This week, Chris and Martin talk to Howard Marks, Chief Storyteller at VAST Data. You may know Howard as an independent analyst and author for a range of online publications. Howard recently joined VAST to help explain and promote understanding of their data platform architecture. The VAST Data platform uses three main technologies that have only recently emerged onto the market. QLC NAND flash provides long-term, cheap and fast permanent storage. 3D-XPoint (branded as Intel Optane) is used to store metadata and new data before it is committed to flash. NVMe over Fabrics provides the …
