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Antony Adshead
@AntonyAdshead
Storage editor at ComputerWeekly.com
Sheffield, UKJoined August 2011
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Me talking about storage, journalism, loathing Las Vegas, (not) being corrupted by free food and Arabic TV series :) to
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IT’s shift to the cloud in detail (from ). With half of servers in the cloud, most backup and nearly all DR cloud-centric, the shift to the cloud is significant – but container backup is one area that is yet to settle down
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Green storage: Savings to be made but tricky to achieve. Storage upgrades can bring energy savings. New hardware, the cloud and as-a-service procurement models all cut costs, but can need careful tweaking to get right
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From capex to opex: Storage procurement options bloom. We look at the growing list of possibilities when it comes to paying for storage infrastructure, ranging from upfront purchases with upgrades to pure pay-as-you-go options
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Indefinite storage: What it is and why you might need it. Indefinite storage addresses the issue that archived data may need to be kept well beyond the lifespan of the technology it was written for
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How to get structure from unstructured data. We look at how to gain structure from unstructured data, via AI/ML analytics to create new records, selecting object data via SQL and storing unstructured files in NoSQL formats
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Is object storage good for databases? We look at object storage vs block access SAN storage and ask if object storage can be used for database workloads, or is it just good for bulk storage of analytics datasets?
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Bowled out: NVMe flash pioneer Pavilion Data ceases business. Last of the pioneer NVMe flash array makers, Pavilion made multiprotocol highs-speed boxes – but it seems to have run out of sources of investment and gone out of business
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Air gaps for backup and how they help against ransomware. The air gap is a basic of backups and storage. We look at what’s meant by an air gap, the rise of the logical air gap, and its place in the fight against ransomware
Edge storage: What it is and the technologies it uses.
Storage is moving from the datacentre to the edge. We define edge storage, look at the characteristics of edge computing that shape it and the technologies it requires
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NFS vs SMB vs CIFS: File storage protocols defined. We take a close look at NFS and SMB – the key file storage access protocols – and weigh up their pros, cons and suitability to differing datacentre environments
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#AIOps for storage: Potential huge benefits, but lots of lock-in. Applying AI/ML to storage can help to predict bottlenecks, diagnose I/O issues and recommend upgrades, but suppliers’ products are largely limited to their own hardware
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PoINT to offer on-site disk and tape S3 object storage archive. Archival Gateway clusters up to 256 tape readers to provide S3 object storage capable of storing 50 billion objects per bucket, and throughput of 230GBps
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Cloud bursting: What it is and what it’s good for
We look at cloud bursting, which allows organisations to meet demand by bursting compute and storage to the cloud
Cloud storage TCO: Key pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Cloud’s flexibility is part of the attraction, but it can also lead to costs that spiral. We look at key elements in cloud TCO and how to intelligently make use of the cloud
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Bfloat16: What it is and how it impacts storage.
Bfloat16 is an emerging way to handle very large numbers, developed by Google for its machine and neural learning and prediction. We look at what it means for IT and storage
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Data classification: What it is and why you need it. To be compliant, to ensure data is optimally protected, available, analyse-able and stored most cost-effectively – these are reasons why data classification is vital to organisations
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Podcast: How storage AIOps is revolutionising hybrid cloud ops. We talk to about storage AIOps and the application of AI/ML to monitor storage infrastructure to be able to detect patterns and predict failure, the need to upgrade etc
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Podcast: Storage at the edge. We talk to Tobias Flitsch of about the rise of edge computing and how that will drive demand for more storage that needs to be secure and resilient and centrally manageable
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Unstructured data storage – on-prem vs cloud vs hybrid.
There are advantages to a hybrid approach, but there can be hidden costs, too
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The verdict is for Scottish prosecutor's office. Scotland’s prosecution service saw disk drives in the dock every week with EMC legacy storage. Now it’s got Pure all-flash and has turned over an (Evergreen) new leaf
Four key need-to-knows about CXL. Compute Express Link will pool multiple types of memory and so allow much higher memory capacities and the possibility of rapidly composable infrastructure to meet the needs of varied workloads
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Imperial College NHS Trust cuts costs and refresh cycle with cloud storage. Trust expects to saves 30% in storage costs and cut back on five-year refresh headaches in a move that has seen backup and archive data move to Wasabi
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Ransomware and backup: Ransomware attacks that exfiltrate data don’t nullify the value of backups to restore from, but the challenges – such as not restoring corrupted data – require careful planning
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File, block and object in the cloud era. We look at the three basic ways that storage accesses data – via file, block and object – as well as the ways in which the rise of the cloud and distributed systems have brought changes to them
The race is run, but you can still donate.
I came 1,767th of 2,884 finishers, which is much worse than I do in eg 10k or 5k races, but hey this wasn't really my kind of event.
Please donate if you can to help
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Global file systems: Hybrid cloud and follow-the-sun access. Global distributed file systems putting enterprise data under a single file access namespace so that enterprises and branch offices can get to data from anywhere
One day to go.
Can you help me get to £500 for ?
Tomorrow I run the Round Sheffield Run (~24km).
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Data gravity: What is it and how to manage it.
Data gravity can attract increasing amounts of data, and brings with it onerous management overheads. We look at how to mitigate data gravity in datacentre and cloud
Unified file and object storage: We look at unified file and object storage products from , and , the differences, the workloads aimed at, and how unified they actually are
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Podcast: SaaS data protection vulnerability and how to manage it. We talk to about the added vulnerabilities of SaaS data in hybrid cloud and how best to manage multiple data sources
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Cloud-to-cloud backup: When native cloud protection is not enough. There's some protection built into the cloud, but it has its limits and full data protection requires that cloud data is secured with cloud-to-cloud backup
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Kubernetes backup products and 10 key players, why they are needed, what they offer and why you need to watch out for duplication between application teams and the IT department
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Four obstacles to hybrid cloud storage – and possible solutions. We look at obstacles to hybrid cloud storage, such as complexity, a need for object storage, application suitability, and cost, with potential solutions
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Podcast: How to get truly portable Kubernetes storage
We talk to CTO Grant Caley about what is needed from storage to really deliver in a world of Kubernetes containerisation and microservices portability in hybrid cloud working
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Please support me if you can on the Round Sheffield Run (24km) on 25 June for . No amount too small.
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The limits and risks of backup as ransomware protection. Backups can provide a sound means of recovery from ransomware, but they are not 100% certain to foil attackers. We look at the limits and risks of depending on backups
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Podcast: War, geo-political risk, data storage and compliance. We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of , about impacts on compliance and data storage from instability in geo-political events, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Snapshots vs backup: How to use both for optimum RPOs. We look at snapshots and backup, the key difference, their pros and cons and how best to use the two approaches in an integrated data protection strategy for optimal RPO
