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Author: Petros

Petros Koutoupis is the self appointed BDFL of the RapidDisk project. Most of his career has been in software development in the data storage industry. He is deeply involved in open source software development and for years has written code for the Linux kernel, various open source device drivers and applications in both the embedded and server spaces.
In the Data CenterPosted onFebruary 21, 2022May 4, 2022

Intel Optane: A Restrictive Licensing Model and the Half Billion Dollar Operating Loss in 2020

I have written about this technology before. It isn’t anything new. Now, a little over a week ago, it was revealed that in the year…

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MiscellaneousPosted onFebruary 18, 2022February 17, 2022

Weekly Roundup – 18 February, 2022

RAID expansion comes to OpenZFS at last Source: The Register ZFS has been around for 16 years and has a solid reputation, but it does…

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Cloud ComputingPosted onFebruary 11, 2022

RapidDisk 8.1.0 now available

RapidDisk is an advanced Linux RAM Disk which consists of a collection of modules and an administration tool. Features include: Dynamically allocate RAM as block…

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MiscellaneousPosted onFebruary 11, 2022February 10, 2022

Weekly Roundup – 11 February, 2022

Weebit Nano Demos Crossbar ReRAM Arrays Source: StorageNewsletter Weebit Nano Ltd. announced that, with its development partner CEA-Leti, it has demonstrated its first operational crossbar…

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Software DevelopmentPosted onFebruary 10, 2022February 9, 2022

How Software Developers Get Creative and Improvise

Two days ago, I was going through a desk drawer filled with computer cables, adapters and drives and stumbled upon a tool that proved to…

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Cool ProjectsPosted onFebruary 8, 2022February 7, 2022

I took Manjaro Linux for a spin and it was absolutely delightful…

This past weekend and with the help of a very patient user, I was working through a set of bugs and enhancements for my RapidDisk…

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MiscellaneousPosted onFebruary 4, 2022February 4, 2022

Reality 2.0 Episode 98: You Win Some, You Lose Some (Billions)

New episode of the Reality 2.0 podcast is uploaded and out today: Reality 2.0 Episode 98: You Win Some, You Lose Some (Billions). Tune in…

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MiscellaneousPosted onFebruary 4, 2022February 3, 2022

Weekly Roundup – 4 February, 2022

VMware fixes vSphere release it pulled, sorts out Log4j while it’s at it Source: The Register VMware has restored availability of vSphere 7 Update, a…

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In the Data CenterPosted onFebruary 3, 2022February 2, 2022

Software Defined Storage: Does the model still work?

I recently stumbled on an article from last year, VAST Data, an SSD-focused single tier universal storage company made the announcement that they would be…

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BSDPosted onJanuary 31, 2022January 29, 2022

Why Do We Continue to Clone the MacOS?

Professionally, I use macOS. It has been one of two options given by my employers and I need a Unix environment to be productive. I…

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