Beta hunt: Java Platform as a Service
Running - or planning to run - some bigtime Java apps? A Silicon Valley startup named Cumulogic is looking for a few good beta testers to help them wring out their Java Paas. Their ideal tester can use a Java PaaS running on either vSphere, Eucalyptus or Cloud.com...
Nimble Storage architecture video
I sat down with Nimble Storage co-founder and VP of engineering Varun Mehta to discuss their architecture - and shoot some video. Varun has been part of several Valley success stories - NetApp, Sun, Data Domain - and has a first hand perspective on disruptive...
Careers@StorageMojo kicks off
Non-RSS readers of StorageMojo may have noticed something new today: job listings. This is a partial answer to the question "how can StorageMojo do more for the smartest audience in the storage industry (while doing a little something for StorageMojo)? StorageMojo has...
A cluster-based dedup appliance
Quantum announced a new deduplication appliance series - the DXi 6701 and 6702 - that claims exceptional scalability. Why? Because it uses technology from Quantum's StorNext cluster file system. Scale out Quantum says the units grow from 8 to 80TB of usable RAID 6...
The per-slot cost metric
Commenters on the last post - Open source storage array - helped crystallize an idea that's been lurking for years: comparing disk storage hardware on per-slot price. The Backblaze box, which costs about $50/slot, got a comment that said, in effect, "it doesn't have...
Open source storage array
Most business files are only opened a few times, yet remain valuable enough to keep on line, just in case. That cold data is normally stored on high-performance, high-price NAS boxes at $$/GB. Why? 2 years ago Backblaze, an online backup provider, open-sourced their...
It’s time for primary data compression
Deduplication has been accepted as an enterprise-class compression technology. Is it time for data compression to be a standard feature of primary storage? I've been doing some work for Nimble Storage a cool Valley startup. Talking to co-founder Varun Mehta, he...
StorageMojo Careers
There's a new tab in the StorageMojo navbar: Careers. It's a new service for readers and the storage industry. Like StorageMojo it is focused on emerging companies, markets, products and technologies - and the people who make them happen. And like StorageMojo it does...
De-dup: too much of good thing?
A post last month in ACM's Queue raised a disturbing point around block-level deduplication in flash SSDs: it could hose your file system. De-dup is a Good Thing, right? Researchers found that at least 1 Sandforce SSD controller - the SF1200 - does block-level...
Can flash SSDs be trusted?
IT pros are always skeptical about new technology. Is it surprising that flash SSD's are getting the gimlet eye? The big worry seems to be endurance. Nobody wants to buy an expensive SSD and have it fail after a year on the job. But IT infrastructures are designed to...
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