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By: David Byte

June 5, 2015 8:37 am

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Software Defined Storage Trajectory and SUSE

All of the analysts are predicting big things from Software Defined Storage (SDS) over the next several years.  In fact, some analysts are even predicting some very hard times for some of the traditional storage vendors.  This is all based on the tremendous pushback that is occurring against expensive, proprietary hardware based arrays […]

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By: Matthias G. Eckermann

June 14, 2013 9:23 am

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Sieste – Siesta: Snap Before a Nap

After enjoying a rich Menu du jour with green snapper and vegetables, probably served with some white wine, you may want to get some rest. In France "Sieste", also known as "Siesta" in Italy and Spain, is a tradition that unfortunately is not common in other countries, such as Germany. It seems to […]

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By: Matthias G. Eckermann

May 3, 2013 3:30 pm

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Menu du jour: Vivaneau vert sur lit de légumes au beurre et suprêmes de pamplemousse

Vivaneau vert... Called "Aprion virescens" in Latin, "Uku" in Micronesia, and "green jobfish" in English, "vivaneau vert" is a tasty table fish. It's also called "blue-green snapper," and thus shares its name and color with the other Snapper that is very familiar to the SUSE communities. Snapper is a […]

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By: Gerald Pfeifer

November 11, 2010 4:38 pm

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ext4: Still Not There Yet – And Not Worth It Anyway

When reading Ext4 Within Striking Distance of XFS the other day, I could not help virtually patting Matthias Eckermann, who owns the storage strategy for SUSE Linux Enterprise on my team, and our file system engineers led by Jeff Mahoney on their backs. This is a nice confirmation of us shipping XFS as a supported […]

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By: Matthias G. Eckermann

August 10, 2010 8:20 am

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Data is Customers' Gold!

Data is Customers' Gold, the Operating System the Bank, the Filesystem the Vault. Discussing "Choice" last year, I already mentioned that we are proud to have certified all primary local filesystems in SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 (ext3, xfs, reiserfs) with major storage systems, and provide the best scaling choice for storage from desktop […]

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