Comments by storageeffect.com
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetJust goes to show how end user storage needs are common (universal?).
Unique "how we do it" stories are relatively easy to tell. The real challenge comes in communicating how the end result is uniquely valuable to the customer.
What is 3Par's unique customer-delivered value, in 20 words or less?
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetHow are storage cloud companies handling the “first backup” issue? Multiple terabytes or petabytes that need to be migrated to the cloud initially?
The incremental part of the process is a no-brainer.
Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweet“Service” and “solution” are such relative terms I don’t see that they are being used incorrectly here. Better reason not to use the terms are that they are so prone to misinterpretation.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetNow let’s see who can find the sound or music that increases drive performance…
What a hoot. Thanks Robin!
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI agree with Steve.
There’s a bit of an apples & oranges confusion in your pyramind. A clearer story would show 2 pyramids: one focused on media - RAM, flash, disk drive (2 levels?) - and the other focused on black box solutions.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetThese issues are exactly what is gating SSD adoption in the enterprise. Disk drives are much more than media. These days their true value is in integration - making hundreds or thousands of them work in unision & collectively adapt to unpredictable changes.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetThe recession is going to accelerate changes. Many of these converts will choose online storage to ease their pain. Still ends up in a cluster. http://tinyurl.com/6cqjpj
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI like it! Mud-slinging isn't the only way to succeed, especially if you've got a tangible benefit to offer.
Reply | Original | Permalink | Tweetgreat list! How about Top 10 Clouds next? I vote for Cumulus.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI'm relieved! I'm not the only one!
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetEvidence that disk drives and thumb drives are ready to take this mantle: they’re everywhere. Consumers are buying external disk drives in droves because the price point is right. Mobile drives and thumb drives provide the pocket solution.
Goodnight, optical.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI’m thankful for Boutin’s attitude and article. It’s the Minnesota Effect for blogs – those of us that live here are happy for the “Bad weather” press we receive, because it keeps out the riff raff.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI’m thankful for Boutin’s attitude and article. It’s the Minnesota Effect for blogs - those of us that live here are happy for the “Bad weather” press we receive, because it keeps out the riff raff.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetI agree with Matt.
Robin, can you calculate the annual cost/TB “decay” that comes from the relentless march of progess? That would drive a very interesting discussion.
Reply | Original | Permalink | TweetTurns out Iceland wasn’t quite the “Data “Switzerland” it appeared to be. Too many tentacles into old world banking.
Oh well - wait a year or two. There still might be an opportunity, if Iceland’s bailout is solid and everyone else suffers some form of insolvency. Iceland has a unique 3rd Party geographic and cultural position.