by Robin Harris | Friday, September 12, 2014 | Architecture, Cloud computing & storage, Object storage |
Erasure coded (EC) storage has achieved remarkable gains over current RAID arrays in fault-tolerance and storage efficiency, but the knock against it is performance. Sure, it’s highly available and cheap, but it’s slo-o-w. Advanced erasure codes –...
by Robin Harris | Monday, September 8, 2014 | Cloud computing & storage, Enterprise, Object storage |
Amplidata announced this morning that Western Digital Capital has made a $10m investment. HGST, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital Corp., has selected Amplidata’s Himalaya software to jointly develop a family of ultra-dense storage solutions to address the...
by Robin Harris | Friday, September 5, 2014 | Hike blogging, Off-Topic |
This view of Coffeepot Rock is from Teacup Trail. This is a more heavily traveled area as it’s close to town, the trails are easy – except for Thunder Mt. Trail, where a friend died last year – and the scenery is great. Enjoy!
by Robin Harris | Friday, September 5, 2014 | Enterprise, Information Management |
A new storage market is being born. Will it survive? As infrastructure continues to adjust to a data-centric world, the ability to manage data – not just storage – is poised to become a must-have capability. Traditionally, of course, data management has...
by Robin Harris | Wednesday, September 3, 2014 | Architecture, Enterprise, Future Tech, NAS, IP, iSCSI, Object storage, SAN, FC |
Who would have thought, at this late date, that an upstart would appear to challenge high-end EMC, NetApp, HDS and IBM arrays with a fundamentally superior product. But when you don’t have an installed base – and a cash cow – to protect, you can go...
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