J Metz

In this part of the series, “Everything You Wanted To Know about Storage But Were Too Proud To Ask,” we’re going to be focusing on the network aspect of storage systems.

As with any technical field, it’s too easy to dive into the jargon of the pieces and expect people to know exactly what you mean. Unfortunately, some of the terms may have alternative meanings in other areas of technology. In this Webcast, we look at some of those terms specifically and discuss them as they relate to storage networking systems.

In the first part of the webcast series, we take an irreverent, yet still informative look, at the parts of a storage solution in Data Center architectures. This webcast, Part Chartreuse, starts with the very basics – The Naming of the Parts. We break down the entire storage picture and identify the places where most of the confusion falls. You'll hear:

There are many permutations of technologies, interconnects and application level approaches in play with solid state storage today. It is becoming increasingly difficult to reason clearly about which problems are best solved by various permutations of these. In this webcast Doug Voigt, chair of the SNIA NVM Programming model will outline key architectural principals that may allow us to think about the application of networked solid state technologies more systematically.

Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) has piqued the interest of many people in the storage world. Using a robust, efficient, and highly flexible transportation protocol for SSDs, Flash, and future Non-Volatile Memory storage devices, the NVM Express group is working on extending these advantages over a networked Fabric.

This Webcast explains not only what NVMe over Fabrics is, but also specifically pays attention to how it works, discussing:

Since the first release of NVMe 1.0 in 2011, the NVMe family of specifications continue to expand to support current and future storage markets, increasing the amount of new features and functionality. With that natural, organic growth, however, comes additional complexity.

Introduction to SNIA

Learning Objectives

Introduction to SNIA

The first installment of our performance benchmarking Webcast series, “Storage Performance Benchmarking: Introduction and Fundamentals” aims to bring anyone untrained in the storage performance arts to a common base with the experts. In this first webcast, gain an understanding of the complexities of benchmarking modern storage arrays and learn the terminology foundations necessary for the rest of the series. This includes:

Philip Alsop, Digitalisation World Editor, interviews Dr. J Metz, Chair of the SNIA Board of Directors on the many ways SNIA is setting the standard for storage innovation. Watch as they discuss several new exciting innovations, including computational storage devices, DNA data storage and SDXI.