So it has been a while since I have posted anything. I actually have several things as drafts that I have never gotten around to finishing because I want them to be useful and meaningful (and contain enough information that I can use them instead of having to recall everything in my brain).
So this post is as much about getting into the habit of posting regularly as much as anything.
A few hints at what has been going on in the lab over the last year.
Software Defined Storage - by this I mean software implemented storage. I almost want to call this software defined persistence layer instead but that is not so buzz word compliant. I've got several experiments here to share. This has been fun.
OpenStack - I'm not sure I'm ready to talk about this yet. There are things I like, things I don't like and a fair amount I either don't have an opinion on or haven't really tested.
Big Data - I've been playing with VMware's BDE. I Found a few things I would consider bugs but overall it is working well and was very easy to setup.
Flash Cache - OK, so I have been playing around with using software in a VMware environment as a flash cache. I've tested several vendors in this space all with differing results. Overall this is a very interesting space to watch develop.
Hybrid Cloud - so last year involved two trips to Asia for me all centered around how to transform to a hybrid cloud kind of model. It is really amazing what all I have learned in this area in terms of the reality of a hybrid cloud versus the marketing material.
So those are the things I intend to write about. I am also hoping to finish some of the draft post which are much more about performance tuning and troubleshooting.
