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A weekly podcast on deploying and managing enterprise storage and data

#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

#183 – Magnetic Tape AMA (Ask Matt Anything)

20 November 2020 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#183 – Magnetic Tape AMA (Ask Matt Anything)

This week Chris and Martin take the opportunity to grill (not broil) Matt Starr from Spectralogic to learn everything about magnetic tape. This episode came out of a discussion with Chris Mellor (episode #176) in which we asked the question why tape media doesn't wear out. The answer is obviously within the podcast so you'll need to listen to find out! In this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Storage Hardware Tagged With: Matt Starr

#181 – Is There a Future for Storage Infrastructure Companies?

6 November 2020 by Chris Evans Leave a Comment

#181 – Is There a Future for Storage Infrastructure Companies?

This week Chris and Martin debate the future of on-premises storage infrastructure companies in light of announcements and events from IBM, Dell and NetApp. IBM is splitting in two, while Dell and NetApp have recently held virtual versions of their annual conferences. Is the on-premises infrastructure business shrinking and becoming too low-margin to be worthwhile? Martin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garbage Collection, Storage Hardware Tagged With: Dell, Druva, HPE, IBM, NetApp, Red Hat, Violin Systems

#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

#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

#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

#174 – Introduction to Zoned Storage with Phil Bullinger

18 September 2020 by Chris Evans 2 Comments

#174 – Introduction to Zoned Storage with Phil Bullinger

This week, Chris and Martin chat to Phil Bullinger, Senior VP and General Manager for the Data Centre Business Unit at Western Digital. As storage media capacities increase, recording methods are introducing challenges to maintaining resiliency and performance. SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) and ZNS (Zoned Namespaces) are two techniques that have developed to address the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Speakers, Storage Hardware, Western Digital Tagged With: SMR, ZNS

#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

#166 – Infinidat Elastic Storage Pricing with Eran Brown (Sponsored)

10 July 2020 by Chris Evans 2 Comments

#166 – Infinidat Elastic Storage Pricing with Eran Brown (Sponsored)

This week, Chris and Martin are joined by Chris Mellor from Blocks & Files and Eran Brown from Infinidat to discuss flexible pricing strategies in light of current business disruptions. Infinidat has introduced an elastic pricing model for both capex and opex purchases. How is this implemented and what platform features enable Infinidat to deliver this capability? As … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Speakers, Storage Hardware Tagged With: Chris Mellor, Elastic Pricing, Eran Brown

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