Flush Time
Posted by Stephen in Computer history, Enterprise storage on 19. Oct, 2009 | View Comments
Single-parity RAID is under attack. Caching is the hottest trend in storage. The end of the high-performance disk drive is imminent. What happened? Increasing areal bit density has caused disk capacity to grow much faster than disk performance. A presentation at Storage Networking World by Ronald Bianchini of Avere exposed the mathematics of this phenomenon.
The Difference Between “Integration” and “Frankenstein”
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Gestalt IT on 05. Feb, 2009 | View Comments
When is a solution integrated and when is it a Frankenstein-like mashup of tangled tech? Apparently, that line is crossed when it’s your competitor’s offering…
In my time in the storage industry, I’ve seen enough franken-storage come and go to make me skeptical whenever a new “integrated” solution is announced. But a lot of this stuff [...]
EMC Cuts Staff as Recession Continues
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 04. Dec, 2008 | View Comments
Apparently, some were annoyed, offended, or hurt by this post. For that, I sincerely apologize. My intent was to reach out to my friends at the company in this difficult time, but what I meant doesn’t help those who are directly affected.
I have only one question: What is the right thing to do when bad [...]
Reacting to TechTarget’s Storage Products of the Year
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage on 11. Feb, 2008 | View Comments
TechTarget’s Storage magazine today announced the winners of their annual Products of the Year awards, and it’s an impressive array of technologies. Although I did not contribute to the voting this year, I heartily endorse the outcomes!
Overall, I was impressed with many of these products this last year, but certainly CommVault, HDS, ProStor, Xsigo, [...]
