits only remove one of them.

VergeOS changes the Kubernetes VMware exit math by collapsing compute, storage, networking, and Kubernetes infrastructure services into one platform decision. CSI, Cloud Controller Manager, Cluster Autoscaler, and Rancher node driver all ship as native Helm charts.

Rancher stays the management plane. The orchestration tax does not.

Read the blog: https://t.co/V2pqpYEBZB

#Kubernetes #VMware #PrivateCloud #Rancher #PlatformEngineering #CloudInfrastructure #VergeOS

[storageswiss @storageswiss]

Kubernetes solved portability for persistent storage. It did not solve operational fragmentation.

Most production environments still coordinate storage arrays, CSI drivers, snapshot tools, backup platforms, and DR tooling across separate operational domains.

This blog breaks down why Kubernetes persistent storage became more complex than most architects expected, and why unified infrastructure platforms are changing the operational model.

https://t.co/aEKmkI1Jcm

#Kubernetes #Storage #CloudNative #PlatformEngineering #VMware #DataProtection

[Leostream @Leostream]

📢 Leostream Unveils Desktop/Workstation Platform for Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances https://t.co/yANFEFs8Pu

[storageswiss @storageswiss]

Only 35% of organizations meet their recovery target.

The recovery time gap is not a backup product problem — it is an architecture problem.

Backup products solve data recovery. Most recovery operations fail on configuration.

https://t.co/XvFtZf4qbz

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

Most VMware exit plans treat the backup tier as a hand-me-down decision.

That assumption is the source of more transition-window pain than any other architectural choice.

The transition window is the architectural problem.

https://t.co/MEFD7zmHin

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

The "one more year on VMware" plan made sense in 2024. It doesn't in 2026. Server hardware just made the exit math even more compelling. New post: https://t.co/zD0K8O4LEc

[storageswiss @storageswiss]

Most backup architectures were built for one generation of risk. We’re on our third:

Gen 1: hardware failure, floods, fires. That foundation still matters.

Gen 2: ransomware targeting backups. Air gaps and immutability became table stakes.

Gen 3: AI agents with valid credentials, operating at machine speed. By the time alerts fire, the damage is already spread.

These risks stack. Solving for Gen 3 doesn’t remove Gen 1 or 2. Your architecture has to cover all three. Learn how here: https://t.co/F8II67q635

[georgeacrump @georgeacrump]

GPU virtualization has 3 models — passthrough, vGPU, and MIG. Most IT teams avoid MIG entirely because of CLI complexity. New beginner's guide in @TheRegister breaks down all three and what to look for in a platform. https://t.co/ezg6GjAYxx
#GPUVirtualization #PrivateAI #VMwareAlternative

[storageswiss @storageswiss]

Your infrastructure automation ROI just fizzled.

- Year 1: Manual 4-hour deployments drop to 20 minutes. Success.

- Year 2: New servers require conditional branches. Setback.

- Year 3: Storage refresh consumes 6 weeks rewriting Terraform modules. Setback

- Year 4: New Network gear requires code changes. Setback.

- Year 5: Total automation time exceeds time saved. Failure.

The problem isn't the tools. It's the fragmented infrastructure underneath them. Learn how to fix it in my latest blog:
https://t.co/azyK4x8jC8