Tag Archives: Performance

What's holding back the cloud?

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Ray

Steve Duplessie’s recent post on how the lack of scarcity will be a gamechanger got me thinking. Free is good but the simplicity of the user/administrative interface is worth paying for. And it’s that simplicity that pays off for me. … Continue reading →

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Tape v Disk v SSD v RAM

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Ray

There was a time not long ago when the title of this post wouldn’t have included SSD. But, with the history of the last couple of years, SSD has earned its right to be included. A couple of years back … Continue reading →

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