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Chris Evans

S01E02 – Hybrid Cloud and Object Storage

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Object storage is a solution for managing large volumes of unstructured data. In the public cloud solutions such as AWS S3 and Azure Blob store provide massive scalability at predictable prices.

However, is the public cloud the right place to store all of our data? When costs, lock-in, compliance and other factors are taken into consideration, does it make sense to rent the cloud for compute and use an on-premises object store for our data? If we use this model, what are the challenges?

In this episode, Chris talks with Neil Stobart, VP Global Systems Engineering at Cloudian and Lee Biggenden, Co-founder and director at Nephos Technologies. The conversation covers real customer examples of using object storage on-premises with public cloud for compute, as well as the reverse – object storage as a golden repository and expanding to public cloud on-demand.

You can learn more about Cloudian at https://www.cloudian.com and follow Nephos on social media at @nephostech or check out their website at https://www.nephostechnologies.com.

Timeline

  • 00:00 – Introductions
  • 03:30 – What are the biggest challenges storing data today?
  • 06:00 – Tape is not scalable – data needs to be active
  • 08:15 – What real-world examples are there with object stores?
  • 13:30 – At petabyte scale, on-premises object store is more practical
  • 18:00 – Hybrid can mean placing data in the right place at the right time
  • 24:00 – Requirements can be driven by other factors, like M&A
  • 25:20 – What are the challenges in delivering a hybrid storage solution?
  • 30:20 – A Data Framework becomes critically important
  • 31:40 – You’re still responsible for your own data

Copyright (c) 2019 Brookend Limited, no reproduction in part or whole without permission. Episode S01E02.

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S01E01 – Solving Workload Automation with Morpheus Data

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This episode was recorded at Dell Technologies World in April 2019, held in Las Vegas, USA. Chris talks with Brad Parks, VP Marketing and Business Development at Morpheus Data.

Morpheus has created an automation and application deployment framework that allows customers to reduce the time and effort needed in managing Hybrid Cloud deployments. Rather than having processes that differ for each platform, Morpheus brings together a single standard for rolling out virtual machines across private and public infrastructure that includes VMware, Microsoft, AWS and more.

The benefits here are clearly defined in three areas:

  • Discovery – understanding and documenting the scope of existing infrastructure. This leads to reducing infrastructure spending
  • Efficiency – implementing streamlined processes that allow the business to do more and at greater speed
  • Avoiding risk – reducing the risk of running multiple disparate processes and standards.

You can find out more information at https://www.morpheusdata.com/ and follow Brad himself on Twitter at @morpheusdude.

Timeline

  • 00:00 – Introductions.
  • 01:36 – DTW background noise – and thunder storms.
  • 02:00 – Is hybrid cloud a reality?
  • 03:10 – Where did Morpheus Data evolve from?
  • 04:12 – What does workload automation actually mean?
  • 07:10 – Harmonising and standardising application deployment.
  • 08:30 – Why present at DTW?
  • 09:54 – Enterprises can’t simply move everything to public cloud.
  • 11:00 – How are cost savings quantified?
  • 13:00 – Good governance around process is super important.
  • 14:50 – The triple threat – cleanup, optimisation, risk.
  • 16:10 – How is TCO/ROI on using Morpheus Data calculated?
  • 17:30 – Where is the industry headed (in multi/hybrid terms)?
  • 19:57 – Wrap Up

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