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#180 – SmartNICs – Pliops Storage Processor

30 October 2020 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#180 – SmartNICs – Pliops Storage Processor

This week Chris and Martin chat to Steve Fingerhut, CMO at Pliops. Pliops has developed a "Storage Processor" in the form factor of an AIC (add-in card) that offloads storage functions from application software. This discussion looks at why the technology is needed and how Pliops has implemented the solution to drop into an existing server. The Pliops Storage Processor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Speakers, Pliops, Storage Hardware

#179 – The Myth of Cheap Cloud Storage

23 October 2020 by Chris Evans 2 Comments

#179 – The Myth of Cheap Cloud Storage

Everyone thinks cloud storage is cheaper than on-premises, but is that really true? When cloud storage like AWS S3 was first introduced, vendors dropped their $/GB prices on a frequent basis. However, AWS hasn't reduced the base price of S3 in five years, instead preferring to offer cheaper tiers of storage. In this week's episode, Chris and Martin debate the reasons for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cloud

#178 – Monetising the Value of Data

16 October 2020 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#178 – Monetising the Value of Data

This week, Chris has a great conversation with Bill Schmarzo, Chief Innovation Officer at Hitachi Vantara. Bill maintains a consultancy practice within Hitachi that helps customers build processes and identify data that can be used to create business value within an organisation. In this discussion, Bill outlines the process for identifying opportunities, capturing the data … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Data Management, Guest Speakers, Hitachi Vantara Tagged With: Bill Schmarzo

#177 – SmartNICs and Project Monterey

9 October 2020 by Chris Evans 1 Comment

#177 – SmartNICs and Project Monterey

This week Chris and Martin look at SmartNIC technology and the announcement of Project Monterey. SmartNICs are offload devices that provide networking, storage and security functions with additional benefits such as centralised management. VMware has announced Project Monterey, a preview solution that takes SmartNICs and offloads storage and networking tasks from the ESXi … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garbage Collection, Storage Hardware, VMware

#176 – Opinionated Storage Opinions with Chris Mellor

2 October 2020 by Chris Evans 1 Comment

#176 – Opinionated Storage Opinions with Chris Mellor

This week, Martin and Chris catch up with Chris Mellor in his "pandemic infused isolation". Without a particular theme, this episode looks at the unchanging landscape of tape and media, Dell EMC building another new storage platform and Nutanix still not making a profit. In the future zone, we speculate on AMD and Micron getting together to build an Optane challenger, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garbage Collection Tagged With: Chris Mellor

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