Previously we discussed the use of content migration tools to get data into public cloud services. Another alternative is to ship entire virtual machines into the cloud, including the application and data. Why VMs? Why would it be more practical to ship an entire VM than just the data? In some instances and with some… Read more »
One of the most interesting challenges with using the public cloud is how to get data into cloud storage platforms so it can be used with services like analytics or e-discovery. One scenario is to use “analogue” shipping services to send physical devices like hard drives and appliances to the cloud provider. Shipping a Drive… Read more »
When I met with Scality CEO Jerôme Lecat last week, he was at pains to ensure that Zenko – the company’s latest software product – wasn’t described as a storage gateway. Jerôme sees gateways as protocol conversion devices, which as we will discuss is definitely not what Zenko is about. So what is it exactly? … Read more »
Instapaper (the SaaS-based solution for keeping track of bookmarks and interesting websites) suffered a catastrophic outage to their service last month. I’ve only just got round to reading the port-mortem account of the incident and it doesn’t make pretty reading. First of all, it’s worth saying that we’ve all been there and experienced that awful… Read more »
Last week, Amazon Web Service’s S3 (Simple Storage Service) suffered what was termed “high error rates” and essentially became unusable for a number of hours to users in the US-East-1 (Virginia) region. There have been a lot of stories circulating talking about the number of SaaS-based applications that were affected, with people being quick to question the… Read more »
I’ve been messing about with databases for a long time. I say “messing about” because I’ve never been a DBA, but as a systems programmer and storage administrator, I’ve been on the periphery of the application layer and of course I’ve deployed many personal databases. I was intrigued to read about the new global distributed… Read more »
AWS just announced the availability of an on-premises version of their Linux AMI, delivered as a Docker image (link). This may seem an innocent and rather subdued announcement, but don’t forget that we also recently had the release of the AWS Server Migration Service (link) at the end of October. AWS and VMware just became… Read more »
Updated: AWS is pushing on with getting workload into the cloud directly too – see the new AWS Server Migration Service (link) Last week, VMware announced a new service called VMware Cloud on AWS (abbreviated by some people to VMC). I’ve been taking a little time to digest the news and views of others before… Read more »
On the day the Dell/EMC acquisition/merger completed, HPE announced it was selling off a load of non-core software assets in a “spin-off” merger with UK’s Micro Focus. HPE gets $2.5 billion in cash and HPE shareholders get a 50.1% ownership of the new entity, which will continue to be called Micro Focus. In addition SUSE… Read more »
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