TCP finally becomes a true player for NVMe-oF, but what does that mean for RoCE? Also, CXL and Gen-Z have a MAJOR announcement.
Storage Short Take #39
Conference season hasn’t wound down completely, but we’re in the eye of the hurricane before the next round begins. Also, tape is definitely not dead.
Storage Short Take #38
Oodles of conferences, but fatigue is setting in. Storage media news, and new regulations that tear down privacy walls. For your “safety,” of course.
The Honorary Doctorate – The Participation Trophy of Academia
Should people who get an honorary doctorate use it as a title? Is it okay, or are they just valor-stealing participation-trophy poser monkeys
LTTP Reviews – Flowers for Algernon
In a return to “Late to the Party Reviews,” we revisit the nostalgia of Flowers for Algernon and see if it holds up to the memory.
Storage Short Take #37
Major announcements at SDC, a bombshell from Dell, and many new and creative applications for NVMe.
Storage Short Take #36
It’s astonishing how many human miseries can be resolved through forgiveness and radical acceptance. Never forgiving is taking poison to punish someone else—the more you punish the sicker you get.
Storage Short Take #35
First, a bit of news. This is the first blog being published under the new site redesign. It may take me a while to get used to some of the fancy tools that it has, so bear with me as I try to get myself sorted. I’m a little behind, but a couple of weeks ago was Storage Field Day, …
Storage Short Take #34
Computational storage, an incredibly great value for storage conference ($27!), and some updates in new storage tech.
Storage Short Take #33
Computational storage, an incredibly great value for storage conference ($27!), and some updates in new storage tech.
Storage Short Take #32
Western Digital’s very, very bad week, Synology releases a major update to its NAS software, NVMe-oF begins to show some moves, and a really fun bonus round (hint: blast from the past!)
Written Exceptionalism
How do you know when something is truly exceptional?
Storage Short Take #31
What, another one so soon! Yes, it’s time for Storage Short Take #31!
Storage Short Take #30
Storage Short Take is back!
Nothing To Hide: Redux
The specter of secret recordings of university professors once again opens the door to the loss of individual rights and freedoms.