GreyBeards on Storage
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86: Greybeards talk FMS19 wrap up and flash trends with Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis
August 22, 2019 20:58 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBThis is our annual Flash Memory Summit podcast with Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis. It’s the 5th time we have had Jim on our show. Jim is also an avid blogger writing about memory and SSD at TheMemoryGuy and TheSSDGuy, respectively. NAND market trends Jim started off our discussion on the significant price drop … Continue reading "86: Greybeards talk FMS19 wrap up and flash trends with Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis"
85: GreyBeards talk NVMe NAS with Howard Marks, Technologist Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, VAST Data Inc.
August 01, 2019 16:31 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBAs most of you know, Howard Marks was a founding co-Host of the GreyBeards-On- Storage podcast and has since joined with VAST Data, an NVMe file and object storage vendor headquartered in NY with R&D out of Israel. We first met with VAST at StorageFieldDay18 (SFD18, video presentation). Howard announced his employment at that event. … Continue reading "85: GreyBeards talk NVMe NAS with Howard Marks, Technologist Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, VAST Data Inc."
84: GreyBeards talk ultra-secure NAS with Eric Bednash, CEO & Co-founder, RackTop Systems
July 09, 2019 15:41 - 44 minutes - 61 MBWe were at a recent vendor conference where Steve Foskett (@SFoskett) introduced us to Eric Bednash (@ericbednash), CEO & Co-Founder, RackTop Systems. They have taken ZFS and made it run as a ultra-secure NAS system. Matt Leib, my co-host for this episode, has on-the-job experience with ZFS and was a great co-host for this episode. … Continue reading "84: GreyBeards talk ultra-secure NAS with Eric Bednash, CEO & Co-founder, RackTop Systems"
83: GreyBeards talk NVMeoF/TCP with Muli Ben-Yehuda, Co-founder & CTO and Kam Eshghi, VP Strategy & Bus. Dev., Lightbits Labs
June 12, 2019 20:16 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBThis is the first time we’ve talked with Muli Ben-Yehuda (@Muliby), Co-founder & CTO and Kam Eshghi (@KamEshghi), VP of Strategy & Business Development, Lightbits Labs. Keith and I first saw them at Dell Tech World 2019, in Vegas as they are a Dell Ventures funded organization. The company has 70 (mostly engineering) employees and … Continue reading "83: GreyBeards talk NVMeoF/TCP with Muli Ben-Yehuda, Co-founder & CTO and Kam Eshghi, VP Strategy & Bus. Dev., Lightbits Labs"
82: GreyBeards talk composable infrastructure with Sumit Puri, CEO & Co-founder, Liqid Inc.
May 07, 2019 14:36 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBThis is the first time we’ve had Sumit Puri, CEO & GM Co-founder of Liqid on the show but both Greg and I have talked with Liqid in the past. Given that we talked with another composable infrastructure company (see our DriveScale podcast), we thought it would be nice to hear from their competition. We … Continue reading "82: GreyBeards talk composable infrastructure with Sumit Puri, CEO & Co-founder, Liqid Inc."
81: Greybeards talk cloud storage with David Friend, Co-founder & CEO, Wasabi Technologies
March 27, 2019 21:37 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBThis is our first time talking with David Friend, (@Wasabi_Dave) Co-founder and CEO, Wasabi Technologies, but he certainly knows his way around storage. He has started a number of successful companies, the last one prior to Wasabi was Carbonite, a cloud backup company. Before we get to the podcast, Howard Marks has retired from active … Continue reading "81: Greybeards talk cloud storage with David Friend, Co-founder & CEO, Wasabi Technologies"
80: Greybeards talk composable infrastructure with Tom Lyon, Co-Founder/Chief Scientist and Brian Pawlowski, CTO, DriveScale
February 26, 2019 16:59 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBWe haven’t talked with Tom Lyon (@aka_pugs) or Brian Pawlowski before on our show but both Howard and I know Brian from his prior employers. Tom and Brian work for DriveScale, a composable infrastructure software supplier. There’s been a lot of press lately on NVMeoF and the GreyBeards thought it would be good time to … Continue reading "80: Greybeards talk composable infrastructure with Tom Lyon, Co-Founder/Chief Scientist and Brian Pawlowski, CTO, DriveScale"
79: GreyBeards talk AI deep learning infrastructure with Frederic Van Haren, CTO & Founder, HighFens, Inc.
