The PCI-SIG recently announced the next generation of PCI Express - 7.0 - will be released in 2025. We've only just heard about PCIe 6.0 (see this recent podcast), so it's interesting to see that the working group is already committed to extending the performance and capabilities of PCIe further into the future. Chris caught up with Al Yanes (President and Chairperson of … [Read more...] about #239 – Unpacking the details of PCI Express 7.0 with Al Yanes
Events
#238 – SAS 24Gb+ Updates with Rick Kutcipal
Once again Chris is joined by Rick Kutcipal, board member with the SCSI Trade Association. It's been four years since episode #74 when Rick provided an update on SAS 24Gb. This time, Rick has details of new features in 24Gb+. What does the "plus" mean in this context? While the bus speed may not be increasing, new features (+) are continually being added to the SAS … [Read more...] about #238 – SAS 24Gb+ Updates with Rick Kutcipal
#237 – Flash Memory Summit 2022 in Review with Chris Mellor
In this episode, Chris chats to friend of the show Chris Mellor from Blocks and Files. Both Chris's attended Flash Memory Summit this year, held annually in San Jose and in person for the first time since 2019. Two big technology developments stand out from this year's event. Firstly CXL, which is current flavour of the month with all vendors. The second is the diversity of … [Read more...] about #237 – Flash Memory Summit 2022 in Review with Chris Mellor
#236 – A FlashCore Module Primer with IBM Fellow & Storage CTO Andy Walls
In this episode recorded at Flash Memory Summit 2022, Chris talks to IBM Fellow, Flash Storage CTO and FlashSystem Chief Architect, Andy Walls. In episode #235, we started the discussion on FlashCore Modules (FCM), whereas this podcast conversation talks about the technology origins and benefits. The impact of FCM has been to deliver the highest capacity drive on the market, … [Read more...] about #236 – A FlashCore Module Primer with IBM Fellow & Storage CTO Andy Walls
#235 – FlashCore Futures with IBM CMO Scott Baker
In this episode, Chris is joined by IBM Storage CMO Scott Baker. The discussion takes place at Flash Memory Summit 2022 (FMS), being held in person in Santa Clara, USA. FlashCore Modules are IBM's custom flash drives, developed from IP acquired with the acquisition of Texas Memory Systems. Scott is presenting at FMS, discussing how FlashCore could be used for anomaly … [Read more...] about #235 – FlashCore Futures with IBM CMO Scott Baker
#234 – Introducing Pure Storage FlashBlade//S and Evergreen//Flex with CTO Rob Lee (Sponsored)
In this episode, Chris talks to Rob Lee, CTO at Pure Storage about today's announcement covering FlashBlade//S and Evergreen//Flex. FlashBlade//S is a new hardware platform that evolves the solution into a disaggregated architecture. The design enables compute and storage resources to be scaled independently, while incorporating existing DFMs (DirectFlash Modules) that are … [Read more...] about #234 – Introducing Pure Storage FlashBlade//S and Evergreen//Flex with CTO Rob Lee (Sponsored)
#220 – AWS & Cloud File System Diversity
This week, Chris and Martin review the announcements coming out of AWS Reinvent, specifically those covering file systems. AWS announced FSx for OpenZFS and recently added FSx for NetApp ONTAP to the existing offerings. With FSx for Windows Server and FSx for Lustre (plus EFS), AWS now has five different file system solutions. Why has AWS decided to partner or use existing … [Read more...] about #220 – AWS & Cloud File System Diversity
#211 – Pure//Launch – Announcing Fusion and Portworx Data Services (Sponsored)
In this week's sponsored episode, Chris chats to Alex McMullan, CTO International at Pure Storage. The discussion covers Pure//Launch and today's announcements of two SaaS solutions - Fusion and Portworx Data Services. Fusion is a new SaaS management plane for administering and optimising Pure Storage hardware and software products, including FlashArray, FlashBlade and Cloud … [Read more...] about #211 – Pure//Launch – Announcing Fusion and Portworx Data Services (Sponsored)
#146 – Coronavirus and Impacts on the Technology Industry
In this episode we take a look at the impact of COVID-19, commonly known as the Coronavirus. Since the outbreak in China towards the end of 2019, tens of thousands have been infected, thousands of people have died. As the spread of the disease moves outside China, we look at the effect on business, conferences and the positive benefits that may occur with reduced … [Read more...] about #146 – Coronavirus and Impacts on the Technology Industry
#137 – Hitachi Next 2019: Wrap Up with Jonathan Martin
In the first podcast episode of 2020, Chris meets with Jonathan Martin, CMO at Hitachi Vantara to reflect on experiences at Hitachi NEXT 2019. This episode was recorded live onsite at the event in October 2019. Hitachi Vantara and Hitachi Consulting are planned to merge in 2020 (press release). This is another step in the evolution towards making Hitachi Vantara a … [Read more...] about #137 – Hitachi Next 2019: Wrap Up with Jonathan Martin