Around The Storage Block Podcast -

I often hear customers who need more storage or want to update old arrays asking this question: Should I continue to use an external storage array or should I invest in a hyperconverged offering? In this podcast, I want to give you some things to consider when making that choice.

In this podcast, I'm joined by longtime data protection expert Simon Watkins to talk about how customers are taking advantage of on-premises data protection solutions that integrate with public cloud.

The HPE Storage POV is made up of three pillars: Predictive, Cloud Ready, and Timeless. I've covered Predictive in my last podcast; in this podcast I dive into what is (and is NOT) Cloud Ready and why it's important for customers.

One of the pillars of the HPE Storage Point of View is "Predictive". In this episode I'm joined by Rod Bagg, VP of Analytics and Customer Support and David Wang, Director of Product Marketing to dive into why it's an important area of focus and how customers benefit.

Six months ago I did a video at Discover Las Vegas with Qumulo (see https://youtu.be/27jZI3sZ63Y). Since then, Qumulo has added cloud functionality and I discuss that with Joel Groen, Product Management from Qumulo.

At HPE Discover in Madrid, Kate Swanborg gave an insiders view to feature film animation at Dreamworks Animation. She answered questions from Calvin and the audience of bloggers.

QLC, SLC, MLC, NAND Flash, 3D NAND, 3D XPoint, Optane - are you overwhelmed yet? What's coming for all-flash arrays? I get the details from 3PAR Flash Media product manager Edwardo Duarte.

I'm joined by 3 guests who help me understand object storage, it's use cases, and a bit about Scality and HPE collaboration.

My vExpert colleague at HPE (and my go to guy for my VMware questions) Eric Siebert hosted a session at VMworld diving deep into VMware vVols. This is the audio from Eric's session.

I caught up with Rick Vanover from Veeam Software at VMworld and got an update on the latest as well as learned a new word, preponed.

At Discover, at sat down with experts from HPE and Nimble Storage to talk about the storage requirements for containers and considerations for DevOps who need persistent storage for cloud native applications.

In this podcast, companion to a YouTube demo video, I talk to Doug Hascall, the iLO 5 Firmware Engineering Manager about the security features in the new iLO 5 for ProLiant Gen10. Find the video demo on YouTube at https://youtu.be/_rRdEekFgVA.

On May 24, HPE announced new flash solutions including a new midrange 3PAR, new fifth generation of the MSA, and Nimble Storage for HPE. In this short podcast, I give an overview of the news.

The HPE StoreVirtual 3200 is a dual controller array that leverages the StoreVirtual OS that is also used as a VSA. In this podcast, I talked with tech marketing expert Chuck Roman to discusses what the StoreVirtual 3200 has in common with the VSA and what is different.

Phill Gilbert from the 3PAR product management team joins me to discuss 3PAR Adaptive Data Reduction, announced with the 3PAR OS 3.3.1. Adaptive Data Reduction includes Zero Detect, Deduplication, new Compression, and new Data Packing.

HPE has made the biggest 3PAR announcement since announcing the midrange 3PAR 7000 four years ago. In this Around the Storage Block podcast, HPEStorageGuy Calvin Zito gives an overview of the announcement and all the new software features now available with 3PAR.

In this Around the Storage Block podcast, we talk about the joint technology from HPE and Mesosphere to power customer transformation to Hybrid IT.

The first coffee talk we did with the bloggers at HPE Discover was to level set on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise strategy. There has been a lot of changes over the last year including the separation from HP Inc and announced "spin-merger" of Enterprise Services and Software. This session focused on the strategy going forward of HPE and had a very active Q&A with the blogger.

At Discover London, one of the discussions the bloggers had was with Hewlett Packard Labs. This is that session where the bloggers got an update on the Machine and had a highly interactive discussion with Labs.

At HPE Discover in London, the guest bloggers were treated to a Q&A session with the DS Virgin Racing Formula E team. Attending were driver Sam Bird, CTO Sylvian Filippi, CTO, and Cameron Maultby, CMO. They discussed the format and technology by Formula E Racing.