StorageVideoMojo
On the occasion of announcing a new HPC modular array, the Engenio-based 4600, SGI commissioned me to do a StorageMojo video for them.
Some interesting comments about modular vs cluster storage and CXFS. And I got to practice my radio voice.
We spoke for about an hour and I boiled down the comments of Raj Das of SGI and LSI’s Flavio Santoni - before putting the StorageMojo take on it.
Must get video page up soon
One thing about video: every syllable counts. This one gets into Apple’s Motion for the first time. Nothing wild though.
Update: The video came down for a couple of modest tweaks. Now it’s back - new and improved.
End update.
The StorageMojo take
Video is another way to reach people who aren’t going to plow through a white paper. In 4 minutes you meet some people, get exposed to some new ideas and maybe learn something. And you can be drinking coffee in your bathrobe at the same time!
Comments welcome, of course.
on April 9th, 2008 at 7:07 am
The issue with Infiniband (and even FC for that matter) is that the economies of scale just aren’t there.
The idea of a universal datacenter interconnect is great, but right now that Universal interconnect is Gig-E. Every single device in our datacenter has a GigE port (or several). So I think any successor needs to be backwards compatible with that at the physical and management layer. 10GbE and 40GbE are the natural successors. I haven’t heard a compelling argument as to why Ethernet needs to be thrown out the door.
on April 9th, 2008 at 7:13 am
Your take states that ease of management of 10Gbe is more important than the Infiniband performance.
I have to disagree, since if you look at how IB is managed nowadays, you can hardly notice a difference compared to Ethernet.
And with the future FCoE over IB, you’ll even get a seamless integration with SANs.
on April 9th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Neat stuff.
The scenes with your head were a bit dark, but overall very cool. Thanks.
on April 13th, 2008 at 12:47 am
How do you build a secure future on IB if there is only one source of silicon ?
Remember, Intel pulled out long time ago.
Why is everyone dismissing PCI Express ?