Dr. Doug Milburn President and founder of 45 Drives joins the Ask Noah Show to talk storage with their lead storage architect Mitch Hall!
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01:40 News Wire
Red Hat OptaPlanner
Red Hat (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-build-optaplanner-now-available-red-hat-application-foundations)
Kubescape
SDX Central (https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/interview/cncf-accepts-kubescape-as-inaugural-open-source-security-scanner/2023/01/)
Kodi 20 Nexus
Liliputing (https://liliputing.com/kodi-20-nexus-media-center-adds-support-for-av1-multiple-instances-of-add-ons-and-more/)
GNU Cash 5.0
9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/gnucash-5-0-accounting-software-promises-new-stock-transaction-assistant-more)
Libvirt 9
Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/libvirt-9.0)
Unity 7.7 Getting UnityX
Tux Machines (http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/12/Unity_7_7_Desktop_Environment_to_Get_a_UnityX_Flavor_with_Wayla.shtml)
Gnome 42.8
Ubuntu Free (https://www.ubuntufree.com/gnome-42-8-enables-atomic-mode-setting-for-nvidia-gbm-improves-wayland-and-amdgpu-support-9to5linux/)
EndlessOS
Endless OS (https://community.endlessos.com/t/beta-release-endless-os-5-0-0-beta2/19745)
MX Linux 21.3
Beta (https://betanews.com/2023/01/15/mx-linux-213-wildflower-debian/)
6.0 Kernel EOL
Linux Security (https://linuxsecurity.com/news/security-projects/linux-kernel-6-0-reaches-end-of-life-users-urged-to-upgrade-to-linux-6-1)
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Sec Lists (https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q1/20)
Kernel Branch to Remove MS RNDIS
Its Foss (https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-disable-microsoft-rndis/)
System76 Tease
Notebook Check (https://www.notebookcheck.net/System76-teases-beefy-Pangolin-Linux-laptop-update-with-Ryzen-7-6800U.681856.0.html)
System76 (https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin-teaser)
ZSWatch
GitHub (https://github.com/jakkra/ZSWatch)
03:50 45 Drives Interview
Dr. Doug Milburn - President and Founder
Mitch Hall - Lead Storage Architech
What is 45 Drives, why did you start 45 Drives?
Protocase (https://www.protocase.com/)
Backblaze & Netflix
Who is your target market?
High performance clustering
Video production/post production
Government
General file storage
What is your value prop?
Typically 1/5 the price
Best performance
No vendor lock-in
Flexibility
Expertise - source of knowledge
Cloud vs On Prem Storage
Cloud works for small data sets with a good "pipe"
On Prem is cheaper and more practical for large data sets
Why Commit to Open Source?
Better model
Only right to give back
Huston UI
Cockpit Modules
Benchmark
Navigator
File sharing
Identity
ZFS
Ceph deploy
45 Drives GitHub (https://github.com/45drives)
45 Drives Repo (ttps://repo.45drives.com/)
Huston UI
Terminal works
GUI works
How does 45 Drives Scale?
4 nodes minimum for Ceph
Single server Linux & ZFS
Can migrate from single server to ceph cluster
Look forward
Clustering vs Single Server
How do you handle data integrity?
Get rid of data zoo
Harden root
Raid - drive failure
Off site back up - disaster recovery
Snapshots - ransomware
ZFS Send/Receive
Company Culture
I want to create a company I want to work at
People are happy when they can contribute/help/serve people
Business is a conduit for money
Tackle anything but be upfront about capabilities/experience
Provide excellent experience and service
Customer decides success
45 Drives Cool or Wow Projects
CA Wild Fire Project
Brain Scanning
High Performance Projects
Changing the life of small projects
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