Introduction In early August of 2020, Intel presented to a group of delegates for GestaltIT’s Storage Field Day 20 (#SFD20). I knew it was on Optane and had already had some exposure to it, but what I was familiar with was Intel Optane SSD, I wasn’t familiar with Intel Optane Persistent Memory (PMem). I will…
Modern Disaster Recovery: Preparing For The Worst
As a follow up to my blog post on Commvault’s site with regards to a webinar I was privileged to recently join, here is the blog I promised, taking a more in-depth look at the tips I shared. The webinar in question, “Mastering Modern Disaster Recovery,” with Jeff Harbert, Director of Technical Services Programs with…
Catching The Next New Tech Wave
Have you ever surfed or watched surfers from the pier or the beach? Have you ever wondered how some of them seem to always catch the right wave? It is a combination of experience, a little intuition, and being properly positioned. Let me continue with my surfing analogy a little bit more before I jump…
Give Me a Side of Hashtags, Please
Introduction I read a lot of posts that come through LinkedIn and this past week something struck me as strange, I didn’t see good healthy use of hashtags in most of the posts I ran across. This got me quite perplexed and thinking that perhaps it is not something everyone understands or even appreciates. So,…
StorOne: Transparent Innovation
Introduction Last month I had the privilege of being briefed by StorOne CMO, George Crump on their most recent announcement around their S1 storage solution innovation. I know what you’re thinking, what more can a storage company innovate on that we haven’t already seen? Well, you might be surprised, but before I talk about the…
Back to the Basics of Inspiration
During one of my consulting engagements with Motorola several years ago, I was given management authority over a small team of system administrators. This wasn’t an uncommon thing to do at Motorola at the time, but it did make my job a tad bit more challenging. The team’s responsibilities included UNIX support (Sun Solaris), both…
Batteries & Data Protection
JBOB – Just a Bunch of Batteries As you can see from the photo I used for this blog, I still use Rayovac batteries in my devices. This happens to be my thoroughly amazing Zoom H6 Handy Recorder, but I also use them in my guitars (professional musician on the side), some of my music…
What Does Your Data Weigh?
What do you think? Does data have weight? How much does your data weigh? Or should we never ask questions about weight? He ain’t heavy, he’s my data Data can carry a lot of weight, it can be used to show how well your company is doing, it can be used to measure your own…
Publishing Portfolio
Sample of writing This blog contains links to various pieces of work written by David A. Chapa, Founder, The CTE Group Commissioned by NetApp Executive Summary – Data Protection for Data Fabric Beyond Modern Data Protection The Beat Goes On NetApp’s Answer to the Data Protection Dilemma Commissioned by ActualTech Media on behalf of the…
Why Training Doesn’t Work
Resolutions We’re ending Q3 and heading into Q4 and you know what that means? Around the end of Q4 people start to think about the new year and things they will resolve to do better. More time vacationing with family Go on an Alaskan Cruise Get in shape Make more money Lose weight Be more…
Disruption in the Force
As we approach all hallows eve, I get an early morning message from someone that tells me that “Peter McKay left Veeam”. I was shocked by this news after the company had just reported its 41st consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. I thought for sure this was a “trick”, but my source said it was…
NetApp Insight: Fabrics, Volumes, Insights & more
NetApp Insight 2018 I had the opportunity to attend NetApp Insight 2018 this year held in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center. The theme of the event was #DataDriven, at least that’s what I took away from it. George Kurian talked about the number of Market Leaders that are #DataDriven from…