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All Flash Arrays: Can’t I Just Stick Some SSDs In My Disk Array?
In the previous post of this series I outlined three basic categories of All Flash Array (AFA): the hybrid AFA, the SSD-based AFA and the ground-up AFA. This post addresses the first one and is...
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Goodbye Violin… Available For Hire!
There’s a joke among some of the longer-serving employees of Violin Memory that “Violin years” are like dog years: every normal year feels like a decade. It’s not meant in a negative way, it’s just...
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All Flash Arrays: Where’s My Capacity? Effective, Usable and Raw Explained
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All Flash Arrays: SSD-based versus Ground-Up Design
In recent articles in this series I’ve been looking at the architectural choices for building All Flash Arrays (AFAs). I surmised that there are three main approaches: Hybrid Flash Arrays SSD-based...
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Why Kaminario?
This summer I made the decision to leave my previous employer and join another vendor in the All Flash Array space – a company called Kaminario. A lot of people have been in touch to ask me about...
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Postcards from Storageland: Pure Storage Cancels Christmas
Ho ho ho folks. It’s nearly Christmas Day, 2016 and it most definitely is the season to be jolly. It’s also an exciting time in the All Flash Array industry with NetApp announcing its intended...
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All Flash Arrays: Hybrid Means Compromise
Sometimes the transition between two technologies is long and complicated. It may be that the original technology is so well established that it’s entrenched in people’s minds as simply “the way...
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Understanding Flash: What is 3D NAND?
About 18 months ago I wrote a post describing the different types of NAND flash known as SLC, MLC and TLC. However, 18 months is a lifetime in the world of technology so now I need to clarify it based...
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Understanding Flash: The Fall and Rise of Flash Memory
This month sees the four year anniversary of some interesting events. Commonwealth countries around the world celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Whitney Houston was tragically found...
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How the Next Generation of Flash Storage is Changing the Economics Of SaaS...
This week I had the opportunity to record a webinar on a subject very close to my heart, the Software-as-a-Service industry. From 2003 to 2007 I managed the production infrastructure for a global SaaS...
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