After Bob Plankers got a lot of response on his first blogpost, he'll discuss some of the points made with these comments and discussions. “*You* control your destiny with open source solutions and this is why open source is so broadly adopted in the enterprise.” – @randybias “You can … [Read more...]
Your storage in the Cloud
January 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Hans De Leenheer comments on the various cloud storage offerings from TwinStrata, CloudBerry, StorSimple, VMware Octopus/Horizon, Amazon, and others. Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, bleh bleh bleh, ... get over it, it is all called CLOUD and it will remain that way for a while. What … [Read more...]
OpenCompute Servers and the Impact on Networking @EtherealMind
January 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Greg Ferro on the implications of OpenCompute on networking: Here is what I’m imagining. I have an OpenCompute rack with blade of CPUs and Memory instead of racks of routers. Typical Intel servers can handle 10Gbps of routing easily and up to 40Gbps. That’s a lot of WAN connections and Internet … [Read more...]
BigData. So what?
June 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Rodos faces the reality of big data and machine intelligence and comes away with a solid "meh". Not an indictment, but not an endorsement either. More like a little comfort. We have all been hearing a lot about big data lately. If a vendor has little to say, or possibly said everything they … [Read more...]
The Stack Wars: OpenStack vs. CloudStack
June 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Is it too confusing to have two different open cloud stacks? I guess not, as long as they're clearly differentiated and targeted at different use cases... Overall, CloudStack is better packaged for enterprise adoption, especially in environments not already familiar with open source. Its … [Read more...]
Defining EMC VSPEX
June 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
EMC is following NetApp and Dell in introducing standard "cloud" configurations, and these aren't vBlocks. Is this an admission that vBlock wasn't a good idea after all? VSPEX is different from Vblock’s offered by VCE The Virtual Computing Environment Company and are more along the lines of … [Read more...]
Dell Unveils ARM-based Server Ecosystem
June 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
So Dell has introduced ARM serversfor hyperscale/cloud applications. This is very, very interesting, but also quite puzzling. Will they sell these to "regular" customers? And who would buy them? the Dell “Copper”ARM server will be delivered to “select customers and partners” like Canonical, … [Read more...]
Google’s Knowledge Graph bringing semantics to the masses
May 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Paul Miller sings the praises of Google's Knowledge Graph, which I somehow overlooked in the shadow of the mighty collapse of the Facebook IPO. Reading this, I decided to have a look! With Facebook’s IPO just around the corner, the timing of Google’s latest press blitz should probably be … [Read more...]
Storage in Cloud is Not the Centre of The Universe
May 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
"Cloud" isn't just a fancy term for a big datacenter, or even a multi-tenant one. Cloud is different, and it demands a different kind of storage. Chris Evans takes up this point in context of today's EMC World announcement of the Symmetrix VMAX 40K, a "monster of a storage array". For the last … [Read more...]
What Is a Blade Server?
February 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’ve been watching enterprise IT for over 20 years now, and I’ve seen some radical changes. In the server space, one of the biggest shifts was the form factor of the servers: From tower to rack-mount to blades. But what makes a blade server anyway? Let’s consider this for a moment, as we watch … [Read more...]