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#189 – The Quiet Success of Software-Defined Storage

22 January 2021 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#189  – The Quiet Success of Software-Defined Storage

This week, Chris and Martin debate the success of software-defined storage or SDS. Over the past 10-15 years, storage systems have evolved into a wide range of software solutions, appliances and cloud-based products. What has driven this move to focus entirely on software and what will the next stage of evolution be? Are we in a position where everything is based on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Software-Defined Storage

#170 – The End of Pure Play Storage Companies

21 August 2020 by Chris Evans 1 Comment

#170 – The End of Pure Play Storage Companies

This week, Chris and Martin debate whether we have seen the end of new "pure play" storage companies that go the distance to full independence. Where there used to be many businesses like EMC, Pure Storage and NetApp, the number of public storage-only companies is dwindling. Is this market too challenging to get into or is there simply no money to be made? If we look back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garbage Collection, Midrange, Object Storage, Software-Defined Storage, Storage Hardware

#167 – Adapting Open Source Storage for the Enterprise

17 July 2020 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#167 – Adapting Open Source Storage for the Enterprise

This week Chris and Martin catch up with Phil Straw, CEO at Softiron for a discussion on packaging Open Source storage solutions for adoption by the enterprise. Softiron sells a software appliance based on Ceph which has been tuned to deliver high performance with high efficiency. So, exactly how do vendors go about making Open Source more consumable without breaking the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Speakers, Softiron, Software-Defined Storage, Storage Hardware Tagged With: Open Source, Phil Straw, SDS

#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

#156 – Introduction to Hammerspace (sponsored)

1 May 2020 by Chris Evans 2 Comments

#156 – Introduction to Hammerspace (sponsored)

In this episode, returning guest Douglas Fallstrom from Hammerspace takes Chris and Martin through the details of the Hammerspace global file system platform. The solution is software-defined, running either on virtual machines or in the public cloud. Customers can choose to leave data on existing hardware platforms and simply abstract the data into the Hammerspace platform, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cloud, Data Management, Guest Speakers, Software-Defined Storage, Sponsored Tagged With: Douglas Fallstrom, Hammerspace, SDS

#152 – Global File System Concepts

10 April 2020 by Chris Evans 2 Comments

#152 – Global File System Concepts

This week, Chris and Martin are joined by Douglas Fallstrom, SVP Product & Operations at Hammerspace, as the conversation on global file systems continues. Hammerspace has developed a global file system platform that caters for geographic data dispersion and sits above traditional storage. In this podcast episode, Douglas explains some of the challenges of stretching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Data Management, Guest Speakers, Software-Defined Storage

#151 – Introduction to StorageOS V2.0 (Sponsored)

1 April 2020 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#151 – Introduction to StorageOS V2.0 (Sponsored)

In this episode, Martin and Chris are joined in conversation by Alex Chircop, CEO at StorageOS. The company has announced StorageOS V2.0, a significant evolution in their storage platform, built for containers using containers. As this episode explains, the version 2.0 release of StorageOS enhances scalability and resiliency, with a strong focus on features needed for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cloud, Containers, Software-Defined Storage, Sponsored Tagged With: Alex Chircop, containers, Kubernetes, SDS, StorageOS

#148 – Unpacking HPE’s Storage Strategy

13 March 2020 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#148 – Unpacking HPE’s Storage Strategy

As reported by Chris Mellor, HPE recently announced Q1 2020 figures that show storage down 8% and servers down 15%. In light of these numbers, we look at HPE's storage products, partners and overall strategy in the market. HPE primary products are strong contenders, with XP8 for high-end/mainframe, 3PAR & Primera, Nimble and MSA. Outside of the main platforms, HPE has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Object Storage, Software-Defined Storage, Storage Hardware Tagged With: 3PAR, HPE, MSA, Nimble, Primera

#134 – Introduction to Datera with Hal Woods (Sponsored)

13 December 2019 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#134 – Introduction to Datera with Hal Woods (Sponsored)

This week Martin and Chris catch up again with Hal Woods, CTO at Datera. In this sponsored episode, we look in detail at the Datera Data Services Platform and how it differs from traditional storage. DSP is a software-defined solution, which is purchased either as a software licence or in conjunction with partners. Software-defined storage has been around for some time, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Speakers, Software-Defined Storage, Sponsored Tagged With: DSP, Hal Woods

#129 – Choices for Persistent Container Storage with Niraj Tolia

20 November 2019 by Chris Evans 1 Comment

#129 – Choices for Persistent Container Storage with Niraj Tolia

This week Chris records a live podcast episode with Niraj Tolia, co-founder and CEO at Kasten Inc. As a follow-up to online discussions that dive into how container storage should be presented to Kubernetes (and other container) environments, this episode reviews some of Chris' thoughts and Niraj's opinions on the market as to how persistent storage should evolve. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Containers, Data Management, Data Protection, Software-Defined Storage Tagged With: containers, Kubernetes, Niraj Tolia, Storage

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