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Storage Short Take #44

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Striving for Independence!A lengthy one today. I’m trying to find more independent sources of news, rather than just the press releases that many vendors put out. If you happen to know of anyone who is writing good storage material, please feel free to let me know either through the contact form or via twitter. As always, links were live at time …

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Storage Short Take #43

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A short one this time…As always, links were active at the time of publication.Storage Media and TechnologyHere’s another article on using liquid media for storage capacity. Interestingly, there’s no discussion about the effect of temperature on a liquid-based storage medium. Micron has announced that their 232-layer SSD technology could have chip-level controller functions. What this means, in plain English, is that …

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Storage Short Take #42

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Back With Another Short TakeAfter a much needed rest, we’re back with another Storage Short Take. But, first things first. In case you missed it, I’m very pleased to have been selected as a “Top 50 Tech Blog” winner by the voters of the 2021 Poll run by Cisco. Storage blogs don’t often get much of a mention, so I’m …

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Storage Short Take #41

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Ugh, too long, too long…Sadly, time has flown by while life got in the way. Nevertheless, here is the 41st installation of the Storage Short Take.Storage Media and TechnologyThis is a really good article on ransomware, particularly the long-term risks for victims. Containers are an interesting technology, and are the foundation for a huge number of evolutionary developments in data …

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Storage Short Take #36

In Storage, Technology by J Michel Metz

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.

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Storage Short Take #35

In Storage, Technology by J Michel Metz

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, …