David Merril posted an excellent blog on perpendicular recording in which he raised the warning that Moore’s Law, in regards to the declining cost of magnetic disk capacity, may begin to slow if manufacturers have to retool to deliver new technologies or the rate of density increases start to stall. Fortunately, the manufacturing process for […]

I had another great conversation with Jon Toigo last Friday about Records Management and active archives. Jon, who is always quick to spot new trends, described RIM, Records and Information Managers, as the new rock stars for IT. After the Enron - Arther Anderson debacle, many IT shops, with help from friendly vendors, adopted the […]

I visited Moscow to help our team celebrate the successful end of our fiscal year and recognize the partners who contributed significantly to that success. Jet Infosystems received the most awards. My host Sergei Karpov, the country Manager, was promoted on the basis of this success and the growing importance of the Russian market.
I visited […]

Our Blog Guru, Jeremiah Owyang, created a "Wiki", an industry wide collaborative tool called the Data Storage Industry.  This is a tool that anyone can edit (although he will manage it as needed). It currently links to  various industry resources such as forums, blogs, educational resources, and even career information.  Check it out.
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On April 3, 2006, HDS announced the Hitachi Global Link Manager (PDF) which enables centralized management for multipath data connections across multiple servers which greatly simplifies alternate storage path management in a complex SAN. HDS also announced the AMS1000 modular disk array (PDF) which extends the AMS product line to 208GB of capacity, increased cache […]

I love the sound of the Italian Language, as it rolls trippingly off the tongue. "razionalizzazione dello storage". I love it more when I understand it and it agrees with what I have been preaching for some time. The translation is "rationalization of storage". I believe that CAGR for storage of 50% to 100% is […]

Last week I had the pleasure to meet our reseller partners in Central Eastern Europe and Middle East Mediterranean Area at an event in Istanbul. Together they make up the largest geographical area in HDS with the richest diversity of cultures. Istanbul was the perfect venue with its rich mixture of Greek, Roman, Ottoman, Christian […]

I came across the following  posting from HGST, and thought it might be interesting, if you haven’t already heard this before. It identifies the sounds of defective disk drives. You won’t hear these sounds in storage subsystems since they will have been preemptively spared out before the noise becomes noticable. Unfortunately if this noise is […]

Last week EMC announced that they will be shipping a 500GB Low Cost FC disk in their new large capacity DMX-3. This system will contain 2400 disk drives. With 500GB disks that will hold a petabyte of data! All within one frame. Three or four years from now when Terabyte capacity disks will be the […]

Terry Sweeney posted Welcome to the Data Theft Bowl about the same time I noticed that my Marriott Vacation Club International membership information may have become more internationally known than I intended. He notes that the industries commitment to data privacy and responsible handling of sensitive personal information appears to be lip service, and few […]