In this podcast, recorded live at Dell Technologies World 2019, Chris talks to Rob Davis, VP of Storage Technology at Mellanox, about the development of SmartNIC technology and storage. SmartNICs offload tasks such as encryption, compression and protocol traffic from core CPUs. This allows system vendors to create more efficient and cheaper products. It can also provide a … [Read more...]
#93 – Myspace Loses 12 Years’ of Music
This week, Chris and Martin discuss the issues at Myspace, which recently disclosed that 12 years' worth of user content had been lost during a (failed) server migration. The once-mighty Myspace was the largest social networking site from 2005 to 2009 (according to Wikipedia) and had estimated revenues of $109 million in 2011. So, how could a company with such as large … [Read more...]
Private Cloud Storage and The Tintri Platform with Kieran Harty
In this podcast, recorded on 9 October 2017, Chris and Martin chat to Kieran Harty, CTO and co-founder at Tintri. The discussion covers the requirements for private cloud and in particular how storage should be deployed in private cloud environments. Kieran highlights how Tintri has adapted their all-flash and hybrid arrays to meet the needs of organisations looking to … [Read more...]
Cloud File Storage – A Conversation with Andy Hardy from Nasuni
In this podcast, recorded on 2nd September 2017, the guys chat to Andy Hardy, Regional Vice President at Nasuni. Nasuni has developed a global file platform that uses cloud storage as the "backing store". In this podcast, the guys chat to Andy about the benefits of a global file system that requires very little on-premises storage and the components it replaces, including … [Read more...]
Talking Cloud Data Protection with Jaspreet Singh
In this podcast, recorded in December 2016, Chris talks to Jaspreet Singh, founder and CEO of Druva Inc, a cloud-focused data protection company. The conversation covers the issues of how cloud-based backup differs from typical on-premises operations, the considerations that have to be thought of and how cloud backup can be used for more than just recovery. You can find … [Read more...]