More Storage IO momentus HHDD and SSD moments part II
Updated: 2012-04-29 19:00:44
This is the second of a two part post in the ongoing experinces of using HHDDs and SSDs in my every day work activity or walking the talk.- This is the second of a two part post in the ongoing experinces of using HHDDs and SSDs in my every day work activity or walking the talk.
More Storage IO momentus HHDD and SSD moments part I
Updated: 2012-04-29 18:54:48This is the first of a two part post in the ongoing experinces of using HHDDs and SSDs in my every day work activity or walking the talk.Coraid, first thoughts…
Updated: 2012-04-28 01:43:05
Held a Storage Field Day briefing yesterday with Coraid, the creators of EtherDrive an all Ethernet SAN storage system. The advantages of EtherDrive are significant. Not the least of which is that it is very cheap storage. It scales independently … Continue reading →Information commerce (part 3), starting the conversation
Updated: 2012-04-25 07:15:09
When last we discussed inter-planetary commerce the concept was that funding space-faring outposts of humanity could somehow be accomplished using commercial endeavors rather than public funding. The assumption being that any other life bearing planet would have have it’s own … Continue reading →Three quick notes about derived data
Updated: 2012-04-24 08:43:48I had one of “those” trips last week: 20 meetings, a number of them very multi-hour. A broken laptop. Flights that arrived 10:30ish Sunday night and left 7:00 Saturday morning. So please pardon me if things are a bit disjointed … I’ve argued for a while that: All human-generated data should be retained. The more [...]OpenFlow part 2, Cisco’s response
Updated: 2012-04-20 00:33:27
Cisco’s CTO Padmasree Warrior, was interviewed today by NetworkWorld discussing their response to all the recent press on OpenFlow coming out of the Open Networking Summit (see my OpenFlow the next wave in networking post). Apparently, Cisco is funding a new spin-in … Continue reading →OpenFlow, the next wave in networking
Updated: 2012-04-17 22:58:33
Read two articles recently about how OpenFlow‘s Software Defined Networking is going to take over the networking world, just like VMware and it’s brethern have taken over the server world. Essentially, OpenFlow is a network protocol that separates the control management … Continue reading →IT Optimization, efficiency, convergence and cloud conversations from SNW
Updated: 2012-04-13 23:19:42Conversation about IT optimization, convergence and cloud items from spring 2011 SNWNew cloud storage and Hadoop managed service offering from Spring SNW
Updated: 2012-04-13 19:48:34
Last week I posted my thoughts on Spring SNW in Dallas, but there were two more items that keep coming back to me (aside from the tornados). The first was a new startup called Symform in cloud storage and the other was an … Continue reading →Part I: PureSystems, something old, something new, something from big blue
Updated: 2012-04-13 03:22:48IBM has released a new line of converged infrastructure systems and refreshed others under the PureSystems banner including PureFlex and PureApplication systems for public, private and hybrid cloud.No-power sensors surface due to computational energy efficiency trends
Updated: 2012-04-12 00:14:11
Read an article The computing trend that will change everything in MIT’s TechReview today about the trend in energy consumption per unit of computation. Along with Moore’s law dictating that transister density doubles every 18 to 24 months, there is … Continue reading →Will mSATA and Ultrabook™ devices make your mom want an SSD?
Updated: 2012-04-11 01:35:40
If you’re reading this blog, there’s a good chance you’re pretty savvy about solid state drives; you might even own one (or a few). If you do, you’ve probably tried to tell your less-techie friends and family why they should replace their hard drive with an SSD—and you know that the general population still doesn’t [...]Many kinds of memory-centric data management
Updated: 2012-04-08 02:33:31I’m frequently asked to generalize in some way about in-memory or memory-centric data management. I can start: The desire for human real-time interactive response naturally leads to keeping data in RAM. Many databases will be ever cheaper to put into RAM over time, thanks to Moore’s Law. (Most) traditional databases will eventually wind up in [...]Where Did The Internet Site FakeMemorySentinel Go?
Updated: 2012-04-07 06:19:30TechReporters at FakeFlashNews has received several reports concerning a FrankenFlash Project site disappearing from the internet. The site is called FakeMemorySentinel at the internet address of FakeMemorySentinel.wordrpess.com FakeMemorySentinel is a proactive site in exposing fake flash memory issuing warnings for suspected listings on the internet with full capture of the listings offered. The site also [...]A “few exabytes-a-day” from SKA
Updated: 2012-04-05 21:53:29
ArsTechnica reported today on the proposed Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope and it’s data requirements. IBM is in collaboration with the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) to help develop the SKA called the DOME project. When completed in ~2024, … Continue reading →Thoughts on Spring SNW 2012 in Dallas
Updated: 2012-04-04 00:39:19
[Updated photo] Well the big news today was the tornado activity in the Dallas area. When the tornado warnings were announced customers were stuck on the exhibit floor and couldn’t leave (which made all the vendors very happy). Meetings with … Continue reading →