Archive for January, 2009
The Mathematics of Storage Performance and XIV
Posted in Storage Economics, Tech Talk on Jan 31, 2009 2 Comments »
So my last blog was on IBM’s XIV product, and I must say it did create some controversy. I got a few comments along the lines of “really?” and a few that disputed some of the various facts. I even got a call from an old friend of mine who is now with XIV (or [...]
My New Job
Posted in Tech Talk on Jan 24, 2009 No Comments »
Well it has been since November of last year that I have been in Japan. It is still not early enough for me to have any opinion on my job as it has not been six months. I’m a firm believer that it takes at least that long in a new job to know up [...]
Wiki + Search = Good
Posted in Innovation, Tech Talk on Jan 19, 2009 No Comments »
Recently, Google announced and launched wiki-like features for anyone who has a Google account to make use of. It would be possible to annotate, fix and generally personalize search results. Personally I think that this is a step in the right direction. What it essentially is saying is that the power of the human mind [...]
A Note on IBM’s XIV
Posted in Tech Talk on Jan 12, 2009 5 Comments »
One thing I do not like getting involved in is competitive “bashing” (how many of you are laughing now?), but I also have a “rep” for some strong opinions on occasion, especially when it comes to a subject I’m quite familiar with: storage architectures. And correct me if I’m wrong on this, but I recently [...]
