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#44 – Ultra High Capacity Flash Drives

30 March 2018 by Chris Evans 2 Comments

This week, Chris and Martin discuss the availability of super-high capacity or ultra-capacity flash drives.  The conversation comes out of an announcement from Nimbus Data that has produced a 100TB SATA SSD.  This follows up from last year's 50TB drives that were OEMed to Viking and Smart Modular.  You can find some more background at Architecting IT here.  With so much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garbage Collection Tagged With: ChrisE, flash, MartinG, NAND, Nimbus Data, SSD

#43 – All-flash Market Review 2018 with Chris Mellor

23 March 2018 by Chris Evans 3 Comments

This week, Chris and Martin review the all-flash market with Chris Mellor.  We looked at this sector around 12 months ago, so we're ready for an update.  Lots of things have happened over the past 12 months.  Vendors have gone away and come back (Violin).  Existing vendors have seen a resurgence in their sales (IBM and NetApp), while others have struggled.  Pure Storage is now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Speakers Tagged With: Chris Mellor, ChrisE, MartinG

#42 – Understanding Storage PR with Fred Monsone

16 March 2018 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

In this week's episode, Martin and Chris talk to Fred Monsone, founder of A3 Communications, a boutique storage PR and communications company.  It's clear that modern day PR isn't the right term any more and communications describes the work much more accurately.  Fred describes the reasons why start-ups and seasoned companies want to find the right way to engage with the press … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Speakers Tagged With: A3 Communications, ChrisE, Fred Monsone, MartinG

#41 – Does Open Source Have a Place in Storage?

9 March 2018 by Chris Evans 3 Comments

This week, Martin, Chris and Gavin reflect on the decision by EMC to disband the {code} team and discuss whether open source has a place in storage.  {code} was a project started by EMC before the Dell acquisition. The team focused on open source advocacy and developing tools such as storage plugins for Docker.  Looking wider, companies like Red Hat have built their business on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garbage Collection Tagged With: ChrisE, Dell EMC, Gavin, HPE, MartinG, Sun, Tegile

#40 – Garbage Collection: Death of the Storage Admin

2 March 2018 by Chris Evans 6 Comments

This week's podcast was recorded a few months ago, so apologies for the sound quality.  The team discuss the role of the storage administrator and whether we will see the eventual demise of storage admins or simply a transition to another role.  The conversation tracks the responsibilities of storage administrators over the last 30 years, from the era of the mainframe to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garbage Collection Tagged With: ChrisE, Gavin, MartinG

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