This is the second recording from the Hitachi NEXT 2019 conference held in Las Vegas in October 2019. In a previous episode we looked at the new VSP 5000 platform. In this discussion, Chris talks to Stan Stevens, Director of Infrastructure Software Product Marketing, about Ops Center, the new platform for Hitachi storage management. Ops Center has four main components; … [Read more...] about #125 – Hitachi Next 2019: Ops Center
Archives for October 2019
#124 – Initial Thoughts on Commvault Metallic with Chris Mellor
This episode was recorded "live" at Commvault GO in Aurora, Colorado, close to Denver airport. Chris Evans and Chris Mellor discuss the announcement of Metallic, a new SaaS data protection solution from Commvault targeted at mid-market customers. Metallic has been advertised as a Commvault "venture", establishing a separate brand and website for the platform. Initially, … [Read more...] about #124 – Initial Thoughts on Commvault Metallic with Chris Mellor
#123 – Hitachi Next 2019: VSP 5000
This is the first of a series of podcast episodes recorded at Hitachi NEXT 2019 in Las Vegas. Hitachi announced the next generation of VSP storage arrays, the VSP 5000 at the show. The new platform provides greater performance and capacity than previous systems at lower latency. Chris meets with Colin Gallagher (VP Product Marketing for the Infrastructure Portfolio) and Dan … [Read more...] about #123 – Hitachi Next 2019: VSP 5000
#122 – Managing Storage & Edge Computing Infrastructure with Phil White
This week, Chris and Martin discuss the management of edge computing and storage infrastructure with Phil White, CTO at Scale Computing. Edge Computing isn't new and there are plenty of examples of platforms and systems that have been running compute at the edge for many years. Just think of technologies like ATMs that can run with a degree of autonomy. What's different now … [Read more...] about #122 – Managing Storage & Edge Computing Infrastructure with Phil White
#121 – NVMe 1.4 Deep Dive Part II with J Metz
This podcast episode continues the discussion with Dr J Metz and focuses on the detail of NVMe 1.4 and NVMe over Fabrics 1.1. Both standards are complete and have been published in the last few months. The conversation today digs deeper into what the new standards offer and specifically how NVMe/TCP becomes "officially" part of the NVMe standard. The conversation on … [Read more...] about #121 – NVMe 1.4 Deep Dive Part II with J Metz