DataCentric

There is (arguably) no faster mainstream storage available than Infinidat's just-launched InfiniBox SSA II array. Infinidat CMO Eric Herzog joins host Steve McDowell, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, to walk us through just how Infinidat is able to increase throughput and IOPs by more than 50% in the new array, while also ensuring a compelling level of data protection and cyber-resilience. The guys also talk about the continuing evolution of storage, with a deep-dive into AIOps and how new workloads (such as cloud-native) impact storage architecture. This is a great podcast for anyone interested in high-performance storage. This podcast is sponsored by Infinidat. Special Guest: Eric Herzog.Links:Infinidat Infinibox Enterprise Storage — The InfiniBox® enterprise storage system delivers faster than all-flash performance, multi-petabyte capacity, and 100% availability for a broad range of mixed application workloads. Infinite zero-impact snapshots, dependable active/active, synchronous & asynchronous replication, and flexible, software-defined quality of service come standard, with guaranteed reliability and data security.

The Data Center is changing, becoming more virtual, fungible, ephemeral... a whole load of adjectives that describe flexible infrastructure, whether delivered via the public cloud, an on-prem consumption-based model, or even a hyper-scale data center provider like Equinix, and its Equnix Metal offerings. Matt & Steve are joined by an expert in this field, Zac Smith. Zac is the co-founder of Packet, and the current head of Edge and Metal Infrastructure at Equinix. There isn't much talk about Equinix -- this conversation quickly focuses on how data center architecture is evolving, embracing various alternate consumption models. Cloud, hosted, consuption-based, and other emergent models are supplementing and, in many cases, replacing traditional on-prem infrastructure. This is one you don't want to miss. 00:00 Fade In. 01:00 Introducing Zac Smith 02:00 Zac's different thinking about the data center world and the founding of Packet 05:37 Shifting, often generational, views of data center and workload management 07:15 It's all about the workload: why servers may not ever fully commodtize 09:35 Where do providers like Equinix fit in data center architecture? 16:09 The Rise of ARM-based processors in the data center 20:08 What IT customers are choosing the ARM path, and why? 24:05 Open compute initiatives, and the Linux Foundation's Open19 Project 31:30 The Sustainabilty Impact 35:55 Consumption-based infrastructure's place in data center architecture 39:08 Fade to black. Special Guest: Zac Smith.

Deploying IT services into the "messy middle" between on-prem and cloud can be challenging. This episode finds hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, principal analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, talking to Todd Brannon, Cisco's Senior Director of Product Marketing for Cloud Platforms, about the challenges of managing IT resources in a multi-cloud world. The guys talk about the challenges of managing a mixed cloud/on-prem, the adoption (or lack of adoption!) of autonmous infrastructure, 00:00 Podcast Opens 02:44 Introducing Cisco's Todd Brannon 04:58 What are the biggest cloud-related challenges facing IT today? 07:30 Solving the common needs of enterprise IT 12:25 Cisco Intersight Services for Cloud 22:51 Autonomous Infrastructure 26:05 We've talked a lot about software -- what's happening in the hardware space? 34:35 Cloud is one thing -- what's happening at the Edge? 39:50 Roll Credits!Special Guest: Todd Brannon.

VAST Data's pursuit of solving some of the world's hardest data problems is resonating with customers, as VAST demonstrates with released momentum numbers. On this episode of DataCentric, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell are joined by VAST CMO and co-founder Jeff Denworth. Jeff walks us through the VAST Data story, tells us why AI is particularly challenging, and hints at where VAST might go in the future. 00:31 What was missing in the storage industry that needed to be created in 2016? 03:36 What did VAST do differently to shake up traditional storage architectures? 06:52 Jeff talks about some of the early wins at VAST 10:44 Jeff goes into VAST's momentum story 12:25 What's the average VAST customer looks like? 13:10 The VAST Customer Experience, validated by Gartner Peer Insights 13:52 Decoupling the Software from the Hardware with Gemini 17:49 What's the future look like for VAST? 20:15 AI's Impact on enterprise data 25:56 Matt & Steve Wrap-up 28:34 We're done!Special Guest: Jeff Denworth.

Cloud Native is fast becoming the go-to model for deploying applications in the enterprise and is being used increasingly for production applications. This is happening both in the cloud and on-prem. But making containers production-ready requires more than just installing Kubernetes. Hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell spend time with NetApp's Eric Han, Vice President of product management for NetApp Astra, NetApp's cloud-native solution, to understand the complexities of deploying cloud-native technologies into a production IT workflow. This is great convesation for anyone involved in IT or application architeture. 00:00 Theme Song 01:10 Geting to know Eric 03:15 Forget DevOps, what's the value of cloud-native for Production Workloads? 06:20 Data Management in Cloud Native 09:10 Mapping Kubernetes to related services like NetApp Astra and its competitors 15:40 What is NetApp Astra 19:41 NetApp is playing in both storage and cloud native: how should we thinkn about NetApp? 23:11 Eric asks himself: How easy is it, really? 25:23 Matt & Steve wrap-up, plus talk a little about NetApp's most recent earnings call. 29:37 We're done.Special Guest: Eric Han.

