Data Unpacked 005 – Securing SaaS Data Protection Solutions with Commvault Metallic (Sponsored)

Data Unpacked 005 – Securing SaaS Data Protection Solutions with Commvault Metallic (Sponsored)

Chris EvansCommvault, Data Management, Data Protection, Data Unpacked Podcast, Guest Speakers, Sponsored

In this recording, Chris talks with David Ngo (CTO for Metallic) and Indu Peddibhotla (VP Products at Commvault) on how Commvault and the Metallic platform implement secure SaaS data protection. Customers depend on Metallic to recover from ransomware and other data loss scenarios. This puts more pressure on SaaS backup to be secure, protected and impregnable from assault. Commvault uses a set of design principles in its approach with Metallic that include; Security built-in, Certification, Air-gapped security, audit trails, multi-factor authentication, zero-trust methodology and early threat detection to achieve secure status. In the conversation, David …

Data Unpacked 003 – Protecting the Cloud for Free with HYCU Protégé

Data Unpacked 003 – Protecting the Cloud for Free with HYCU Protégé

Chris EvansCloud, Data Protection, Data Unpacked Podcast, Guest Speakers, HYCU Inc

In this episode of Data Unpacked, we talk to Subbiah Sundaram (Senior VP of Products) and Andy Fernandez (Director of Product Marketing) from HYCU. The company recently announced a free tier of the HYCU Protégé service for developers working in Amazon Web Services. Users can quickly get started and protect data, with the option to upgrade later to paid features.

Storage Unpacked 240 – Predicting the HDD to SSD Transition Timeline

Storage Unpacked 240 – Predicting the HDD to SSD Transition Timeline

Chris EvansAll-Flash, Guest Speakers, Storage Hardware, Storage Unpacked Podcast

In this episode, Chris is joined by Phison CTO Sebastien Jean to discuss the transition from HDD to SSD. As pricing for the two media types comes close to reaching parity, this conversation looks at how the two media are evolving and how NAND flash SSDs are set to become the de facto choice for the enterprise data centre. The transition to an all-flash data centre has been predicted for some time, however end game could be on the horizon as soon as 2025 or 2026. The Phison blog discussed by Sebastien can be found …

#238 – SAS 24GB+ Updates with Rick Kutcipal

#238 – SAS 24GB+ Updates with Rick Kutcipal

Chris EvansFlash Memory Summit 2022, Guest Speakers, Standards, Storage Unpacked Podcast

Once again Chris is joined by Rick Kutcipal, board member with the SCSI Trade Association. It’s been four years since episode #74 when Rick provided an update on SAS 24Gb. This time, Rick has details of new features in 24Gb+. What does the “plus” mean in this context? While the bus speed may not be increasing, new features (+) are continually being added to the SAS protocol, hence the additional designation. In this episode, Rick discusses some interesting enhancements to drive management, mainly driven by the demands of hyper-scalers. These include Command Duration Limits, Format …