January 28, 2019 23:09 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBWe’ve talked with Frederic before (see: Episode #33 on HPC storage) but since then, he has worked for an analyst firm and now he’s back on his own again, at HighFens. Given all the interest of late in AI, machine learning and deep learning, we thought it would be a great time to catch up … Continue reading "79: GreyBeards talk AI deep learning infrastructure with Frederic Van Haren, CTO & Founder, HighFens, Inc."
78: GreyBeards YE2018 IT industry wrap-up podcast
January 09, 2019 23:43 - 50 minutes - 69.2 MBIn this, our yearend industry wrap up episode, we discuss trends and technology impacting the IT industry in 2018 and what we can see ahead for 2019 and first up is NVMeoF NVMeoF has matured In the prior years, NVMeoF was coming from startups, but last year it’s major vendors like IBM FlashSystem, Dell EMC … Continue reading "78: GreyBeards YE2018 IT industry wrap-up podcast"
77: GreyBeards talk high performance databases with Brian Bulkowski, Founder & CTO, Aerospike
December 07, 2018 13:30 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MBIn this episode we discuss high performance databases and the storage needed to get there, with Brian Bulkowski, Founder and CTO of Aerospike. Howard met Brian at an Intel Optane event last summer and thought he’d be a good person to talk with. I couldn’t agree more. Howard and I both thought Aerospike was an … Continue reading "77: GreyBeards talk high performance databases with Brian Bulkowski, Founder & CTO, Aerospike"
76: GreyBeards talk backup content, GDPR and cyber security with Jim McGann, VP Mkt & Bus. Dev., Index Engines
November 14, 2018 14:35 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBIn this episode we talkindexing old backups, GDPR and CyberSense, a new approach to cyber security, with Jim McGann, VP Marketing and Business Development, Index Engines. Jim’s an old industry hand that’s been around backups, e-discovery and security almost since the beginning. Index Engines solution to cyber security, CyberSense, is also offered by Dell EMC … Continue reading "76: GreyBeards talk backup content, GDPR and cyber security with Jim McGann, VP Mkt & Bus. Dev., Index Engines"
75: GreyBeards talk persistent memory IO with Andy Grimes, Principal Technologist, NetApp
November 06, 2018 13:00 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MBSponsored By: NetApp In this episode we talk new persistent memory IO technology with Andy Grimes, Principal Technologist, NetApp. Andy presented at the NetApp Insight 2018 TechFieldDay Extra (TFDx) event (video available here). If you get a chance we encourage you to watch the videos as Andy, did a great job describing their new MAX … Continue reading "75: GreyBeards talk persistent memory IO with Andy Grimes, Principal Technologist, NetApp"
74: Greybeards talk NVMe shared storage with Josh Goldenhar, VP Cust. Success, Excelero
October 30, 2018 14:00 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBSponsored by: In this episode we talk NVMe shared storage with Josh Goldenhar (@eeschwa), VP, Customer Success at Excelero. Josh has been on our show before (please see our April 2017 podcast), the last time with Excelero’s CTO & Co-founder, Yavin Romen. This is Excelero’s 1st sponsored GBoS podcast and we wish to welcome them … Continue reading "74: Greybeards talk NVMe shared storage with Josh Goldenhar, VP Cust. Success, Excelero"
73: GreyBeards talk HCI with Gabriel Chapman, Sr. Mgr. Cloud Infrastructure NetApp
October 26, 2018 14:42 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBSponsored by: NetApp In this episode we talk HCI with Gabriel Chapman (@Bacon_Is_King), Senior Manager, Cloud Infrastructure, NetApp. Gabriel presented at the NetApp Insight 2018 TechFieldDay Extra (TFDx) event (video available here). Gabriel also presented last year at the VMworld 2017 TFDx event (video available here). If you get a chance we encourage you to watch the … Continue reading "73: GreyBeards talk HCI with Gabriel Chapman, Sr. Mgr. Cloud Infrastructure NetApp"
72: GreyBeards talk Computational Storage with Scott Shadley, VP Marketing NGD Systems
September 25, 2018 12:00 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBFor this episode the GreyBeards talked with another old friend, Scott Shadley, VP Marketing, NGD Systems. As we discussed on our FMS18 wrap up show with Jim Handy, computational storage had sort of a coming out party at the show. NGD systems started in 2013 and have been working towards a solution that goes general … Continue reading "72: GreyBeards talk Computational Storage with Scott Shadley, VP Marketing NGD Systems"
