Storage Horizons: Steve Sicola has a new Blog!

Steve Sicola is a GIANT in storage and someone you should know if  you don’t already.  I just found out he is posting to a new blog called Storage Horizons:  http://stevesicola.com/

 

Something about XIO (formerly Xiotech)

I just need to say that there is a ton of IP buried in this company and many of the brightest minds in storage.  Someday this will make a classic HBR article  – but in the meantime it’s just sad.

I invite your comment.

Steve

Steve Sicola: SUPERSTAR!!

 

CRN unveiled its 2010 class of Storage Superstars spotlighting 10 “individuals and groups that made the modern storage industry what it is today.” And among the visionaries honored was Xiotech CTO Steve Sicola.

The “driving force on several generations of storage arrays and architectures,” Steve was recognized for his nearly 40 patents, tenure at Compaq and DEC, and as VP of Seagate’s Advanced Storage Architecture (ASA) Group. Informally known as the “Skunk Works” – an homage to Lockheed Martin’s legendary engineering team – the ASA Group was acquired by Xiotech in 2007 and architected ISE.

“Steve embodies the passion, commitment and innovative thinking – all hallmarks of Xiotech – that serve as the foundation of this company and have fueled the revolution that is ISE,” said Xiotech President and CEO Alan Atkinson. “With Steve overseeing our Storage Fellows Program, we look forward to his (and others’) continued contributions to the industry and Xiotech – including the next-generation of ISE.”

Congratulations Steve!

Too good to be true? Make me prove it…

  

Taking disruptive technology to early adoption is in my DNA — the very fabric of who I am.  I’ve had the privilege to engage with great technologists — many of whom remain colleagues today.  As many of you know, I am recently on board at Xiotech, some of which was part of Seagate until a few years ago and is still an integral part of our ownership and our IP.  The messaging in the storage space can be confusing — here are some ideas that may help break through the noise.  So here’s your challenge:

 

Q:  What do IBM, HP, Dell, EMC, NetApp, 3Par, Compellent and Xiotech have in common?

A:  We all use disk drives manufactured by Seagate.

No matter which storage vendor you deploy, Seagate drives are at the heart of the technology.  Now let me share with you Xiotech’s Integrated Storage Element (ISE).  We take the very same Seagate technology to the next level — after all, we know these drives better than any other storage vendor.

Example:

PLAN #1:  Deploy 100 $20k storage subsystems of [INSERT YOUR BRAND HERE] each costing  15% to keep under maintenance in years 4 & 5 (assuming 3 year warranty) = $600,000. 

PLAN #2:  Acquire xiotech ISE @ 30% less initial acquistion cost/space/energy to produce the same performance (or better) and pay $0 in hardware maintenance over 5 years. 

          or – use the comparable acquisition cost to get 30% more performance from the start

          or – use the NPV of the maintenance to get more performance/density

If you’re a former client from FileTek, Agilis, Sensar, Verity, Immersion or Fusion-io, you’ve seen what I’ve seen:  disruptive technology making a significant difference – and Xiotech ISE is no different.

Don’t believe me?  MAKE ME PROVE IT!

 

Xiotech Plugs iPad @ SNW

Xiotech iPhone/iPad app at SNW from Stephen Foskett on Vimeo.

Can you say this on TV? Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, HDS, HP, IBM, LSI, NetApp, NEC, Promise and every other manufacturer of the classic dual controller, modular array or monolithic array have got it wrong.

 

Comment Xiotech wants CorteX to be the door to a new storage world. CorteX is a REST-using API that lets an application access and manage Xiotech’s storage brick, its ISE (Intelligent Stage Element), the sort of super disk drive with fail-in-place components, a five-year warranty and terrific performance from its multiple spindles.

See the entire post here:  “Xiotech’s CorteX to change the storage world”

Xiotech Debuts ISE NAS

Today Xiotech launched a turn-key, scale-out, network-attached storage (NAS) solution pairing our patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE™) blades with Symantec’s (Nasdaq: SYMC) FileStore product, a file serving platform that delivers industry-leading performance and scale to enterprise storage environments. The joint solution allows cloud service providers, high-performance computing environments and data storage users to achieve cost effective and comprehensive file-based data management and protection with maximum performance and scalability.

To read more, please visit: http://xiotech.com/press-release.php?id=181.

Xiotech Announces CorteX Developer Community

CorteX Forums Central

Welcome to Xiotech’s CorteX Forums.  Here you can access hosted resources including forums, reference material, and downloads supporting CorteX Services, ISE Technology, key development documentation and sample code, and other Xiotech programs.

