Updated 2/2/12

Pod cast: Continuous Data Protection: Essential or Overkill? Discussion on the SMBauthority
Storage proponents argue that some applications (or departments, or even specific users) handle data that is so critical to the organization's proper functioning that every keystroke needs to be preserved - hence the flourishing of continuous data protection, which captures all new content or any revisions. Others argue that competing technologies can deliver the same functionality for a fraction of the price. This discussion with featured guest Greg Schulz of Server and StorageIO Group sorts out the helpful from the hype.

Greg talks with Terry of the SMBauthority during a January 4, 2012 live event including an online chat discussion about Continuous Data Protection (CDP), what it is, when and where to use it along with how it has evolved. In addition Greg and Terry discuss common misperceptions and missed opportunities involving CDP for environments of all size. Listen to the audio here.

Video: Interview with Jenny Hamel (@jennyhamelsd6) from Fall 2011 SNW
Greg is interviewed by Jenny Hamel from the Fall 2011 SNW event in Orlando Florida where they discuss industry trends, his third book Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (now available on Kindle and other epub formats) and the SNIA/SNW event. Topics discussed include:

• Importance of metrics that matter for gaining and maintaining IT situational awareness
• The continued journey of IT to improve customer service delivery in a cost effective manner
• Reducing cost and complexity without negatively impacting customer service experience
• Participating in SNW and SNIA for over ten years on three different continents
• Industry trends, buzzword bingo (SSD, cloud, big data, virtualization), adoption vs. deployment
• Increasing efficiency along with effectiveness and productivity
• Stretching budgets to do more without degrading performance or availability
• How customers can navigate their way around various options, products and services
• Importance of networking at events such as SNW along with information exchange and learning
• Why data footprint reduction is similar to packing smartly when going on a journey

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Video: Interview from EMC Flashy announcement
Greg is interviewed on the Cube during EMC January 2011 mega product announcement.
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Video: Interview on the Cube from SNW Spring 2011
View from about 15:00 minute to 55:00 minute mark for conversation on various data and storage management topics including SSD, cloud and more.
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Video: Conversations and discussion from VMworld 2011
Discussion and conversations from VMworld 2011.
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Video: Greg Schulz on Data Deduplication
Watch this video where Greg discusses data deduplication as a data footprint reduction (DFR) technology.
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Video: How to Scale Data Storage Systems with Clustering
Greg discusses scale out storage including clustered NAS technologies.
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Video: Greg discusses his new book Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking
Greg discusses his new book Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press, 2011).
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Pod cast: Nekkid Tech Episode 11: Where are the new enterprise bibles?
In this Discussion, Greg Schulz joins Nekkidtech host Greg Knieriemen and Gina Minks (@gminks) talking about industry trends, my new book Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking, building blocks of tomorrows IT department, the changing role of IT administrators, process of writing a book, being bilingual from a technology perspective and more.
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Pod cast: Discussing business and technology benefits of Solid State Devices (SSDs)
In this Q and A, learn about business benefits of SSD and what you need to know about them to make effective technology decisions.
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Pod cast: Managing data in a virtualized server environment vs. a storage environment
In this Q and A, learn about managing data in a virtualized server environment. Find out what to consider when looking at data management tools for virtual servers and what storage vendors are doing to support virtual server environments.
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Pod cast: Infosmack Episode #65: The Belle of the Ball, Interview with David Scott CEO of 3PAR
In this pod cast, Infosmack Pod cast Episode 65: The Belle of the Ball, David Scott CEO of 3PAR. Greg Knieriemen of Chi Corporation and Marc Farley of 3Par and StorageRap.com with special co-host Greg Schulz of StorageIO. This weeks special guest is David Scott, CEO of 3PAR. In this weeks special episode with David, we discuss how 3PAR has suddenly found itself in the middle of a bidding war between the biggest companies in enterprise technology today, what his vision is for 3PAR and how he views the technology landscape as well as 10 Big Questions.
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Pod cast: Infosmack Episode #64: The Farley in the Dell
In this pod cast, Greg Knieriemen of Chi Corporation and Marc Farley of 3Par and StorageRap.com with Greg Schulz of StorageIO and Ed Saipetch of EMC. In this episode, we grill Marc on Dell's acquisition of 3PAR, we discuss Intel's acquisition of McAfee and Knieriemen rips the media coverage of the Hurd scandal including SiliconAngles bad reporting.
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Pod cast: Unified computing alliances: Opportunity for VARs
This pod cast discusses options for VARs involving Unified Compute Solutions
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Pod cast: NAS clustering: What it is and how it's being used
This pod cast discusses NAS clustering options along with what to use when, where as well as why.
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Pod cast: Shared serial attached SCSI (SAS) offers networked storage benefits on a budget
This pod cast discusses SAS storage along with variations of shared external direct attached storage (DAS), dedicated internal DAS and other associated topics.
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Pod cast: Initial appearance on Virtumania
Appearance on Virtumania discussing virtual, physical networking and more.
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Pod cast: Using a storage partition in your data storage infrastructure
This pod cast discusses what is a storage partition, how they differ and compliment or coexist with LUNs along with when or where to use them.
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Pod cast: Reducing data center and storage power consumption by boosting performance with more IOPS per watt
Traditional storage optimization focuses on maximizing space capacity utilization or energy avoidance with MAID, IPM or disk drive power down which are applicable for inactive, idle or low performance demanding applications. However, what about online, primary or performance centric environments or applications where time is money, there is the need for speed and support for activity, getting work done to boost productivity and profitability? This pod cast looks at how to reduce data center and storage system energy or power consumption by boosting performance with more IOPS per watt.
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May 2010 Video: Scaling with Clustered Storage
Discussion with Greg Schulz about business and technology benefits of clustered storage for scaling performance, capacity and availability across block, file, object and more. Click here to watch the video.