71: GreyBeards talk DP appliances with Sharad Rastogi, Sr. VP & Ranga Rajagopalan, Sr. Dir., Dell EMC DPD
September 18, 2018 14:41 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBSponsored by: In this episode we talk data protection appliances with Sharad Rastogi (@sharadrastogi), Senior VP Product Management, and Ranga Rajagopalan, Senior Director, Data Protection Appliances Product Management, Dell EMC™ Data Protection Division (DPD). Howard attended Ranga’s TFDx session (see TFDx videos here) on their new Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) the DP4400 at VMworld last … Continue reading "71: GreyBeards talk DP appliances with Sharad Rastogi, Sr. VP & Ranga...
70: GreyBeards talk FMS18 wrap-up and flash trends with Jim Handy, General Dir. Objective Analysis
August 25, 2018 21:50 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBIn this episode we talk about Flash Memory Summit 2018 (FMS18) and recent trends affecting the flash market with Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis. This is the 4th time Jim’s been on our show and has been our go to guy on flash technology forever. NAND supply? Talking with Jim is always a far … Continue reading "70: GreyBeards talk FMS18 wrap-up and flash trends with Jim Handy, General Dir. Objective Analysis"
69: GreyBeards talk HCI with Lee Caswell, VP Products, Storage & Availability, VMware
August 17, 2018 23:18 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MBSponsored by: For this episode we preview VMworld by talking with Lee Caswell (@LeeCaswell), Vice President of Product, Storage and Availability, VMware. This is the third time Lee’s been on our show, the previous one was back in August of last year. Lee’s been at VMware for a couple of years now and, among other things, is … Continue reading "69: GreyBeards talk HCI with Lee Caswell, VP Products, Storage & Availability, VMware"
68: GreyBeards talk NVMeoF/TCP with Ahmet Houssein, VP of Marketing & Strategy @ Solarflare Communications
August 08, 2018 16:46 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBIn this episode we talk with Ahmet Houssein, VP of Marketing and Strategic Direction at Solarflare Communications, (@solarflare_comm). Ahmet’s been in the industry forever and has a unique view on where NVMeoF needs to go. Howard had talked with Ahmet at last years FMS. Ahmet will also be speaking at this years FMS (this week … Continue reading "68: GreyBeards talk NVMeoF/TCP with Ahmet Houssein, VP of Marketing & Strategy @ Solarflare Communications"
67: GreyBeards talk infrastructure monitoring with James Holden, Sr. Prod. Mgr. NetApp
July 26, 2018 19:01 - 22 minutes - 30.2 MBSponsored by: Howard and I first talked with James Holden, NetApp Senior Product Manager for OnCommand Insight and Cloud Insights, last month, at Storage Field Day 16 (SFD16) in Waltham, MA. At the time, we thought it would be great to also have him on the show. James has been with the NetApp OnCommand Insight (OCI) … Continue reading "67: GreyBeards talk infrastructure monitoring with James Holden, Sr. Prod. Mgr. NetApp"
66: GreyBeards talk Midrange storage part 2, with Sean Kinney, Sr. Dir. Midrange Storage Mkt, Dell EMC
July 24, 2018 11:00 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBSponsored by: Dell EMC Midrange Storage In this episode we talk with Sean Kinney (@SeanRKinney14), senior director, midrange storage marketing at Dell EMC. Howard and I have both known Sean for a number of years now. Sean has had multiple roles in the IT industry, doing various marketing and management duties at multiple vendors. He’s … Continue reading "66: GreyBeards talk Midrange storage part 2, with Sean Kinney, Sr. Dir. Midrange Storage Mkt, Dell EMC"
65: GreyBeards talk new FlashSystem storage with Eric Herzog, CMO and VP WW Channels IBM Storage
July 10, 2018 17:10 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBSponsored by: In this episode, we talk with Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer and VP of WorldWide Channels for IBM Storage about the FlashSystem 9100 storage series. This is the 2nd time we have had Eric on the show (see Violin podcast) and the 2nd time we have had a guest from IBM on our … Continue reading "65: GreyBeards talk new FlashSystem storage with Eric Herzog, CMO and VP WW Channels IBM Storage"
