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Scaling Storage Is Hard To Do

June 4, 2013 By Stephen 8 Comments

Data storage isn't as easy as it sounds, especially at enterprise or cloud scale. It's simple enough to read and write a bit of data, but much harder to build a system that scales to store petabytes. That's why I'm keenly focused on a new wave of storage systems built from the ground up for scaling! No More Monoliths Traditional storage arrays are integrated monoliths: A … [Read more...] about Scaling Storage Is Hard To Do

Caringo Bulks Up CAStor For Cloud Services

October 26, 2010 By Stephen 2 Comments

Now that the hype of "cloud everything" is subsiding, organizations are getting down to work deploying cloud storage to do actual useful tasks. The march from CAS to cloud to object storage has seen high-profile high-end flare-ups (think EMC Centera and Atmos) but the bulk of work is done by more pedestrian (think lower-cost) hardware and software. Through it all, Paul … [Read more...] about Caringo Bulks Up CAStor For Cloud Services

From CAS to Cloud: Revolutionary Storage

October 26, 2010 By Stephen 3 Comments

Change is not a word normally associated with storage, and revolution is practically unheard of. Today's modern enterprise storage systems and networks employ massive resources to do one simple thing: Emulate the basic hard disk drives used over three decades ago. But cracks are appearing in our mausoleum of fake disks: Application developers are discovering the value of object … [Read more...] about From CAS to Cloud: Revolutionary Storage

Top Ten Innovative Enterprise Storage Hardware Products

November 15, 2008 By Stephen 15 Comments

Looking around at the enterprise storage landscape, it is plain that certain archetypes rule: Monolithic enterprise arrays, dual-controller modular arrays, standard-sized hard disk units, NAS servers, tape libraries. Are these really the optimal designs for storage in our modern open systems world? On the contrary, I suggest that the enterprise storage world we know was … [Read more...] about Top Ten Innovative Enterprise Storage Hardware Products

EMC Atmos Versus VMware VDC-OS: Will The Real Cloud Strategy Please Stand Up?

November 10, 2008 By Stephen 14 Comments

As I guessed on Friday, EMC has officially announced their Maui Atmos software layer today, calling it the "industry's first COS (cloud-optimized storage) offering", "a new era for IT", and "a new category of storage." So the new era for IT is a cloud with globally-distributed object stores with policy management? Great! But I thought the new era for IT was a cloud with … [Read more...] about EMC Atmos Versus VMware VDC-OS: Will The Real Cloud Strategy Please Stand Up?

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