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In Praise of Performance Comparisons

May 14, 2010 By Stephen Leave a Comment

I've long been critical of poorly-executed performance comparisons and the "fastest is always best" mentality behind them. Who really cares if a Honda minivan accelerates quicker than a Toyota when no real-world owner will ever keep the accelerator floored from stop to highway speed? The same goes for enterprise gear: Is an over-subscribed backplane really a problem when most … [Read more...] about In Praise of Performance Comparisons

If Storage Vendors Were Automakers…

August 7, 2009 By Stephen 8 Comments

If the enterprise storage market was the auto market, who would be who?* … [Read more...] about If Storage Vendors Were Automakers…

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