64: GreyBeards discuss cloud data protection with Chris Wahl, Chief Technologist, Rubrik
June 21, 2018 06:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBSponsored by: In this episode we talk with Chris Wahl, Chief Technologist, Rubrik. This is our second time having Chris on our show. The last time was about three years ago (see our Chris on agentless backup podcast). Talking with Chris again was great and there’s been plenty of news since we last spoke with … Continue reading "64: GreyBeards discuss cloud data protection with Chris Wahl, Chief Technologist, Rubrik"
63: GreyBeards talk with NetApp A-Team members John Woodall & Paul Stringfellow
June 20, 2018 20:44 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBSponsored by NetApp: In this episode, we talk with NetApp A-Team members John Woodall (@John_Woodall), VP Eng, Integrated Archive Systems and Paul Stringfellow (@techstringy), Technical Dir. Data Management Consultancy, Gardner Systems Plc. Both John and Paul have been NetApp partners for quite awhile (John since the beginning of NetApp). John and Paul work directly with … Continue reading "63: GreyBeards talk with NetApp A-Team members John Woodall & Paul Stringfellow"
62: GreyBeards talk NVMeoF storage with VR Satish, Founder & CTO Pavilion Data Systems
June 16, 2018 15:37 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this episode, we continue on our NVMeoF track by talking with VR Satish (@satish_vr), Founder and CTO of Pavilion Data Systems (@PavilionData). Howard had talked with Pavilion Data over the last year or so and I just had a briefing with them over the past week. Pavilion data is taking a different tack to … Continue reading "62: GreyBeards talk NVMeoF storage with VR Satish, Founder & CTO Pavilion Data Systems"
61: GreyBeards talk composable storage infrastructure with Taufik Ma, CEO, Attala Systems
May 22, 2018 13:30 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBIn this episode, we talk with Taufik Ma, CEO, Attala Systems (@AttalaSystems). Howard had met Taufik at last year’s FlashMemorySummit (FMS17) and was intrigued by their architecture which he thought was a harbinger of future trends in storage. The fact that Attala Systems was innovating with new, proprietary hardware made an interesting discussion, in its own … Continue reading "61: GreyBeards talk composable storage infrastructure with Taufik Ma, CEO, Attala Systems"
60: GreyBeards talk cloud data services with Eiki Hrafnsson, Technical Director, NetApp
May 15, 2018 12:55 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBSponsored by:In this episode, we talk with Eiki Hraffnsson (@Eirikurh), Technical Director, NetApp Cloud Data Services. Eiki gave a great talk at Cloud Field Day 3 (CFD3), although neither Howard nor I were in attendance. I just met Eiki at a NetApp Spring Analyst event earlier this month and after that Howard and I had … Continue reading "60: GreyBeards talk cloud data services with Eiki Hrafnsson, Technical Director, NetApp"
59: GreyBeards talk IT trends with Marc Farley, Sr. Product Manager, HPE
April 19, 2018 16:24 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBIn Episode 59, we talk with Marc Farley, Senior Product Manager at HPE discussing trends in the storage industry today. Marc been on our show before (GreyBeards talk Cloud Storage…, GreyBeards video discussing file analytics, Greybeards talk cars, storage and IT…) and has been a longtime friend and associate of both Howard and I. Marc’s … Continue reading "59: GreyBeards talk IT trends with Marc Farley, Sr. Product Manager, HPE"
58: GreyBeards talk HCI with Adam Carter, Chief Architect NetApp Solidfire #NetAppHCI
March 16, 2018 21:47 - 23 minutes - 52.7 MBSponsored by: NetApp In this episode we talk with Adam Carter (@yoadamcarter), Chief Architect, NetApp Solidfire & HCI (Hyper Converged Infrastructure) solutions. Howard talked with Adam at TFD16 and I have known Adam since before the acquisition. Adam did a tour de force session on HCI architectures at TFD16 and we would encourage you to view the … Continue reading "58: GreyBeards talk HCI with Adam Carter, Chief Architect NetApp Solidfire #NetAppHCI"
57: GreyBeards talk midrange storage with Pierluca Chiodelli, VP of Prod. Mgmt. & Cust. Ops., Dell EMC Midrange Storage
