by Robin Harris | Thursday, May 25, 2006 | Enterprise, Future Tech |
No doubt panicking after StorageMojo.com’s devastating analysis of their uncompetitive IT infrastructure costs [note to JWT: irony alert], Yahoo and Ebay announced a multi-year strategic alliance designed to ward off Google. The synergies are real. And ignore...
by Robin Harris | Thursday, May 25, 2006 | Enterprise, Future Tech, NAS, IP, iSCSI |
A much more considered response to the StorageMojo.com critique of the Storage Revolution effort. I’m looking forward to continuing the dialog with John and everyone else about open source storage. Comments always welcome.
by Robin Harris | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 | Enterprise, Future Tech, Price Lists |
After reviewing the impressive Google File System, I wondered about Google’s competitors: MSN, AOL and Yahoo. Is it possible to quantify the economic advantage of GFS over conventional enterprise architectures? NetApp’s web site notes that Yahoo Mail uses...
by Robin Harris | Sunday, May 21, 2006 | Enterprise, Future Tech |
Over at DrunkenData.com, John William Toigo responded to The Open Source Storage Revolution Everyone Should Join with, well, condescension. Read his post here. I sent him a note in response that I trust he will soon post in the comments. I flagged the StorageMojo.com...
by Robin Harris | Friday, May 19, 2006 | Enterprise, Future Tech, NAS, IP, iSCSI |
Except Storage Vendors It’s time to break the back of the storage oligopoly. Rip the still-beating heart out of this proprietary industry, drop it in a blender and hit “puree”. We have the weapons. History is on our side. Now is the time. Here is the...
by Robin Harris | Thursday, May 18, 2006 | Enterprise, Future Tech, NAS, IP, iSCSI |
In yesterday’s post I ran through a quick (really, it was!) overview of the Google File System’s organization and storage-related features such as RAID and high-availability. I want to offer a little more data about the performance of GFS before offering...
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