Summary: In this show Nigel is joined by Ray Lucchesi of Silverton Consulting. Ray has spent his life in storage and is a real grey beard when it comes to storage technology. Ray puts out a monthly newsletter covering interesting things that have happened in the world of storage, as well as a roundup of some of the latest benchmark and performance news. In this show, Nigel and Ray discuss items from Rays newsletter, including - Is there any point to benchmarks Which benchmarks are good and which are not so good What Ray has found interesting from the world of performance benchmarks in the last few weeks IBM XIV - is it midrange or enterprise and how does it fair in SPC-2 benchmarks Why dont we see flash array vendors submitting SPC benchmarks Why doesn't EMC submit SPC benchmarks Once a month the Deep Dive podcast will review Rays newsletter, covering the most interesting technical news from the storage world
