Category Archives: SolidFire

Recognizing Disruption and the Death of the Storage Admin

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Gabriel

Fun Fact, I wrote this in November of last year. Still holds up. Figured I publish it.   I’ve spent pretty much the last few years speaking to customers about the many disruptive forces that are invading the traditional Information … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Storage, Enterprise Tech, SolidFire, Storage, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Musings on the last year, successful exits, and the future in general

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Gabriel

Let me preface this one with there has been a lot of stuff locked away in my noggin that I’ve simply not taken the time to sit down and spit out. Fun fact, I’ve been busy. Since joining SolidFire in … Continue reading →

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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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