Object Storage Episodes

In this GTwGT episode, we focus on JetStor's long and interesting journey in data storage solutions, JetStor's founder, Gene Layzarovich, discussing JetStor's expansive range of data storage solutions. Layzarovich shares his journey from immigrating with minimal resources to pioneering storage technologies that challenge industry giants like EMC. JetStor, officially transitioning from AC&NC, boasts a history of innovation, customer loyalty, and adaptability, offering solutions from small deployments to multi-petabyte setups. The conversation also delves into the evolution from RAID to NVMe and flash storage, addressing the burgeoning data demands of AI, and the importance of reliable data architecture..

Innovating Data Orchestration and Scalability... Hammerspace's state-of-the-art solutions redefine cloud storage and data accessibility! Hammerspace is at the forefront of redefining data management and accessibility, emphasizing novel solutions for data orchestration. In this episode, we dive deep with David Flynn, the CEO and Co-Founder behind Hammerspace, as he unravels insights on the company's inception, its faced challenges, and its ambitious vision for the future. Discover how Hammersp...

Backblaze is a leader in cloud storage and backup solutions, providing a transparent and open approach to safeguarding essential data. In this episode, we converse with Gleb Budman, CEO of Backblaze, a passionate advocate for data protection. We explore Backblaze's journey from bootstrapping to its successful NASDAQ IPO, and the role the company plays in the evolving data protection landscape. Backblaze is reinventing the industry by leveraging state-of-the-art technology, offering unparalleled storage solutions at a fraction of the cost of competitors.

In this episode I talk with Paul Speciale, CMO at Scality. Scality's software-based storage delivers billions of files to five hundred million users daily with 100% availability. They make standard x86 servers scale to hundreds of petabytes and billions of objects. Scality has transformed the way organizations store and manage their data with their flagship product, Scality RING, and their more recent launch, Scality ARTESCA. Paul and I discuss the company's history, the adaptive storage approach, and how Scality partners with industry giants like HPE, Veeam, Dell, and Cisco. The episode also delves into the growing threat of #ransomware and how Scality's expanded capabilities can help combat it.

In this episode I talk with David Friend, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder at Wasabi. Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and access an unlimited amount of data at a fraction of the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. David and I talk about his vision of making cloud storage affordable and accessible for all without compromising on performance, reli...

In this episode I talk with Garima Kapoor Chief Operating Officer and co-founder at MinIO. MiniO has built a high performance distributed s3-compatible object storage solution that is software defined, hardware agnostic designed for large scale data infrastructure. Garima and I talk about how MinIO was built from scratch with the private cloud as it's target but has also become a defaco standard for home labs through a strong focus on community. MinIO also offers high-performance, Kubernetes-nat...

In this episode I talk with Gary Ogasawara, CTO of Cloudian. Cloudian simplifies enterprise storage with limitlessly scalable storage that consolidates massive data sets to a single, easily managed environment. Cloudian brings the flexibility and simplicity of public cloud storage into our customers data centers. Gary and I talk about how Cloudian’s fully native interoperability with S3 ensures investment protection for developers and datacenter managers who rely on modern S3-enabled application...

In this special episode of GTwGT, I speak with Zac Cohen (COO and founder at FileBase) about a topic that many think is still far away from being a reality... some that think is a science experiment... and others think is an out and out scam. That topic is decentralized storage leveraging Web3 and Blockchain technology. Zac and I talk about how mass adoption is a matter of when, not if... and more importantly, for those that want to understand what it is and isn't, we talk about what makes this ...