Deep file analytics

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 meant...

Labor Day 2014

The brutal struggles of Capital and Labor in the 1800s may seem far away in 2014, but they continue to this day. Now there's less blood, but a good deal more money. Why do we have a Labor Day? Wikipedia says: Labor Day in the United States is a holiday celebrated on...

Friday hike blogging: Airport Mesa

Often named as one of the most scenic airports in America, the airport sits on a mesa high above the town. There's a trail that circles the mesa and - more important for me - I can walk to it. According to my iPhone app, the hike is 7.22 miles with 1788 feet of...

Why are array architectures so old?

25 years ago I was working on DEC's earliest RAID array. When I look at today's "high-end" arrays, it's shocking how little architectural change the big iron arrays have embraced. The industry is ripe for disruption, only part of which is coming from cloud vendors....

Friday hike blogging: clouds!

There's a reason Arizona doesn't have Daylight Saving Time: we have as much daylight as we can stand. With over 300 sunny days a year - and the sunniest are often the hottest - it's a relief to see the sun set as the perceived temps drop 10-15°F. Despite that, summer...