In this podcast, originally recorded on 30 October 2017, Chris and Gavin follow up on the subject of disaggregated storage with Zivan Ori, CEO at E8 Storage. E8 is a start-up that markets and sells a storage array that uses a disaggregated architecture. The conversation covers what disaggregation really means and how E8 focuses on splitting the data and control paths of traditional I/O commands. With NVMe and RDMA, the E8 architecture allows direct access to metadata on dual controllers within the E8 hardware. This piece was actually a revelation during the conversation as it …