February 21, 2018 17:41 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBSponsored by: Dell EMC Midrange Storage In this episode we talk with Pierluca Chiodelli (@chiodp), Vice President of Product, Management and Customer Experience at Dell EMC Midrange storage. Howard talked with Pierluca at SFD14 and I talked with Pierluca at SFD13. He started working there as a customer engineer and has worked his way up to VP … Continue reading "57: GreyBeards talk midrange storage with Pierluca Chiodelli, VP of Prod. Mgmt. & Cust. Ops., Dell EMC Midrange Storage"
56: GreyBeards talk high performance file storage with Liran Zvibel, CEO & Co-Founder, WekaIO
February 15, 2018 17:33 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBThis month we talk high performance, cluster file systems with Liran Zvibel (@liranzvibel), CEO and Co-Founder of WekaIO, a new software defined, scale-out file system. I first heard of WekaIO when it showed up on SPEC sfs2014 with a new SWBUILD benchmark submission. They had a 60 node EC2-AWS cluster running the benchmark and achieved, at … Continue reading "56: GreyBeards talk high performance file storage with Liran Zvibel, CEO & Co-Founder, WekaIO"
55: GreyBeards storage and system yearend review with Ray & Howard
December 30, 2017 14:44 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBIn this episode, the Greybeards discuss the year in systems and storage. This year we kick off the discussion with a long running IT trend which has taken off over the last couple of years. That is, recently the industry has taken to buying pre-built appliances rather than building them from the ground up. We can … Continue reading "55: GreyBeards storage and system yearend review with Ray & Howard"
54: GreyBeards talk scale-out secondary storage with Jonathan Howard, Dir. Tech. Alliances at Commvault
November 30, 2017 04:05 - 50 minutes - 35 MBThis month we talk scale-out secondary storage with Jonathan Howard, Director of Technical Alliances at Commvault. Both Howard and I attended Commvault GO2017 for Tech Field Day, this past month in Washington DC. We had an interesting overview of their Hyperscale secondary storage solution and Jonathan was the one answering most of our questions, so … Continue reading "54: GreyBeards talk scale-out secondary storage with Jonathan Howard, Dir. Tech. Alliances at Commvault"
53: GreyBeards talk MAMR and future disk with Lenny Sharp, Sr. Dir. Product Management, WDC
October 27, 2017 15:55 - 45 minutes - 62 MBThis month we talk new disk technology with Lenny Sharp, Senior Director of Product Management, responsible for enterprise disk with Western Digital Corp. (WDC). WDC recently announced their future disk offerings will be based on a new disk recording technology, called MAMR or microwave assisted magnetic recording. Over the last decade or so the disk … Continue reading "53: GreyBeards talk MAMR and future disk with Lenny Sharp, Sr. Dir. Product Management, WDC"
52: GreyBeards talk software defined storage with Kiran Sreenivasamurthy, VP Product Management, Maxta
September 28, 2017 20:14 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBThis month we talk with an old friend from Storage Field Day 7 (videos), Kiran Sreenivasamurthy, VP of Product Management for Maxta. Maxta has a software defined storage solution which currently works on VMware vSphere, Red Hat Virtualization and KVM to supply shared, scale out storage and HCI solutions for enterprises across the world. Maxta is similar … Continue reading "52: GreyBeards talk software defined storage with Kiran Sreenivasamurthy, VP Product Management, Maxta"
51: GreyBeards talk hyper convergence with Lee Caswell, VP Product, Storage & Availability BU, VMware
August 25, 2017 12:30 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBSponsored by: VMware In this episode we talk with Lee Caswell (@LeeCaswell), Vice President of Product, Storage and Availability Business Unit, VMware. This is the second time Lee’s been on our show, the previous one back in April of last year when he was with his prior employer. Lee’s been at VMware for a little over … Continue reading "51: GreyBeards talk hyper convergence with Lee Caswell, VP Product, Storage & Availability BU, VMware"
50: Greybeards wrap up Flash Memory Summit with Jim Handy, Director at Objective Analysis
August 19, 2017 20:51 - 48 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this episode we talk with Jim Handy (@thessdguy), Director at Objective Analysis, a semiconductor market research organization. Jim is an old friend and was on last year to discuss Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2016. Jim, Howard and I all attended FMS 2017 last week in Santa Clara and Jim and Howard were presenters at the … Continue reading "50: Greybeards wrap up Flash Memory Summit with Jim Handy, Director at Objective Analysis"
