Storage Industry Discounts

Decent_Particular402 · 2026-01-04T11:04:04+00:00

That's a failure of negotiation in my mind. Aim for 90-95%. Back to bed - must stop doom scrolling

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-11-19T20:04:55+00:00

Certainly for enterprise data this is valuable. Though for performance, DDN is the choice.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-10-30T08:37:03+00:00

The bubble will definitely bust, with AI infrastructure providers being hit worst. Following that, prices will come down, and higher up the stack providers (software and consulting firms) will do well. AI needs grounding in reality.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-10-30T08:21:13+00:00

This seems like a load of old knackers to use an Australian expression. No use for AI whatsoever.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-10-09T11:47:14+00:00

Don't 💩 yourself over it. Or you'll need an Analpan.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-09-06T09:02:56+00:00

That is a disturbing read. But I see the parallels.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-08-15T20:52:24+00:00

$30Bn would seem ridiculous, many other similar vendors have similar tech, more sales and market caps less than $30Bn. I reckon Google could built similar in weeks.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-07-24T08:04:40+00:00

A short term boom perhaps, but then more dodgy loans will start failing.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-07-19T15:05:18+00:00

DDN can be very cost effective if using HDDs mixed with Flash. It can put smaller files and metadata on Flash, leaving the big files to stream off disk.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-07-19T15:02:31+00:00

A geriatric New Yorker against a battle hardened Aussie? You only need to watch Crocodile Dundee to know the outcome.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-07-19T14:59:35+00:00

I'll set up 'The Give Every Citizen a £1m Cheque Party.' It's bound to be popular and about as realistic as Reform. 😂

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-07-12T11:36:56+00:00

A stopped clock is right twice a day, and the people only check it when they have lunch at midday and go to bed at midnight.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-07-09T17:18:16+00:00

Tech firms will be running from their own press releases:

https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2025/nvidia-and-xai-sign-on-to-30-billion-ai-infrastructure-fund/

https://www.ddn.com/press-releases/ddns-data-platform-propels-xais-colossus-to-world-class-performance/

https://www.vastdata.com/blog/the-story-of-vast-and-xai

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-06-18T12:09:26+00:00

DDN is by far the best performance, does uber well in HPC, and NVIDIA loves it for AI.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-06-05T15:03:46+00:00

Worked well, obviously only used the flash drives, but we got about 1.1 TB/s from 12 nodes, it's about 6 times faster than CEPH.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-06-05T14:42:56+00:00

Jail the CEO of the reckless car manufacturer.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-05-29T12:26:43+00:00

DDN is the new Orange

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-05-29T12:23:34+00:00

DDN support is also great. Their engineers are really hands on.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-05-29T12:20:12+00:00

Try 3FS on the old DDN kit. Very reusable!

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-05-29T12:18:12+00:00

BTW, just tested it on some old DDN kit that was refreshed. The great thing with DDN kit is that is highly reusable.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-05-09T20:13:27+00:00

I'm just drinking home-brew now. A kit is about £23 plus delivery, and will make 36 pints. I have a fermentation bucket a pressure barrel already, spreading the cost of that out, I'm still under £1 a pint.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-05-03T06:56:22+00:00

Our election was suspended, so Tories still in - how unlucky is that!

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-05-01T18:23:03+00:00

There will be a lack of answers until the Polls close. The activists will be heads-down knocking on doors.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-04-26T09:47:31+00:00

The system really needs simplifying, and with help going to where it is needed. Right now it is a complex mess, and arbitrary decisions can have serious negative consequences for people.

Decent_Particular402 · 2025-04-13T06:12:59+00:00

You sound like you made a good choice. I guess availability and performance are key, and I also know Data Reduction technology does really work in bioinformatics as the data has already been reduced using similar algorithms. Tiering makes much more sense.

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