#98 – Shared Storage for Scale-out Databases with Walt Hinton from Pavilion Data

#98 – Shared Storage for Scale-out Databases with Walt Hinton from Pavilion Data

Chris EvansGuest Speakers

In this third recording from Dell Technologies World 2019, Chris talks with Walt Hinton, Head of Corporate and Product Marketing at Pavilion Data Systems.  The topic of conversation is the alignment of shared storage with scale-out NoSQL databases that typically place storage components on separate local disks. As rack-scale computing becomes more widely adopted, local storage will migrate back into bottom-of-rack shared storage infrastructure.  In this instance, does it make sense to put shards of databases back on the same hardware?  Walt thinks it is the next logical step in optimising scale-out applications and introducing …

#54 – Are we at All-flash and HDD Array Price Parity?

#54 – Are we at All-flash and HDD Array Price Parity?

Chris EvansGarbage Collection

This week, Chris and Martin discuss the subject of price parity between all-flash and hybrid or HDD-based storage arrays.  From Martin’s perspective, he is starting to see vendor pricing getting close to parity and it making more sense to buy all-flash than a spinning media device.  However, what are the issues?  TCO is one – it’s not all about array pricing.  Also, flash offers more opportunity to be Opex focused, as it’s easier to increment flash in an array than adding many disks to maintain performance. So what about hybrid?  Does it have a position, …