49: Greybeards talk open convergence with Brian Biles, CEO and Co-founder of Datrium
August 15, 2017 13:05 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MBSponsored By: In this episode we talk with Brian Biles, CEO and Co-founder of Datrium. We last talked with Brian and Datrium in May of 2016 and at that time we called it deconstructed storage. These days, Datrium offers a converged infrastructure (C/I) solution, which they call “open convergence”. Datrium C/I Datrium’s C/I solution stores persistent data … Continue reading "49: Greybeards talk open convergence with Brian Biles, CEO and Co-founder of Datrium"
48: Greybeards talk object storage with Enrico Signoretti, Head of Product Strategy, OpenIO
July 25, 2017 16:37 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBIn this episode we talk with Enrico Signoretti, Head of Product Strategy for OpenIO, a software defined, object storage startup out of Europe. Enrico is an old friend, having been a member of many Storage Field Day events (SFD) in the past which both Howard and I attended and we wanted to hear what he … Continue reading "48: Greybeards talk object storage with Enrico Signoretti, Head of Product Strategy, OpenIO"
47: Greybeards talk Storage as a Service with Lazarus Vekiarides, CTO & Co-Founder ClearSky Data
June 13, 2017 22:56 - 24 minutes - 11.1 MBSponsored By: In this episode, we talk with ClearSky Data’s Lazarus Vekiarides, CTO and Co-founder, who we have talked with before (see our podcast from October 2015). ClearSky Data provides a storage-as-a-service offering that uses an on-premises appliance plus point of presence (PoP) storage in the local metro area to hold customer data and offloads this data … Continue reading "47: Greybeards talk Storage as a Service with Lazarus Vekiarides, CTO & Co-Founder ClearSky Data"
46: Greybeards discuss Dell EMC World2017 happenings on vBrownBag
June 02, 2017 16:28 - 41 minutes - 94.5 MBIn this episode Howard and I were both at Dell EMC World2017 this past month and Alastair Cooke (@DemitasseNZ) asked us to do a talk at the show for the vBrownBag group (Youtube video here). The GreyBeards asked for a copy of the audio for this podcast. Sorry about the background noise, but we recorded live at … Continue reading "46: Greybeards discuss Dell EMC World2017 happenings on vBrownBag"
45: Greybeards talk desktop cloud backup/storage & disk reliability with Andy Klein, Director Marketing, Backblaze
May 11, 2017 02:28 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MBIn this episode, we talk with Andy Klein, Dir of Marketing for Backblaze, which backs up desktops and computers to the cloud and also offers cloud storage. Backblaze has a unique consumer data protection solution where customers pay a flat fee to backup their desktops and then may pay a separate fee for a large recovery. On their … Continue reading "45: Greybeards talk desktop cloud backup/storage & disk reliability with Andy Klein, Director Marketing, Backblaze"
44: Greybeards talk 3rd platform backup with Tarun Thakur, CEO Datos IO
May 02, 2017 18:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBSponsored By: In this episode, we talk with a new vendor that’s created a new method to backup database information. Our guest for this podcast is Tarun Thakur, CEO of Datos IO. Datos IO was started in 2014 with the express purpose to provide a better way to back up and recover databases in the cloud. … Continue reading "44: Greybeards talk 3rd platform backup with Tarun Thakur, CEO Datos IO"
43: GreyBeards talk Tier 0 again with Yaniv Romem CTO/Founder & Josh Goldenhar VP Products of Excelero
April 19, 2017 23:24 - 50 minutes - 23 MBIn this episode, we talk with another next gen, Tier 0 storage provider. This time our guests are Yaniv Romem CTO/Founder & Josh Goldenhar (@eeschwa) VP Products from Excelero, another new storage startup out of Israel. Both Howard and I talked with Excelero at SFD12 (videos here) earlier last month in San Jose. I was very impressed … Continue reading "43: GreyBeards talk Tier 0 again with Yaniv Romem CTO/Founder & Josh Goldenhar VP Products of Excelero"
42: GreyBeards talk next gen, tier 0 flash storage with Zivan Ori, CEO & Co-founder E8 Storage.
