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Storage Unpacked

A weekly podcast on deploying and managing enterprise storage and data

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#236 – A FlashCore Module Primer with IBM Fellow & Storage CTO Andy Walls

10 August 2022 by Chris Evans

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

Filed Under: Flash Memory Summit 2022, Guest Speakers, IBM, Storage Hardware

#235 – FlashCore Futures with IBM CMO Scott Baker

4 August 2022 by Chris Evans

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

Filed Under: All-Flash, Flash Memory Summit 2022, Guest Speakers, IBM, NVMe, Storage Hardware

#234 – Introducing Pure Storage FlashBlade//S and Evergreen//Flex with CTO Rob Lee (Sponsored)

8 June 2022 by Chris Evans

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)

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers, Object Storage, Pure Accelerate techfest22, Pure Storage, Sponsored, Storage Hardware

#233 – Introduction to the VAST Data Ceres Hardware Platform with Jeff Denworth (Sponsored)

3 June 2022 by Chris Evans

In this episode, Chris is in conversation with VAST Data CMO, Jeff Denworth. The topic covers the recent announcement of Ceres, a new hardware platform combining ruler form-factor flash and BlueField DPUs. The new solution, which will eventually replace the current "Mavericks" D-boxes is a 1U system with flash, storage-class memory and network connectivity through DPU … [Read more...] about #233 – Introduction to the VAST Data Ceres Hardware Platform with Jeff Denworth (Sponsored)

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

#232 – Building Power-Efficient Storage Systems with Justin Emerson from Pure Storage (Sponsored)

19 May 2022 by Chris Evans

In this episode, Chris talks to Justin Emerson from Pure Storage about modern design considerations for power-efficient storage. The cost of powering data centres has increased massively over the last 12 months, driven by the global economy and recovery from COVID-19. At a component level, servers are increasing their power usage, with faster processors and memory, plus the … [Read more...] about #232 – Building Power-Efficient Storage Systems with Justin Emerson from Pure Storage (Sponsored)

Filed Under: All-Flash, Guest Speakers, Pure Storage, Sponsored

#231 – Introducing Infinidat InfiniBox SSA II (Sponsored)

3 May 2022 by Chris Evans

In this episode, Chris talks to Eric Herzog, CMO at Infinidat about the announcement of SSA II, the second generation all-flash InfiniBox platform. The first generation SSA (solid state array) was developed to address a customer requirement that all long-tail latency I/Os must be delivered at all-flash levels of performance. The InfiniBox architecture is capable of delivering … [Read more...] about #231 – Introducing Infinidat InfiniBox SSA II (Sponsored)

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

#228 – Exploiting Data in the Third Wave of IT Agility with Murli Thirumale (Sponsored)

25 February 2022 by Chris Evans

In this episode, Chris is in conversation with Portworx co-founder and VP, GM of the Cloud Native Business Unit at Pure Storage, Murli Thirumale. Rather than covering specific technologies, this discussion looks at data as the third wave of IT agility. Wave One was the efficient use of infrastructure. Wave Two provided application mobility and agility. In Wave Three, data … [Read more...] about #228 – Exploiting Data in the Third Wave of IT Agility with Murli Thirumale (Sponsored)

Filed Under: Cloud, Data Management, Databases, Guest Speakers, Pure Storage, Sponsored

#227 – Infinidat InfiniGuard Enhancements with Eric Herzog (Sponsored)

14 February 2022 by Chris Evans

Infinidat recently announced some significant enhancements to the InfiniGuard platform. InfiniGuard is a backup target appliance solution that includes deduplicating technology to optimise the storage and retrieval of backup data. In this podcast, Eric Herzog, CMO at Infinidat, talks about the new features and how they form part of a cyber resiliency strategy for modern data … [Read more...] about #227 – Infinidat InfiniGuard Enhancements with Eric Herzog (Sponsored)

Filed Under: Data Protection, Guest Speakers, Infinidat, Sponsored

#226 – VAST Data Universal Storage for Data Protection (Sponsored)

9 February 2022 by Chris Evans

In this episode, Chris and Martin discuss data protection on a "vast" scale, with VAST Data VP of Data Protection, George Axberg. VAST has just announced a partnership with Commvault that will integrate Universal Storage with Commvault's data management solutions. Further data protection vendor partnerships are expected in due course. While the idea of using an all-flash … [Read more...] about #226 – VAST Data Universal Storage for Data Protection (Sponsored)

Filed Under: All-Flash, Data Management, Data Protection, Guest Speakers, Sponsored, VAST Data

#220 – AWS & Cloud File System Diversity

24 December 2021 by Chris Evans

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

Filed Under: AWS, AWS Reinvent, Cloud, Data Management, File Systems

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