SNW & NAB: IOPS vs bandwidth
NAB frame by frame SNW and NAB did not overlap this year, so I spent 3 days each at both. The 2 events are very different: storage is the topic at one and merely central to what everyone is doing at the other. I enjoy both. Rather than tackle NAB in one piece I'm...
Holographic storage debuts next month
After 8 years of hard slogging the folks at InPhase are ready to ship the world's first holographic storage system. As StorageMojo noted 2 years ago: InPhase is claiming they will ship drives with removable holographic disks with 300GB capacity and 20Mbps transfer...
StorageMojo off to NAB
NAB comes closer to the future of storage than any other show I've seen. Both in the storage demand generated by digitizing existing content and in the bulk storage supply needed to house it, NAB points to the future of massive digital storage. If you or your company...
Xiotech’s ISE: beast or gamine?
What's behind the hype? Congrats to the Xiotech team on generating the most interest at SNW. Their demos were crowded with the curious. Their claims bordered on the implausible, but the credibility of the engineering team kept derision in the corners. I talked to...
SNW update – Xiotech’s ISE and the dilithium solution
It looks like Xiotech is going to cop the "Best Announcement at Spring SNW '08" prize. See the nifty flash intro. I did speak to Ellen Lary, Engineering VP last night after going through their mobbed booth. Later today I have an appointment with Steve Sicola,...
StorageVideoMojo
On the occasion of announcing a new HPC modular array, the Engenio-based 4600, SGI commissioned me to do a StorageMojo video for them. Some interesting comments about modular vs cluster storage and CXFS. And I got to practice my radio voice. We spoke for about an hour...
StorageMojo @ Storage Networking World – again
Already? Didn't we just have one of those? Leaving sunny Arizona for sunny Florida today. Say hi if you see me. NAB next week I'm driving to Las Vegas next week to see what's cool in media storage. And EMC World next month! Never been to one before. Hope to hear all...
Faster, better storage pricing
Self-service pricing is coming A reader wrote in the other morning to say: I wanted to take a moment to thank Robin for this invaluable tool. As an architect I often use this site to get Rough Order of Magnitude costs for components and set these up in spreadsheets...
Dear Uncle StorageMojo: Datacore vs EqualLogic
The 2nd installment of an occasional feature . . . A reader writes: I think your input would be valuable in helping me make a decision on storage for my company. I've done loads of research and I'm fairly certain I have good players narrowed down, but have...
Atrato disk array goes public
6 weeks ago StorageMojo covered the leaving-stealth-mode non-announce of Atrato's new storage box. I spoke to Dan McCormick, Atrato's co-founder and CEO a few days ago for an update. They'll have more details at SNW. But here's what I found interesting. Density and...
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