On this week's podcast, recorded live at NetApp Insight 2018, Chris talks to Greg Knieriemen and Rob McDonald about the introduction of Memory Accelerated Data, commonly called MAX Data. The MAX Data solution is a software product that implements a local file system on a server using local persistent memory such as Intel Optane. Of course, this is what DAS (Direct Attached … [Read more...]
#82 – Storage Predictions for 2019
The idea of this episode was to put some structure around a set of enterprise storage predictions for 2019. As you will hear from the dialog, that's not quite what we achieved! However, Chris Evans, Chris Mellor and Martin Glassborow do raise some interesting points on the direction of the industry in 2019. The conversation starts with a look at media. QLC flash is likely … [Read more...]
#81 – Storage or Data Asset Management?
This week Chris and Martin talk about the evolution from storage management to data management. This follows from recent vendor events where data management featured highly, but still seemed to focus on infrastructure products. Is there a definition that can bridge the gap - something like Data Asset Management? The team start by trying to get a handle on what storage and … [Read more...]
#80 – Discussing NetApp’s AI Strategy with Santosh Rao
In this podcast recorded at NetApp Insight 2018, Chris talks to Santosh Rao, Senior Technical Director at NetApp. Santosh leads NetApp's AI and Data Engineering efforts and has a 10-year history at the company, working on initiatives including Clustered ONTAP. This conversation covers how NetApp is developing an Edge-to-Core-to-Cloud strategy that includes collecting and … [Read more...]
#79 – Learning More About QLC Storage with Steve Hanna
This week Chris and Martin talk to Steve Hanna, Senior Product Manager for Enterprise SSDs at Micron. Steve looks after the 5210 ION QLC SSD product line, which was introduced earlier this year. As an evolution of existing flash technology, QLC offers greater capacities at lower cost. But what are the issues? The conversation covers how QLC has reduced the price to … [Read more...]
#78 – Thoughts on NetApp with Greg Knieriemen
Last week Chris attended NetApp Insight in Barcelona and had a chance to chat to Greg Knieriemen, Chief Technologist in the Storage Systems & Software business at NetApp. Greg was formerly at Hitachi Vantara where he held a similar role. This conversation touches on Greg's reasons for choosing NetApp and exactly what he will be focusing on within the company. Elapsed … [Read more...]
#77 – HPE Performance Insights with Ivan Iannaccone
This week HPE announced Performance Insights, an extension to the InfoSight platform that provides storage customers with greater detail on their 3PAR array storage performance. Performance Insights takes the knowledge of years of HPE 3PAR data and combines it with genuine machine learning and AI to give HPE 3PAR customers actionable insights on the performance characteristics … [Read more...]
#76 – Fibre Channel and NVMe with Mark Jones
In this week's podcast, Chris and Martin talk to Mark Jones from the Fibre Channel Industry Association. This recording is an introduction to running NVMe over Fibre Channel, setting the scene on how Fibre Channel has evolved and will continue to be a storage protocol for many years. Fibre Channel reached an important milestone in 2018. It's been 30 years since development … [Read more...]
#75 – It’s ILM All Over Again with Chris Mellor
Data volumes have always increased over time as we store more information with the hope that one day some of it will be useful. Even 30 years ago on the mainframe, Information Lifecycle Management or ILM was a thing with tools like DFHSM used to move content around between disk and tape. This week Martin, Chris Evans and Chris Mellor talk about the new range of data … [Read more...]
#74 – All About Serial Attached SCSI with Rick Kutcipal
Most people probably don't think about the protocol that connects their storage device to a PC or server. However, NVMe has changed that and become one of the storage buzzwords of 2018. But what about existing devices not using NVMe? SAS or Serial Attached SCSI has been a mainstay of storage connectivity for 20 years. With 12Gb/s throughput, SAS provides back-end … [Read more...]