Back From The Pile: May 30, 2009
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 01. Jun, 2009 | View Comments
It was a week of HAM in the enterprise storage industry and angry arguments in the CloudCamp camp. But things looked up at the end with a productive discussion about backups. Google sent us a wave, but nobody was happy when GM threatened to collapse.
Enterprise Storage
HDS’ HAM-Fisted Announcement did not impress, with many wondering (So Long [...]
Consulting Is A Perilous Business But Credibility Is What Matters
Posted by Stephen in Personal on 26. Mar, 2009 | View Comments
I’ve called myself a “vendor-independent storage consultant” for more than a decade now, but my good friend, Greg Schultz, recently challenged me on that statement. Sure, I haven’t worked for a vendor of tin boxes and spinning rust, or the software that runs the stuff, but I’m firmly rooted in the supply side of things. [...]
Compression, Encryption, Deduplication, and Replication: Strange Bedfellows
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 05. Feb, 2009 | View Comments
One of the great ironies of storage technology is the inverse relationship between efficiency and security: Adding performance or reducing storage requirements almost always results in reducing the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of a system.
Many of the advances in capacity utilization put into production over the last few years rely on deduplication of data. This [...]
Is Deduplication Ready for Prime Time?
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage on 25. Sep, 2008 | View Comments
Deduplication is here for backup, but it is not yet ready for prime time in primary storage applications
