Soundbytes #006: A Discussion on The Storage Industry with Stephen Foskett at DockerCon 2017

Soundbytes #006: A Discussion on The Storage Industry with Stephen Foskett at DockerCon 2017

Chris EvansSoundbytes

In this podcast, recorded at DockerCon 2017, ChrisE talks to Stephen Foskett, organiser of the Tech Field Day events.  During the short podcast, the conversation covers issues of the storage industry, how we’re moving towards software and whether the idea of “alpha” storage products really makes sense. Elapsed Time: 00:11:03 Timeline 00:00:00 – Introductions – Tech Field Day since 2009 00:01:30 – DockerCon – Storage, Networking, Security, Monitoring, the usual suspects 00:01:50 – The old the new side by side 00:02:30 – Storage with Docker 00:03:00 – Portworx, just like a traditional storage array 00:04:00 …

Soundbytes #005: John Rollason at DockerCon 2017

Soundbytes #005: John Rollason at DockerCon 2017

Chris EvansSoundbytes

In this podcast, ChrisE talks to John Rollason, Director, Product Marketing, Next Generation Data Centre at NetApp.  The conversation covers NetApp’s Docker plugins, the continued integration of SolidFire plus the upcoming HCI offering.  Apologies for the sound quality towards the end of the podcast.  The recording was done outside without the benefit of a microphone cover! Elapsed Time: 00:14:57 Timeline 00:00:00 – Introductions – Outside at the convention centre 00:01:00 – The need for persistent storage and NetApp Docker Plugin 00:02:30 – Mature features, snapshots, clones, replication 00:03:00 – Project Trident 00:03:53 – Support for …

Talking Secondary Storage with Chris Wahl

Talking Secondary Storage with Chris Wahl

Chris EvansGuest Speakers

In this podcast, the team talk to Chris Wahl, Chief Technologist at Rubrik, a start-up offering data protection and archive solutions.  The conversation covers a definition of what secondary storage means and how it moves on from traditional data protection and secondary application usages. You can find Rubrik online at https://www.rubrik.com/ and stalk Chris on Twitter at @ChrisWahl. Elapsed time: 00:35:16 00:00:00 – Introductions 00:02:00 – Secondary storage – a definition (or not) 00:05:00 – Why secondary storage now? 00:07:00 – Copan – remember them? 00:07:30 – Virtual APIs – differentiating today’s market 00:09:00 – Rubrik’s …

Garbage Collection #3 – Storage Predictions for 2017

Garbage Collection #3 – Storage Predictions for 2017

Chris EvansGarbage Collection

In this podcast, recorded in February, but finally being published in March, Chris, Martin and new host Gavin talk about what happened in 2016 and what’s coming up in 2017.  Of course some of these predictions may seem prescient, being some 4 weeks after the recording!  However this is a fast changing industry as we all know. Timeline 00:00:00 – Introduction and Gavin 00:01:20 – Recording in Feb, releasing in March – sorry! 00:02:00 – 2016 – Dell & EMC combine 00:03:30 – 2016 – The demise of Violin Memory 00:05:00 – 2016 – IBM …

Talking Cloud Data Protection with Jaspreet Singh

Talking Cloud Data Protection with Jaspreet Singh

Chris EvansGuest Speakers

In this podcast, recorded in December 2016, Chris talks to Jaspreet Singh, founder and CEO of Druva Inc, a cloud-focused data protection company.  The conversation covers the issues of how cloud-based backup differs from typical on-premises operations, the considerations that have to be thought of and how cloud backup can be used for more than just recovery. You can find Druva online at https://www.druva.com/ and information on the TCO calculator, discussed on the podcast at https://www.druva.com/partners/cdw_tco/. Elapsed Time: 00:39:22 Timeline 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:46 – Background information, why Cloud? 00:03:40 – the changing face of backup 00:05:00 …

Talking NAND Flash With Jim Handy – Part Two

Talking NAND Flash With Jim Handy – Part Two

Chris EvansGuest Speakers

The following podcast was recorded with Jim Handy, from Objective Analysis on 12th December 2016.  This is the second of two parts, talking about persistent memory.  The first part is available here. You can reach Jim on Twitter at The SSD Guy, or via his blog(s) at http://thessdguy.com/and http://thememoryguy.com/. Feel free to provide feedback as comments on our blog or on our Linkedin group.  If you like this podcast, like us on iTunes! Elapsed Time:  00:24:21 SFW: Yes Timeline 00:00:00 – Intro 00:00:17 – Other types of persistent media – Phase Change Memory (PCM) 00:02:30 – 3D-Xpoint …

Talking NAND Flash With Jim Handy – Part One

Talking NAND Flash With Jim Handy – Part One

Chris EvansGuest Speakers

The following podcast was recorded with Jim Handy, from Objective Analysis on 12th December 2016.  The discussion is all about NAND Flash, what it is, where it came from and what we can expect in the future.  Martin and Chris talked to Jim for a little over an hour, so we’ve split the content into two parts. You can reach Jim on Twitter at The SSD Guy, or via his blog(s) at http://thessdguy.com/ and http://thememoryguy.com/. Feel free to provide feedback as comments on our blog or on our Linkedin group.  If you like this podcast, like …

Soundbytes 004: Discussing HPE Storage at HPE Discover with Marc Farley and Matt Leib

Soundbytes 004: Discussing HPE Storage at HPE Discover with Marc Farley and Matt Leib

Chris EvansSoundbytes

In this podcast, recorded live at HPE Discover, Martin and Chris talk to Marc Farley and Matt Leib (two invited bloggers) about the state of HPE’s storage portfolio.  As you will hear, this podcast was recorded live and has tannoy announcements and a brief greeting from Brad Parks who didn’t realise we were recording! Elapsed Time: 00:19:58 SFW: Yes Timeline 00:00:00 – Introduction. 00:01:00 – Marc gives us his opinion on HPE Storage. 00:01:15 – 3PAR improvements – integration and solution packaging. 00:02:00 – Is 3PAR and other platforms in their twilight years? 00:02:25 – …

Garbage Collection – Implementing a Multi-Vendor Storage Strategy

Garbage Collection – Implementing a Multi-Vendor Storage Strategy

Chris EvansGarbage Collection

  In this podcast, Chris and Martin discuss the issues in designing and implementing a multi-vendor storage strategy.  The discussion covers whether any one vendor can provide all of today’s storage products and who multiple vendors can be used to deliver a single requirement. Elapsed Time: 00:36:26 SFW: Yes 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:45 – A look at the market – product categories 00:01:30 – Vendor Roundup 00:03:20 – The product overlap problem 00:05:30 – Is storage unique in the data centre? 00:06:30 – Data Gravity 00:07:00 – Why do people change vendors? 00:07:50 – tension …

Soundbytes: The Data Fabric Explained with NetApp CTO Mark Bregman

Soundbytes: The Data Fabric Explained with NetApp CTO Mark Bregman

Chris EvansSoundbytes

This podcast was recorded live on 16 November 2016 at NetApp Insight in Berlin.  The conversation is between Chris Evans and Mark Bregman, CTO for NetApp.  Mark discusses NetApp’s move to focus on data management, with the Data Fabric, a concept that binds together NetApp’s storage assets with public cloud and data mobility features. Elapsed Time: 00:16:28 SFW: Yes Timeline 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:00:40 – Data Fabric Introduction (link) 00:02:00 – Delivering storage features as SaaS – completely heterogeneous 00:02:30 – The customer perspective 00:03:10 – It’s about the data, not the storage 00:04:30 – The …