May 2010 Pod cast: InfoSmack #51 - Deduped and more
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May 2010 Pod cast: iSCSI Storage Common Myths
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May 2010 Video: Storage Networking Convergence - Discussion from the CUBE at EMCworld
Discussion with Greg Schulz, Stu Miniman and Scott Lowe about storage networking convergence including Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI and more. Click here to watch the video.

April 2010 Video: Advanced Server Virtualization - Life beyond consolidation and Tiered Hypervisors
Two part discussion around advanced server virtualizaiton topics including life beyond consolidation, tiered hypervisors, establishing service classes or categories and more. Click here to watch the video (Note: May require registration).

April 2010 Pod cast: Cost and complexity can snag SMB data storage consolidation efforts
Discussion about SMB storage complexity along with dedicated internal non shared DAS. Click here to listen to the pod cast

February 2010 Pod cast: Choosing an affordable backup tape library for SMBs
Discussion exploring Apples new iPad and its impact on business. Click here to listen to the pod cast
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February 2010 Pod cast: Choosing an affordable backup tape library for SMBs
Discussion exploring SMB disk and tape backup target devices along with what to look for. Click here to listen to the pod cast

December 2009 Video: Green Storage: Metrics and measurement for management insight
Discussion between Greg Schulz and Mark Lewis of TechTarget the importance of metrics and measurement to gauge productivity and efficiency for Green IT and enabling virtual information factories. Click here to watch the Video.

December 2009 Pod cast: iSCSI SANs can be a good fit for SMB storage
Discussion between Greg Schulz and Andrew Burton of TechTarget about iSCSI and other related technologies for SMB storage. Click here to listen to the pod cast

December 2009 Pod cast: RAID Data Protection Discussion
Discussion between Greg Schulz and Andrew Burton of TechTarget about RAID data protection, techniques and technologies. Click here to listen to the pod cast

December 2009 Pod cast: Green IT, Efficiency and Productivity Discussion
Discussion between Greg Schulz and Jon Flower of Adaptec about data Green IT, energy efficiency, intelligent power management (IPM) also known as MAID 2.0 and other forms of optimization techniques including SSD. Click here to listen to the pod cast sponsored by Adaptec.

November 2009 Pod cast: Reducing your data footprint impact
Even though many enterprise data storage environments are coping with tightened budgets and reduced spending, overall net storage capacity is increasing. In this interview, Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst at StorageIO Group, discusses how storage managers can reduce their data footprint. Schulz touches on the importance of managing your data footprint on both online and offline storage, as well as the various tools for doing so, including data archiving, thin provisioning and data deduplication. Click here to listen to the pod cast

October 2009 Pod cast: Enterprise data storage technologies rise from the dead
In this interview, Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst of the Storage I/O group, classifies popular technologies such as solid-state drives (SSDs), RAID and Fibre Channel (FC) as "zombie" technologies. Why? These are already set to become part of standard storage infrastructures, says Schulz, and are too old to be considered fresh. But while some consider these technologies to be stale, users should expect to see them in their everyday lives. Click here to listen to the pod cast

July 2009 Video: The dark side of SMB virtualization
In this video interview, StorageIO's Greg Schulz warns of the dark side of virtualization for SMBs who go to far, too fast with the technology. Click here to watch the video.

July 2009 Video: SMBs Are Now Virtualization's "Sweet Spot"
In a live video interview, Greg Schulz, senior analyst at StorageIO, explains why small and midsize companies are even more invested in virtualization than are large enterprises. Click here to watch the video.

July 2009 Video: Green IT is alive and well with focus on optimization and productivity
Interview discussion about Green IT being alive and well in its role of enabling business sustainability, productivity and optimization, part of life beyond green wash and green hype. Click here to watch Greg Schulz's answers to other frequently asked questions about Green, efficient and optimized IT infrastructure, dynamic, virtual computing and related topics.

