When you see someone deploying a business model very similar to one you had developed on your own ...2019-05-24
pcilist: because sometimes you really, really need to know how your PCIe devices are configured2017-03-29
Another article about the supply crisis hitting #SSD, #flash, #NVMe, #HPC #storage in general2017-02-07
when you eliminate the impossible, what is left, no matter how improbable, is likely the answer2017-01-25
Virtualized infrastructure, with VM storage on software RAID + a rebuild == occasional VM pauses2017-01-22
Its 2016, almost 2017 ... fix your application installer so it doesn't need to reboot my machine!2016-11-01
The joy of IE and URLs, or how to fix ridiculous parsing errors on the part of some "helpers"2016-09-29
I don't agree with everything he wrote about systemd, but he isn't wrong on a fair amount of it2016-09-29
It is 2016 ... why am I fighting with LDAP authentication in linux? Why doesn't it just work?2016-03-30
The joys of automated tooling ... or ... catching changes in upstream projects workflows by errors in yours2016-03-20
Not even breaking a sweat: 10GB/s write to single node Forte unit over 100Gb net #realhyperconverged #HPC #storage2016-03-15
Massive unapologetic storage firepower part 4: On the test track with a Forte unit ... vaaaaROOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!2016-03-13
10TB PMR drives for Unison #hpc #storage systems, think 600TB/4U unit with @BeeGFS, @Ceph, and others2015-12-03
Building efficient storage and computing platforms has little to do with using cheap hardware2014-04-30
when the networking revolution comes, the cheap switches will be the first ones against the wall2014-04-29
You can get a hint of the big test result by watching the rotating banner on the day job home page2013-06-07
What would you do if you had "infinite" bandwidth and IOPs coupled directly to your computing?2013-05-08
[updated at bottom] Apparently there are people this profoundly ... well ... see for your self2012-09-06
What does "forever" really mean for a company? And its implications for clouds ... and business models ...2012-08-16
Some of the more mainstream publications are now at least acknowledging the prospect of an epic failure2011-11-25
in SC mode ... and trying to ship orders before we fly out ... and working on support ... and ...2011-11-04
Science by ad hominem? The continuing saga of a debate that is not scientific, but personal2011-09-06
Fusion IO IPO tomorrow ... is the market for PCIe Flash strong enough to support 1 or more companies?2011-06-08
should give everyone pause, and force a serious consideration of the risks of cloud and hosting2010-12-20
Half open drivers ... OFED stacks with verbs ABIs that don't match the kernel's verb ABI ...2010-10-14
OT: Tournament weekend in Traverse City Michigan ... weapons, sparring, and kata (with video)2010-08-23
Do the heroic class systems provide a benefit to their vendors in terms of follow on sales?2010-06-30
BTW: I am out on vacation (holiday for most of the non-US world) ... working ... iphone ... yadda yadda2010-02-16
Why is it that I get more work done on a saturday at the office than all week long at the office?2010-02-06
One bit of looking happened upon something else ... which resonates with todays economic climate2009-06-25
Weee! A new wordpress attack in the wild ... or is this an attack? Or something worse? SPAM mebbe?2009-06-03
The magical incantation to make rPath linux enable compilation ... about 1/2 way to where we need to be2009-04-26
I think the fat lady has begun to sing ... IBM rejected Sun's overatures to restart discussions2009-04-18
On HPC benchmarking: measure and report the important things that users care about ... wall clock time2009-03-12
Been avoiding talking about SGI ... but it looks like a whole slew of events is about to get started2009-03-12
A petaflop here, a petaflop there, and pretty soon you are talking about real supercomputing2007-08-09
lightcones, filesystems and messages, and large distributed clusters with non-infinite bandwidth and finite latency2007-05-28
PeakStream Announces Availability of PeakStream Workstation for Microsoft Windows(R) Edition beta2007-03-27
When you have a great deal of power, but you can't use it, because it is too hard to use it ...2007-02-25
For a market that some claim does not exist, this is attracting lots of attention and product ...2006-09-20
A teraflop here, a teraflop there, and pretty soon you are talking about real computing power2006-09-07