Tag Archives: Storage

Qumulo Core 2.5 is Now GA

Posted on 18 November 2016 by GeekFluent

On 15 November, Qumulo announced the availability of version 2.5 of their Qumulo Core software layer for their scale-out NAS platform. I’ve been involved with Qumulo since they came out of stealth approximately 18 months ago — I actually helped … Continue reading →

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Cisco Announces New Storage Building Blocks — UCS S3260

Posted on 1 November 2016 by GeekFluent

Today, Cisco made some storage-related announcements that may have sounded confusing. On a first read, you might think that Cisco is attempting to re-enter the storage market. Personally, I view their announcement as wanting to ensure that they become — … Continue reading →

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I’m Going to Storage Field Day 11 #SFD11

Posted on 22 September 2016 by GeekFluent

Guess who’s heading to Storage Field Day 11? OK, you’ve already read the title, so you know it’s me, but that doesn’t make me any less excited about it. It’s an honor to be chosen as a delegate for an … Continue reading →

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Avere Systems Announces New Complete Storage Solution

Posted on 20 September 2016 by GeekFluent

Today, Avere Systems announced its first complete storage solution. Avere is known for their Edge Filers that virtualize NAS systems and/or act as a file-access gateway to object storage. The just-announced C2N solution combines Avere FXT Edge Filers with Avere’s … Continue reading →

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MiniCast, Season 1, Episode 4: EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0 with Ed Beauvais

Posted on 4 May 2016 by GeekFluent

On Monday at EMC World, I had the opportunity to sit down with Ed Beauvais, EMC’s Director of Isilon Product Marketing. Ed was gracious enough to agree to be interviews for the MiniCast. We talked about new features in Isilon … Continue reading →

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MiniCast, Season 1, Episode 3: EMC Unity with Mark Geel

Posted on 3 May 2016 by GeekFluent

Being part of the Media program at EMC World gave me the opportunity to sit down and talk with Mark Geel on the same day EMC announced their Unity unified storage platform. Take a listen to what mark and I … Continue reading →

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EMC Announces New Mid-Range Unified Storage Platform – Unity

Posted on 2 May 2016 by GeekFluent

Today, at EMC World, EMC announced their new mid-range unified storage platform, called Unity. Some time last summer, I remember thinking that it was weird that we hadn’t seen a “Mega-Launch” event announcement from EMC. VNX2 seemed due for a … Continue reading →

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Cohesity Announces Cloud Integration for Their Storage Platform

Posted on 12 April 2016 by GeekFluent

[DISCLOSURE: Cohesity was one of the sponsors of the Storage Field Day 9 event (SFD9) that I was a delegate for. As such, they helped to pay for my travel, accommodations, and meals for that event. There was no requirement or … Continue reading →

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Qumulo Adds Erasure Coding, Predictive Analytics, and Three New Hardware Models

Posted on 12 April 2016 by GeekFluent

Today, Qumulo, a scale-out NAS vendor, announced a major new version of their operating environment, Qumulo Core 2.0, and three new hardware models. Qumulo is hybrid storage, meaning each node has both Flash and spinning disks. The Flash layer (in … Continue reading →

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SimpliVity Announces OmniStack 3.5 and OmniView

Posted on 5 April 2016 by GeekFluent

Today, SimpliVity announced version 3.5 of their OmniStack Data Virtualization Platform and a new predictive analytics offering called OmniView. Introduction to SimpliVity Founded in 2009 with a mission to simplify IT infrastructure, SimpliVity is one of the “Names” in the hyperconverged … Continue reading →

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