July 2009 Pod cast: FAQ: Using cloud computing services opportunities to get more business
Figuring out how to take advantage of cloud computing opportunities can be a daunting task for solutions providers. You must first distinguish between the different types of cloud computing products and then identify an environment that is ripe for implementing cloud computing services. Virtualization expert Greg Schulz discusses these essential points, covers the resources needed to support a cloud computing environment and provides tips for taking advantage of cloud computing opportunities. Click here to listen to Greg Schulz's answers to other frequently asked questions about cloud-based computing applications and services in an FAQ pod cast, or read a transcribed version.

June 2009 Video: The Other Green - Storage Efficiency and Optimization
Throw out the "green" buzzword and you're still left with the task of saving or maximizing use of space, power, and cooling while stretching available IT dollars to support growth and business sustainability. For some environments the solution may be consolation while others need to maintain quality of service response time, performance and availability necessitating faster, energy efficient technologies to achieve optimization objectives. This video looks at various techniques and strategies to optimize either on-line active or primary as well as near-line or secondary storage environment during tough economic times, as well as to position for future growth, after all, there is no such thing as a data recession! Click here to watch the video.

Pod cast: FAQ guide - How Fibre Channel over Ethernet can consolidate networks.
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June 2009 Webcast: Business Benefits of Boosting Web hosting Efficiency and Optimization
Is your organization considering optimizing its web hosting environment? Watch this Webcast or tune into the Pod cast as industry expert Greg Schulz explains the challenges and business benefits of boosting web hosting. Click here to view the webcast, or, here to listen to the pod cast

May 2009 Video: Business Benefits of Options and Flexibility in Data Deduplication (Courtesy of EMC)
Greg Schulz, StorageIO Group - Discusses the Business Benefits of Options and Flexibility in Data Deduplication (Courtesy of EMC). Click here to view the video.

June 2009 Video: Video: Disaster recovery services for solution providers:
In this interview on disaster recovery-related opportunities for storage solution providers, StorageIO Group's Greg Schulz explains the biggest DR problems for customers and how solution providers can help, the difference between hot and cold backups and when each should be recommended, how virtualization has affected the DR market, and where the DR-related MSP opportunities are. Click Click here to view the video discussion of Disaster recovery services for solution providers.

April 2009 Video: The Changing Dynamic of the Data Center
With the changing dynamic of today's data centers, many organizations are facing significant challenges when it comes to their architecture. In this video cast, learn about Intel's Xeon processor 550 series and how it's changing the dynamic of the data center. Gain insight into who needs this technology and why. Discover what environments and applications can benefit from the Xeon processor 550 series. Click here to view the video discussion of The Changing Dynamic of the Data Center. Click here to view Intel alternate site.

Click here to view video: Virtualization and Consolidation for Agility: Intels Xeon Processor 5500 series.

Podcsat: Virtualization and Consolidation for Agility
Click here to listen about how virtualization can be used for both consolidation along with agility along with role of next generation processors with intelligent power management (IPM) such as Intels Xeon Processor 5500 series.

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Reduce Energy Usage while Increasing Business Productivity in the Data Center.

April 2009 Audio Radio Interview: The Green and Virtual Data Center
Listen to the wsradio.com interview with Greg Schulz, Author of "The Green and Virtual Data Center" as he discusses themes and topics covered in the book including closing the green gap and shifting towards an IT efficiency and productivity model for business and economic sustainment. Click on following icon to listen in.


August 2007 Pod cast: Business Benefits of Data Footprint Reduction
A brief pod cast audio (MP3) look at why and how reducing your data footprint provides a positive benefit to your business and application service objectives. This is a short MP3 or pod cast version of the popular white paper report in PDF form pertaining to the Business Benefits of Data Footprint Reduction to improve IT resource usage and help enable a green and virtual IT data center effective and data and storage management. Click here to access the MP3 audio.

August 2007 - Scaling Storage with Clustering: Video looks at clustered storage as a technique to scale both I/Os to meet transaction processing and bandwidth along with other cluster storage scaling benefits for both SAN and NAS environments. - View this Video cast to get the answers to the most pressing questions on clustering, including:

• What are the defining characteristics of clustered storage and how does it differ from traditional storage environments?
• Are there particular applications that benefit more from clustered storage?
• Is there a difference between grid computing and clusters?
• And more

December 2006 - Video - (Download may take a few moments) Remote office branch office (ROBO) data protection - Discussion covering issues and challenges with timely data protection of ROBO and distributed data

November 2006 - Video - (Download may take a few moments) Remote site data protection with replication - Discussion pertaining to issues and challenges with providing timely data protection for remote sites.

October 2006 - Pod cast - (Download may take a few moments) Server and storage I/O performance gap: A discussion of issues and challenges with data center and storage consolidation and I/O performance gap challenges - Storage I/O performance bottlenecks and data center challenges, response time, performance, throughput, latency, service level and quality of service.