Not a filesystem, not a database.
Jeff Darcy has a good post on key data stores, like Amazon's Dynamo, and how they differ from filesystems and databases. He relates his transition from a filesystem purist to a more flexible perspective. The thing that really changed my mind about this was an...
Outrageously cool new hard drive
DataSlide has come out of stealth mode with a very creative SSD replacement technology. They call it a Hard Rectangular Disk or HRD. Here's their quick overview: DataSlide applies technology in new, patented ways to achieve unprecedented high performance 160,000 IOPS...
Atmos gets no love from EMC sales
A couple of reliable informants tell me the same story: EMC's Atmos is in a fight for its life. Symm and Clariion sales people are treating the new born product as a competitor, not another EMC product. The dozen or so Atmos sales people - yes, they have a tiny...
Configure a 100 TB HD video infrastructure
The video folks have an interesting set of problems: large needs; major bandwidth; time-critical collaboration; lots of metadata; and more. Like budgets. I do some video production myself and empathize. They are today where most of us will be in 10 years: lots of...
It’s official: Data Domain’s board doesn’t like EMC
Joe, how about "Hawaiian shirt Fridays?" Data Domain's board is has rejected EMC's all cash offer in favor of NetApp's enhanced cash + stock offer. But shareholders get the ultimate say. EMC is continuing with its tender offer for outstanding stock at $30/share...
NetApp matches – really? – EMC’s offer
Chris Mellor has the story on NetApp's new bid. Basically NetApp has sweetened their offer of combined cash and stock to match EMC's all-cash offer. I commented yesterday that If NetApp merely matches EMC’s offer they may still win the deal. Valley folks generally...
Enter Exagrid
With all the kerfluffle, one might think that Data Domain is the only dedup appliance company out there. They aren't. The big guys are admitting they don't have a product Bill Andrews, CEO of ExaGrid, weighed in with some pertinent comments today: What does it mean to...
EMC plays catchup with NetApp
EMC plays catchup Long known for picking up useful assets at fire sale prices EMC is making a $2B move to pick up Data Domain at a premium price. That's less than 2 weeks after NetApp put DD in play with a friendly $1.5B cash + stock offer. With Donatelli's unexpected...
5 zombie storage concepts that should die
They are lifeless ideas nearly devoid of meaning - but they just won't die. Like real - if a mythical creature can be called "real" - zombies they take a long time to kill. In a time of economic crisis, when IT organizations are begging for resources from gimlet-eyed...
Hospital ship Haven in Nagasaki, Japan, 1945
Please pardon another Memorial Day post. While most of what modern storage systems protect are business records there is also the use of storage for saving our cultural heritage - of which this is a small part. My father, Tom, was an officer in the US Navy Medical...
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