March 15, 2017 23:41 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this episode, we talk with Zivan Ori (@ZivanOri), CEO and Co-founder of E8 Storage, a new storage startup out of Israel. E8 Storage provides a tier 0, next generation all flash array storage solution for HPC and high end environments that need extremely high IO performance, with high availability and modest data services. We first … Continue reading "42: GreyBeards talk next gen, tier 0 flash storage with Zivan Ori, CEO & Co-founder E8 Storage."
41: Greybeards talk time shifting storage with Jacob Cherian, VP Product Management and Strategy, Reduxio
February 17, 2017 16:09 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBIn this episode, we talk with Jacob Cherian (@JacCherian), VP of Product Management and Product Strategy at Reduxio. They have a produced a unique product that merges some characteristics of CDP storage and the best of hybrid and deduplicating storage today into a new primary storage system. We first saw Reduxio at VMworld a couple … Continue reading "41: Greybeards talk time shifting storage with Jacob Cherian, VP Product Management and Strategy, Reduxio"
40: Greybeards storage industry yearend review podcast
January 03, 2017 15:17 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this episode, the Greybeards discuss the year in storage and naturally we kick off with the consolidation trend in the industry and the big one last year, the DELL-EMC acquisition. How the high margin EMC storage business is going to work in a low margin company like Dell is the subject of much speculation. That … Continue reading "40: Greybeards storage industry yearend review podcast"
39: Greybeards talk deep storage/archive with Matt Starr, CTO Spectra Logic
December 16, 2016 18:59 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBIn this episode, we talk with Matt Starr (@StarrFiles), CTO of Spectra Logic, the deep storage experts. Matt has been around a long time and Ray’s shared many a meal with Matt as we’re both in NW Denver. Howard has a minor quibble with Spectra Logic over the use of his company’s name (DeepStorage) in their product … Continue reading "39: Greybeards talk deep storage/archive with Matt Starr, CTO Spectra Logic"
38: GreyBeards talk with Rob Peglar, Senior VP and CTO, Symbolic IO
November 17, 2016 00:22 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBIn this episode, we talk with Rob Peglar (@PeglarR), Senior VP and CTO of Symbolic IO, a computationally defined storage vendor. Rob has been around almost as long as the GreyBeards (~40 years) and most recently was with Micron and prior to that, EMC Isilon. Rob is also on the board of SNIA. Symbolic IO … Continue reading "38: GreyBeards talk with Rob Peglar, Senior VP and CTO, Symbolic IO"
37: GreyBeards discuss blockchains with Donna Dillenberger, IBM Fellow
October 20, 2016 20:18 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode, we talk with Donna Dillenberger (@DonnaExplorer), IBM Fellow on IBM’s work with blockchain technology. Ray was at IBM Edge Conference last month where Donna and others presented on what BlockChain technology could do for financial services and asset provenance. Ray wrote a post on Blockchains at IBM after the conference. Blockchain is the … Continue reading "37: GreyBeards discuss blockchains with Donna Dillenberger, IBM Fellow"