StorageMojo jobs board
Update: The service wasn't as helpful as I'd hoped. I'll give them some time to tune it up and try it again. End update. I occasionally get folks either asking about jobs or wanting to offer jobs. I've never taken them up on it because admin is not one of my core...
Sun fires back at NetApp
Sun's CEO, Jonathan Schwartz, has fired back at NetApp's patent suit against Sun over ZFS, the advanced file system that promises to markedly increase data integrity for Sun and Apple users. From the "best defense is a strong offense" playbook No court documents to...
Storage vendors are HUNGRY!
Or at least their salesmen are Just got a note from a fellow who prefers anonymity about his experience with a not-very-large sale: EMC, NetApp and Onstor have been particularly aggressive in trying to win our business, which isn't terribly large - we were looking at...
Isilon cleans house
Founder Sujal Patel back as CEO After 3 quarters of missed targets, Isilon's board fired the CEO and CFO and reinstated founder Sujal Patel as CEO. Said Isilon chairman, former EPA secretary and longtime Seattle heavyweight William D. Ruckelshaus: "We believe there is...
NetApp filers for $1/GB?
Get 'em while they're hot! There is a rumor that NetApp, seeking to strangle baby Isilon in its crib, is giving away product to win deals. At $1/GB I might buy one If true, this could reflect continued weakness in NetApp's results, as noted by analyst Tom Curlin at...
Mac ZFS debate
I've been a fan of ZFS since I researched it over a year ago. I've also been happy with the progress ZFS is making on OS X. So it was a bit of surprise when I saw (thanks Wes) that MacJournals, a developers web site, was all sideways about it. A good conversation...
pNFS technical intro
I don't normally link and run but this is a good article on the Next Big Thing in NFS v4.1. Written by 3 NetApp engineers, Garth Goodson, Sai Susarla, and Rahul Iyer, Standardizing Storage Clusters offers a good overview of what's new. It's on the ACM Queue web site....
StorageMojo @ Storage Networking World
Ms. Mojo and I decided to put our trip to Italy on hold for a few months, so I suddenly became available to attend SNW. Later today I head off to Phoenix and tomorrow morning to Dallas. New toy! I'm bringing my High Def camcorder. I'm hoping for some interesting...
The 3rd leg of patent reform
Our broken patent system RIM recently settled a patent case for $600 million with NTP while the validity of the patents was still under review. The threat of Blackberry shutdown forced their hand. More recently NetApp filed suit against Sun in another Federal District...
Parascale’s CTO on what’s different about Parascale
Is Parascale new or old? There were many good reader questions about Parascale's announcement. Even though I've done some work for them I didn't know the answers so I invited their CTO, Cameron Bahar, to respond. He sent me a text only email, which I've decorated with...
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