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!)
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!
The Mysterious Hard Drive
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but something happened over the weekend that is prompting me to write a blog that I believe is worth spreading far and wide. You see, over the weekend I found myself the unexpected caretaker of a complete stranger’s digital life. Through a strange set of circumstances, I found myself in possession of his …
Quora Question: How Do Contextual Clues Help The Communication Process?
A Quora question asks about how context affects communication.
Synology Adds DS1520+ to Product Lineup
The new Synology DS1520+ is the direct successor to the DS1019+, and is the largest member of the 20-series Plus lineup.
Storage Short Take #29
After a bit of a hiatus, we’re back with Storage Short Take #29. Some company updates, some misinformation about NVMe-oF, a whole lot of Synology security updates, and a mysterious visit from the FBI to a friend of mine.
Updates from @Synology: 2020 Plus Series Lineup
A press release from synology, along with my comments
Quora Question – Why is the SAN faster than iSCSI?
A question from Quora about how SAN performance differs between Fibre Channel and iSCSI
The Name Game and Spam Connections: The “Jaweed Scenario”
I have an unusual name. I like my name, but I admit that it’s unusual. I often get people that I don’t know me try to fudge by using my middle name – and often get it wrong. While my middle name is Michel, I can understand why people (non-francophones, obviously) will call it “Michael.” But I don’t go by my middle …
Storage Short Take #28
Online conferences, new technology reaching the product stage, and some tectonic-sized industry ecosystem movements.