Author: Robert Pankow
Simplyblock's blog brings you the latest of storage, cloud, and thought leadership
Rob Pankow
Jun 05th, 2024 | 6 min read
Simplyblock vs. Ceph: Choosing Modern Storage
When evaluating software-defined storage, Simplyblock and Ceph stand out as two major contenders. While Ceph has long been a default choice for many cloud and enterprise environments, its architecture
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Rob Pankow
Apr 30th, 2024 | 9 min read
AI Storage: How To Build Scalable Data Infrastructures for AI workloads?
AI workloads bring new requirements to your AI storage infrastructure, marking a significant change compared to the “ML era” of Big Data storage. The average scale of an AI dataset is multiple tim
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Rob Pankow
Apr 17th, 2024 | 7 min read
Block Storage Volume Pooling for the Cloud-Age
If you have services running in the AWS, you’ll eventually need block storage to store data. Services like Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Storage) provide block storage to be used in your EC2 instances,
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Rob Pankow
Mar 13th, 2024 | 6 min read
The Next-Gen of Storage Virtualization for Modern Cloud Computing
What is Storage Virtualization? Storage virtualization, as a concept, has been around for about 60 years now. However, it became more prominent and practical with the advancement of computing technolo
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Rob Pankow
Apr 05th, 2023 | 3 min read
Simplyblock for AWS – Performance Test
Introduction At simplyblock.io we have recently conducted a performance test on our NVMe-oF storage solution on AWS. The results showcase remarkable performance capabilities, solidifying its position
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Rob Pankow
Apr 05th, 2023 | 2 min read
Simplyblock for AWS – Whitepaper
Simplyblock has recognized the limitations of conventional cloud storage services, specifically AWS Elastic Block Storage (EBS) , and has introduced a groundbreaking alternative. This whitepaper prese
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Rob Pankow
Apr 05th, 2023 | 2 min read
Simplyblock for AWS (demo videos)
Introduction We have recently conducted a demo showcasing capabilities of simplyblock’s high-perfromance block storage on the AWS platform. The demo offers a glimpse into the seamless integratio
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Rob Pankow
Feb 27th, 2023 | 3 min read
Reducing cloud costs by 30%: a case study on relational databases with hybrid cloud
The benefits of a hybrid cloud operating model are obvious: take the best of both worlds . Flexibility, fast time-to-market, cost-effective high availability and a huge variety of great platform servi
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