Changing The Way We Look At StorageWe start this Short Take with a discussion that occurred on Twitter about the rise and flatline of Intel’s Optane storage. It begins with a good article on Blocks and Files by Chris Mellor with respect to the ongoing losses that the product line has incurred. Then, Chris Evans (from ArchitectingIT) wrote a fantastic …
Storage Short Take #39
A lot can happen in two weeks…Conference season hasn’t wound down completely, but we’re in the eye of the hurricane before the next round begins. It seems that during this time a lot of storage companies are making the news. Also, tape is definitely not dead.Image stolen from “Mining Weekly,” but how appropriate is this?!Storage Media and TechnologyI confess I’m not …
Storage Short Take #38
So Much Content, So Little TimeWe’re into conference season, although the stress of burnout and fatigue is very real. Part of my job is to get involved in a lot of these (either as a planner, a presenter, or a moderator), and I am getting more and more concerned that people consume the presentations with a diminishing return. This is particularly …
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!)
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!
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