Author Archives: Gabriel

2005 Called, They Want Their Storage Issues Back

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Gabriel

Bear with me folks, as this is going to be a two-parter, and yes I ramble when I write, which is also how I speak. Like many people who work in the technology field, I’m a bit of a pack … Continue reading →

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The PRAP approach to the automated data center

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Gabriel

Back during my time as Joe Virtualization and storage administrator, many of the daily tasks I performed were done by hand. Storage LUNs were created in an ad hoc fashion, virtual machines were built from scratch or deployed from simple … Continue reading →

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Great Feats of Deployment: OpenStack in 90 Minutes

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Gabriel

A few weeks back I had the pleasure to attend Cisco Live in San Diego, this came right on the heels of the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver.  Both events were great opportunities for the team at SolidFire to interact with customers … Continue reading →

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Storage industry: Stop that, start this – A history

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Gabriel

  Shameless Plug Disclaimer:  This is a cross-post from one I wrote for the Corporate blog at SolidFire, and is one in a series that will be written around the legacy storage concepts and how their application today may not … Continue reading →

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Cisco To Buy Nutanix?

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Gabriel

This is about as likely to happen as me becoming a vegetarian. Which is not to say that it’s not an outright impossibility, but the probability is very very low. Like many people, I’ve heard the rumors of Cisco looking to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cisco, HyperConvergence, Nutanix, SimpliVity, Tech Marketing | 9 Comments

DEVOPLOIS Edition #3: Container Wars

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Gabriel

Things are heating up something fierce in the Container space as of late. This edition will focus a bit around the big announcements of the last week.  Microsoft and VMware both are starting to invest heavily in container and microservices … Continue reading →

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DevOpolis Edition #2: OpenStack Summit, Vote Early | Vote Often

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Gabriel

This weeks Edition brings tries to grab a swath of “Vote for Me” links into one area. It’s amazing how many sessions are being submitted by the various vendors, and I think it lends credence to their push to engage … Continue reading →

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The Developers Have Won

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Gabriel

Because I have nothing better to do on a Saturday night I thought I’d jot down a few random thoughts that have been floating around in my head. So this post may be a bit disjointed or rambling in nature, forgive … Continue reading →

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EMC’s Tom Sawyer Strategy for Hyper Converged

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Gabriel

Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Tom Sawer” was a book I read when I was in Elementary School and tells the story about Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn growing up along the Mississippi river and some of the adventures the … Continue reading →

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Doing “IT” The Hard Way, or Why You Should Be Hyper Converged

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Gabriel

So to counter balance my other piece from this week on some of the challenges that the Hyper Converged Infrastructure space faces, I thought I would argue the flip side of the coin. If you are not looking to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Enterprise Tech, HyperConvergence, Nutanix, Rack Scale, SimpliVity | 2 Comments