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 …

Garbage Collection – All-flash Market Consolidation

Garbage Collection – All-flash Market Consolidation

Chris EvansGarbage Collection

In this opinion piece, recorded on 31 October 2016, Martin Glassborow, Chris Mellor and Chris Evans discuss the state of the all-flash market and what we can expect to happen to the remaining all-flash startup vendors.  We discuss Violin’s delisting, talk about the range of vendors and size of the market.  Mr Mellor presents his interpretation on the “Supernatural Quadrangle” of all-flash vendors and products.  We then speculate on the Chinese and the similarity of IBM’s storage portfolio to, well you’ll just have to listen…. One other thing – we promise to get ChrisM a headset …

All-Flash – Does it Justify a Market Segment?

All-Flash – Does it Justify a Market Segment?

Chris EvansAll-Flash, Guest Speakers

All-Flash has been highlighted as a specific market segment within the storage industry.  Initially this was probably justified because of the number of new start-ups that were developing for the market.  With all of the major storage vendors either amending or acquiring technology, is there really a justification for having a separate market segment for all-flash or should we flip this on its head and say all-flash is the norm and the rest are legacy arrays? In this podcast, recorded on 24 October 2016, we talk with Bob Madaio, VP Infrastructure Solutions at Hitachi Data …

Soundbytes: Talking Object Storage With Jeff Lundberg

Soundbytes: Talking Object Storage With Jeff Lundberg

Chris EvansObject Storage, Soundbytes, Storage Unpacked Podcast

In this Soundbytes edition of the Storage Unpacked podcast, Chris Evans takes the opportunity to chat with Jeff Lundberg (https://twitter.com/jeffhds), Product Marketing Manager, within the content business area at Hitachi Data Systems.  Jeff covers the object storage part of the HDS business, in particular the HCP (Hitachi Content Platform). We discuss what object storage is, how it can be used and why object stores are good for certain types of data.  We discuss how SDS (software-defined storage) has been kick started by the deployment of object storage and how metadata is key to managing and analysing content. …