What is CorteX?  CorteX is Xiotech’s storage API, allowing for both control of and information from an individual Intelligent Storage Element (ISE).  CorteX is a RESTful service running directly on ISE, to provide the best balance of capability and simplicity.  Start Developing Now »

LUG 2010 This Week in Stunning Monterey!

 

Lustre Advanced User Seminar 2010 Agenda

Wednesday, April 14 – Seascape Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Seascape Conference Center

8:00 – 9:00	Breakfast – Riviera Room, 3rd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
9:00 – 10:30	Lustre Tips and Tricks Andreas Dilger, Oracle
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break – Foyer, 2nd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
11:00 – 12:00	Administering Lustre at Scale, Lessons Learned at ORNL Jason Hill, ORNL
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch – Riviera Room, 3rd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
1:00 – 2:30	A Look Inside HSM Aurelien Degremont and Thomas Leibovici, CEA
2:30 – 3:00	Coffee Break – Foyer, 2nd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
3:00 – 5:00	A Deep Dive into Lustre Recovery Mechanisms: Johann Lombardi, Oracle

LUG 2010 Agenda

LUG 2010, a two-day event, will feature a workshop and numerous presentations on select Lustre features, upcoming enhancements, site-specific experiences using Lustre, and much more.
Thursday, April 15 – LUG Day 1 – Seascape Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Seascape Conference Center

8:00 – 9:00	Breakfast – Riviera/Bayview Rooms, 3rd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
9:00 – 9:30	LUG Kickoff Peter Bojanic, Oracle
9:30 – 10:00	Lustre Development Eric Barton, Oracle
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee Break – Foyer, 2nd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
10:30 – 11:30	Lustre 1.8 Update Peter Jones, Oracle
11:30 – 12:00	Lustre 2.0 Robert Read, Oracle
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch – Riviera/Bayview Rooms, 3rd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
1:00 – 1:30	Getting the Best from Lustre in a NUMIOA and Multi-rail IB Environment Sebastien Buisson, Bull
1:30 – 2:15	What RedSky and Lustre Have Accomplished Steve Monk, Sandia Joe Mervini, Sandia
2:15 – 3:00	Lustre at the OLCF: Experiences and Path Forward Galen Shipman, ORNL
3:00 – 3:30	Coffee Break – Foyer, 2nd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
3:30 – 4:00	Comprehensive Lustre I/O Tracking with Vampir: Michael Kluge, ZIH
4:00 – 4:30	Lustre Deployment and Early Experiences Florent Parent, Clumeq
4:30 – 5:00	Indiana University’s Lustre WAN – Empowering Production Workflows on the TeraGrid Stephen Simms, Indiana University
5:00 – 5:30	LCE: Lustre at CEA Stephane Thiell, CEA
5:30 – 6:30	Break
6:30	Dinner Reception – Seascape Resort: To be announced at Thursday’s event

Friday, April 16 – LUG Day 2 – Seascape Grand Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Seascape Conference Center

8:00 – 9:00	Breakfast – Riviera/Bayview Rooms, 3rd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
9:00 – 9:30	Lustre SMP Scaling Improvements Liang Zhen, Oracle
9:30 – 10:00	Lustre/HSM Binding Aurelien Degremont, CEA Hua Huang, Oracle
10:00 – 10:30	Lustre Enabled WAN in Government, NRL Jeremy Filizetti, NRL/SMSi
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break – Foyer, 2nd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
11:00 – 11:30	Hedging Our Filesystem Bet Kent Blancett, BP
11:30 – 12:00	Analysis and Recovery from Lustre Faults/Failures on Ranger John Hammond, TACC
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch – Riviera/Bayview Rooms, 3rd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
1:00 – 1:45	Kerberized Lustre 2.0 over the WAN Josephine Palencia, PSC
1:45 – 2:15	Reaping the Benefits of MetaData Nic Cardo, NERSC
2:15 – 2:45	Coffee Break – Foyer, 2nd Floor, Seascape Conference Center
2:45 – 3:15	Porting Lustre to Operating Systems Other than Linux: Ken Hornstein, NRL
3:15 – 3:45	Lustre and Community Development Daniel Ferber, Oracle
3:45	LUG 2010 Concludes

MySQL Conference Santa Clara This Week

 

I’ll be there Tuesday…ping me it you’re going.