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#188 – Is Intel Optane Ready for Primetime?

15 January 2021 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#188 – Is Intel Optane Ready for Primetime?

This week, Chris and Martin dig deeper into the adoption of Intel Optane technology in both the consumer and enterprise markets. Optane is a new persistent memory technology that offers greater performance and lower latency compared to NAND flash, but currently is more expensive and offers smaller capacity devices. As Optane becomes more prevalent in both markets, how is it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Garbage Collection, Intel, NVMe, Persistent Memory

#185 – Pure-as-a-Service 2.0 (Sponsored)

4 December 2020 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#185 – Pure-as-a-Service 2.0 (Sponsored)

This week Chris and Martin talk to Rob Walters, GM for Pure-as-a-Service at Pure Storage. The company has recently announced upgrades and expansion of the "as-a-service" model, formerly known as Evergreen storage. The name change and the widening of the portfolio represents an opportunity for customers to see transparent pricing and a greater depth of service offerings. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers, Pure Storage, Sponsored, Storage Hardware Tagged With: Rob Walters

#175 – IBM FlashSystem Deep Dive (Sponsored)

25 September 2020 by Chris Evans 1 Comment

#175 – IBM FlashSystem Deep Dive (Sponsored)

This week Chris catches up with Ralf Colbus from IBM to talk about the evolution of FlashSystem. The FlashSystem platform is an enterprise-class block-based storage solution that scales from SMB/SME offerings to high-end all-NVMe and SCM capable devices. At the heart of the design is the software behind Spectrum Virtualise, the SAN Volume Controller or SVC. FlashSystem now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers, IBM, Sponsored, Storage Hardware

#164 – Introduction to StorONE S1: All-Flash Array.next with George Crump (Sponsored)

26 June 2020 by Chris Evans 3 Comments

#164 – Introduction to StorONE S1: All-Flash Array.next with George Crump (Sponsored)

Storage startup StorONE has introduced the S1: All-Flash Array.next (also known as S1:AFAn) which accelerates performance using Intel Optane technology. In this podcast, Chris and Martin discuss the benefits of Optane within the S1 platform in a conversation with George Crump, CMO at StorONE and formerly the founder of Storage Switzerland. S1 is a software-defined storage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers, Software-Defined Storage, Sponsored, Storage Hardware, StorONE Tagged With: George Crump, S1:AFAn

#157 – Introduction to Dell PowerStore (sponsored)

11 May 2020 by Chris Evans 2 Comments

#157 – Introduction to Dell PowerStore (sponsored)

In this sponsored episode, Chris and Martin look at the newly announced midrange storage platform from Dell Technologies. PowerStore is a new all-flash midrange storage solution that offers both scale-up and scale-out capabilities. As we find out in the discussion with Dan Cummins and Devon Reed, this is only one aspect of the new technology. Through a feature called AppsOn, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers, NVMe, Sponsored, Storage Hardware Tagged With: Dell Technologies, NVMe, PowerStore

#154 – Hitachi Vantara VSP E990 NVMe Midrange Appliance with Colin Gallagher (Sponsored)

21 April 2020 by Chris Evans 2 Comments

#154 – Hitachi Vantara VSP E990 NVMe Midrange Appliance with Colin Gallagher (Sponsored)

Today, Hitachi Vantara announced the VSP E990, a midrange all-NVMe storage appliance. The new solution, available immediately, offers up to 5.8 million IOPS, I/O latency as low as 64µs with up to 64PB effective capacity. In this episode, Chris Evans chats remotely to Colin Gallagher about the new platform. VSP E990 extends the existing solutions in the VSP family, from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers, NVMe, Storage Hardware Tagged With: Hitachi Vantara, VSP E990

#133 – FlashArray//C Deeper Dive with Pete Kirkpatrick

6 December 2019 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#133 – FlashArray//C Deeper Dive with Pete Kirkpatrick

This episode was recorded live at Pure Storage offices in Silicon Valley. Chris talks to Pete Kirkpatrick, Chief Hardware Architect at Pure Storage about the FlashArray//C platform. FlashArray//C is a new solution announced at Pure Accelerate 2019 that offers a lower-cost all-flash solution for less latency-sensitive workloads. FlashArray//C uses QLC technology, a cheaper, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers Tagged With: FlashArray//C, Pete Kirkpatrick, Pure Storage

#130 – Making Money in the Storage Business

22 November 2019 by Chris Evans 2 Comments

#130 – Making Money in the Storage Business

This week, Chris and Martin reflect on changes in the storage industry and the ways in which vendors can make money from storage hardware and software. It's been a tough time for storage vendors of late and the discussion starts by looking at the challenges of making money in a market where components are commodity and decline in price each month. How should vendors adapt … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Garbage Collection, NVMe, Storage Hardware Tagged With: NetApp, Pure Storage, Seagate, Western Digital

#123 – Hitachi Next 2019: VSP 5000

18 October 2019 by Chris Evans 3 Comments

#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...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers, NVMe, Storage Hardware Tagged With: All-flash, Hitachi Vantara, NVMe, VSP 5000

#118 – Pure Accelerate 2019 with Patrick Smith

18 September 2019 by Chris Evans 3 Comments

#118 – Pure Accelerate 2019 with Patrick Smith

This week, Chris is in Austin, Texas at Pure Accelerate 2019. Prior to the event, Chris catches up with Patrick Smith, Field CTO for EMEA for Pure. Patrick moved to Pure after being a customer. The initial discussion covers why flash as a platform offers better reliability and consistency than traditional disk based storage. At Accelerate 2019, Pure announced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers, Storage Hardware

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