Grey Beards on Systems

In this edition we discuss Rubrik’s converged data backup with Chris Wahl (@ChrisWahl), Tech Evangelist for Rubrik.  You may recall Chris as a blogger on a number of Tech, Virtualization and Storage Field Days (VFD2, TFD extra at VMworld2014, SFD4, etc.) which is where  I met him. Chris is one of the bloggers that complains … Continue reading "GreyBeards talk VMware agentless backup with Chris Wahl, Tech Evangelist, Rubrik"

In this podcast we discuss Qumulo’s data-aware, scale-out file system storage with Peter Godman, Co-founder & CEO of Qumulo. Peter has been involved in scale-out storage for a while now, coming from (EMC) Isilon before starting Qumulo. Although, this time he’s adding data-awareness to scale-out storage. Presently, Qumulo is vertically focused on the HPC and media/entertainment market … Continue reading "GreyBeards talk data-aware, scale-out file systems with Peter Godman, Co-founder & CEO, Qumulo"

In this podcast we discuss Nexgen’s hybrid storage with John Spiers, Founder & CEO and Kelly Long, Founder & CTO of Nexgen Storage. Both John and Kelly have had a long and interesting career across multiple companies ranging from startups to major industry organizations, so they bring a unique perspective to what’s happening in the … Continue reading "GreyBeards talk Nexgen Storage with John Spiers, CEO and Kelly Long, CTO Nexgen Storage"

In this podcast we discuss some of the more interesting storage announcements to come out of EMCWorld2015 last week with Chad Sakac, (@sakacc on twitter and VirtualGeek blogger) President, EMC Global Systems Engineering. Chad’s was up on the “big stage” at EMCWorld helping to introduce much of the news we found thought provoking. Chad said he was growing … Continue reading "GreyBeards talk EMCWorld2015 news with Chad Sakac, Pres. EMC System Eng."

In this podcast we discuss data-aware storage with Paula Long, CEO/Co-Founder and Dave Siles, CTO of DataGravity. Paula comes from EqualLogic and Dave from Veeam so they both have a lot of history in and around the storage industry, almost qualifying them as grey hairs :/ Data-aware storage is a new paradigm in storage that combines … Continue reading "GreyBeards talk data-aware storage with Paula Long & Dave Siles, CEO&CTO DataGravity"

In this podcast we discuss NAND and other NVM technology with Jim Handy, noted blogger (at theMemoryGuy.com, TheSSDGuy.com) and Director of Objective Analysis. Howard, Jim and I were all at Micron in mid-February to discuss their latest focus on 3D NAND and enterprise storage and we thought it would be a good time to discuss what’s … Continue reading "Graybeards talk NAND & future memory technologies with Jim Handy, Director at Objective Analysis"

In this podcast we discuss VMware VVOLs with Satyam Vaghani, Co-Founder and CTO PernixData. In Satyam’s previous job, he was VMware’s Principal Engineer and Storage CTO   and worked extensively on VVOLs and other VMware storage enhancements. He also happens to be the GreyBeards second repeat guest. With vSphere 6 coming out by the end  of this … Continue reading "GreyBeards talk VVOLs with “Father of VVOLs”, Satyam Vaghani, CTO PernixData"

In this our end of year video podcast Howard and I discuss some of the trends impacting the storage industry today.  Which include Cloud, SSD/Flash, software defined storage and converged server-storage systems and object storage. The video comes in at a little more than 43 minutes and is available to be streamed, from Vimeo or … Continue reading "Greybeards talk about Storage Trends in our 2014 Yearend Podcast-part 3"

In this our end of year video podcast Howard and I discuss some of the trends impacting the storage industry today.  Which include Cloud, SSD/Flash, software defined storage and converged server-storage systems and object storage. The video comes in at a little more than 43 minutes and is available to be streamed, from Vimeo or … Continue reading "Greybeards talk about Storage Trends in our 2014 Yearend Podcast-part 2"

In this our end of year video podcast Howard and I discuss some of the trends impacting the storage industry today.  Which include Cloud, SSD/Flash, software defined storage and converged server-storage systems and object storage. The video comes in at a little more than 43 minutes and is available to be streamed, from Vimeo or … Continue reading "Graybeards talk about storage trends in our 2014 yearend podcast-part 1"