Storage Unpacked 266 – Architectural Choices in Storage System Design

Storage Unpacked 266 – Architectural Choices in Storage System Design

Chris EvansGuest Speakers, Infinidat, Storage Hardware, Storage Unpacked Podcast

In this episode, Chris discusses the options available to storage system vendors when building modern storage appliances, with Bill Basinas, Senior Director, Product Marketing at Infinidat. The conversation derives from an observation on architectural choices, following the move to AMD processors from Intel for the latest G4 systems built by Infinidat. AMD offers a greater core count per processor compared to Intel, allowing Infinidat to move to single socket designs, while gaining improvements from PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory. Ultimately, this discussion highlights how modern storage system design can take standardised components and build flexible …

Storage Unpacked 254 – Announcing VSP One and Hitachi Vantara Reorganisation with Gary Lyng

Storage Unpacked 254 – Announcing VSP One and Hitachi Vantara Reorganisation with Gary Lyng

Chris EvansGuest Speakers, Hitachi Vantara, Storage, Storage Hardware, Storage Unpacked Podcast

In this live episode, recorded at Hitachi Exchange in Paris, Chris chats to Gary Lyng, VP of Products and Solutions at Hitachi Vantara. The company recently announced the VSP One platform, plus some organisational changes that will take Hitachi Vantara back to a focus on core infrastructure.

Storage Unpacked 250 – Infinidat announces SSA Express and higher capacity SSA II (Sponsored)

Storage Unpacked 250 – Infinidat announces SSA Express and higher capacity SSA II (Sponsored)

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

In this episode Chris gets an update on new announcements from Infinidat, including SSA Express and higher-capacity SSA II systems. SSA Express is a new feature of the InfiniBox “classic” platform that allows customers to implement what looks like a virtual SSA (all-flash array) within a hybrid InfiniBox. The solution effectively pins volumes in SSD rather than allowing the data to cascade to the HDD layer, with the benefit of SSA performance for no additional cost on 95% of hardware in the field. Infinidat has also introduced a new SSA II, the F4316T with up …

Storage Unpacked 249 – Introduction to Nyriad and the UltraIO Storage Platform

Storage Unpacked 249 – Introduction to Nyriad and the UltraIO Storage Platform

Chris EvansGuest Speakers, Nyriad, Inc., Storage, Storage Hardware, Storage Unpacked Podcast

In this episode, Chris talks to Derek Dicker, CEO at Nyriad about the UltraIO storage array. Nyriad has developed a new storage architecture using GPUs that accelerate the calculations needed to store data using erasure coding. This enables UltraIO to implement system-wide data protection using erasure coding at the block level. In contrast to most storage vendors in the market today, the UltraIO platform uses hard disk drives, with a GPU to process data ingested by the system, while data is presented back through the CPU route. This dual processor architecture enables Nyriad to deliver …