The PCI SIG released the specification for PCIe 6.0 in January of this year. Long-time PCI SIG president, and IBM distinguished engineer, Al Yanes walks hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, both principal analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, through the specification, talking about what's new and different and the benefit that IT will ultimately enjoy. Additionally, AMD and Intel each released strong earnings overall, and very strong delivery in their respective enterprise data center segments. Matt & Steve talk about what the earnings say about the current state of the processor market. 00:00 Kick it off 00:50 AMD & Intel Earnings Discussion 11:20 Al Yanes walks us through PCIe 6.0 23:00 Who is the PCI SIG, anyway? And how do they operate? 25:30 PCIe and Automotive 26:44 How will enterprise IT benefit from PCIe 6.0? 33:25 When will we see PCIe 6.0 in the data center? 34:20 Matt & Steve Wrap it up 35:48 We're done!Special Guest: Al Yanes.

In this episode, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, principal analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, kick off 2022 with a discussion on what to watch in the world of enterprise infrastructure during the upcoming year. This is a wide-ranging conversation covering everything from AMD and ARM in the server market, alternative processor architectures, supply chain, PCIe 5.0, and even some of the goings-on at this month's Consumer Electronics Show. 00:00 Start the show! 01:40 The Server Market: AMD Server market share numbers, Intel's current situation, and the impact of supply chain disruptions 10:38 AMD and Intel introduce new client parts: how much of this bleeds over into the server space? 17:33 ARM in the Server Market: Is this just a hyperscaler phenomia? Will we see expansion in 2022? 27:50 Where does RISC-V Play? 30:40 Disrupting storage: VAST Data, PCIe 5, and does CXL-attached memory supplant Intel Optane? 36:19 Consumption-based infrastructure in 2022 38:24 Over-and-Out

The cloudification of IT is happening. There is a trend in IT towards simplifying the IT experience, both technologies and IT services. Nowhere is this more evident than in how IT organizations deliver services, such as database services, to the broader enterprise. On this edition of DataCentric, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell, principal analysts at Moor Insights & Strategy, talk to HPE and Nutanix about how these two companies have partnered to help IT shops simplify both their own, and their user's, experience. Joining Steve and Matt are Kate Davis, Global Marketing Manager for HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform, and Maggie Smith, senior solution manager for Nutanix database solutions. The Nutanix Cloud Platform complements the public cloud-like billing and standby capacity of HPE GreenLake, with fully integrated compute, storage and virtualization building blocks that provide turnkey, instant operations. Special Guests: Kate Davis and Maggie Smith.

Hybrid multi-cloud has become a standard part of nearly every enterprise's IT infrastructure, yet it often remains a disjointed element with complexities that are different from those faced in the traditional data center. In this episode of DataCentric, hosts Matt Kimball and Steve McDowell talk to Nutanix's Rakesh Sreekanth and Lenovo's Ritu Jain about how HCI can be a great way to address these challenges. Nutanix brings a unified range of solutions, spanning basic HCI all the way to full multi-cloud management solutions that tie together on-prem and cloud. Lenovo is one of fastest growing companies in enterprise infrastructure, and delivers Nutanix solutions as part of its Lenovo ThinkAgile HX series. Together, these companies deliver complete HCI solutions for the modern enterprise. Special Guests: Rakesh Sreekanth and Ritu Jain.

While DevOps offers IT organizations the tools required to deliver application transformation, it isn't until you start to incorporate an awareness of "Data" into a DevOps world that the real power to achieve digital transformation can be achieved. Host Steve McDowell, senior technology analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, has a wide-ranging conversation with Delphix CEO and founder Jedidiah Yueh about the power of DevOps and why data is the "last automation frontier". They also talk about the intersection of DevOps, machine learning, and MLOps, as well as fostering a culture of innovation. 00:00 Roll the tape... 01:01 Jedidah Yueh's path from high-school teacher to Silicon Valley founder 03:30 Haven't we already solved all the hard DevOps problems? 04:47 DevOps as part of your cyber-security strategy 07:58 DevOps and Application Transformation 10:08 The Delphix Vision 12:06 Intersection of DevOps and MLOps 14:00 ML Models are Just Another Kind of Data 15:50 What's on the horizon in the world of data-driven DevOps? 17:20 Jed's book "Disrupt or Die" and how to foster a culture of innovation 20:20 Data is the last automation frontier 21:27 Wrapping up 21:44 .. the band plays us outSpecial Guest: Jedidiah Yueh.