This week's guest episode was recorded live in Silicon Valley at the offices of WekaIO. The company has developed a scale-out parallel file system called Matrix that was specifically designed to exploit NVMe storage and new fast networking. Chris is onsite to talk with CEO and co-founder, Liran Zivbel. Martin is dialled in remotely from the bowels of the Storage Unpacked … [Read more...]
#50 – Introduction to Quantum Computing
How does quantum computing relate to storage? This week's episode is a bit of a diversion from our normal podcasting topics. In episode #47 (Enterprise Storage is not Boring), we mused as to how quantum computers use data. With no real knowledge between us, we asked for listeners to help us out. As a result, we're joined in this episode by Scott Crowder, Vice President … [Read more...]
#46 – Another View on Open Source Storage with Neil Levine
A few weeks ago we discussed Open Source storage and whether it had any place in the enterprise. There was a lot of feedback, so we thought it would be good to follow up with another discussion, so we invited Neil Levine, Director of Product Management at Red Hat to give us his view. Martin, Chris and Neil discuss the difference in buying approach and whether bringing storage … [Read more...]
#44 – Ultra High Capacity Flash Drives
This week, Chris and Martin discuss the availability of super-high capacity or ultra-capacity flash drives. The conversation comes out of an announcement from Nimbus Data that has produced a 100TB SATA SSD. This follows up from last year's 50TB drives that were OEMed to Viking and Smart Modular. You can find some more background at Architecting IT here. With so much … [Read more...]
#43 – All-flash Market Review 2018 with Chris Mellor
This week, Chris and Martin review the all-flash market with Chris Mellor. We looked at this sector around 12 months ago, so we're ready for an update. Lots of things have happened over the past 12 months. Vendors have gone away and come back (Violin). Existing vendors have seen a resurgence in their sales (IBM and NetApp), while others have struggled. Pure Storage is now … [Read more...]
#42 – Understanding Storage PR with Fred Monsone
In this week's episode, Martin and Chris talk to Fred Monsone, founder of A3 Communications, a boutique storage PR and communications company. It's clear that modern day PR isn't the right term any more and communications describes the work much more accurately. Fred describes the reasons why start-ups and seasoned companies want to find the right way to engage with the press … [Read more...]
#41 – Does Open Source Have a Place in Storage?
This week, Martin, Chris and Gavin reflect on the decision by EMC to disband the {code} team and discuss whether open source has a place in storage. {code} was a project started by EMC before the Dell acquisition. The team focused on open source advocacy and developing tools such as storage plugins for Docker. Looking wider, companies like Red Hat have built their business on … [Read more...]
#40 – Garbage Collection: Death of the Storage Admin
This week's podcast was recorded a few months ago, so apologies for the sound quality. The team discuss the role of the storage administrator and whether we will see the eventual demise of storage admins or simply a transition to another role. The conversation tracks the responsibilities of storage administrators over the last 30 years, from the era of the mainframe to … [Read more...]
#38 – Talking Dedicated Backup Appliances with Don Foster from Commvault
In this week's podcast, the team talk to Don Foster, Senior Director for WW Solutions Marketing at Commvault. Initially this podcast was intended to be recorded at Commvault Go last November (2017) in Washington DC, but schedules didn't align so we did it remotely. The audio quality is not as good as we'd like, so apologies for that. However, there are some good discussions … [Read more...]
Garbage Collection #008 – Chris’ Travels – Commvault, NetApp & SFD14
In this podcast, recorded on 21 November 2017, Chris, Gavin and Martin talk about thoughts from Chris' recent trips to CommVault GO, Storage Field Day 14 and NetApp Insight. The CommVault and SFD14 events were held in the US, with NetApp Insight talking place in Berlin, Germany. At Storage Field Day, Dell EMC, E8 Storage, Scality and Congruity 360 presented. This podcast … [Read more...]