#CFD21 Qumulo firing up …

#CFD21 panelist ignite talks firing up feed is; linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

#CFD21 VMware is firing up soon…

New GBoS podcast: Cubbit is a Geo-distributed/Geo-fenced S3 compatible object storage where the customer supplies the hardware and Cubbit the software. Presently avalilable in Europe only, it will be coming to the USA in 2025. See greybeardsonstorage.com/2024/11/04/167…

Been reading the book “Nexus” by Yuval Noah Harari, it’s a petty wide ranging and is of major import to all of us technologists today. I’d suggest all of us read it and encourage others to do so.

Information networks in stories and printed documents has helped expand human society way beyond the tribe. But a new, non-human actor information network exists today. AI has already caused significant societal disruption and it's not going to stop here. silvertonconsulting.com/2024/11/22/nex…

Ongoing ocean sensing is a crucial need for the world's scientific community. Silverton Space will pivot to supplying this need as a 1st step to eventually orbiting cubesats. (see: silvertonconsulting.com/2024/12/18/sil…)

Our GreyBeards Yearend podcast is now out. It's always been one of our more popular podcasts. This year Howard's back for a special guest appearance. We discuss Agentic AI as well as AI's impact on IT infrastructure in the talk... see: greybeardsonstorage.com/2024/12/30/168…

GreyBeards talk Agentic AI with Kamiwaza's CEO, Luke Norris. The world of large enterprise IT is about to undergo another revolution and Kamiwaza AI seems to be leading the charge. Check out: greybeardsonstorage.com/2025/02/14/169…

is slack down. I'm getting

funny maybe it's just macOS, it works on iPhone

Researchers are using Factorio, a factory making game to benchmark AI agents. I find this both a very good and extremely scary... see: silvertonconsulting.com/2025/03/13/ben…

We discuss a new article, "Welcome to the Era of Experience" which depicts an approach to attain super-human intelligence for LLM agents. see: silvertonconsulting.com/2025/04/18/rew…

Deepmind's AlphaEvolve uses genetic and other techniques via Gemini to evolve code for the better. It evaluates changes using supplied scoring algorithms and has resulted in many advances in mathematics, coding, digital design, etc.. see: silvertonconsulting.com/2025/05/21/alp…

Nietzsche's, the "Last Man", is a future where automation & technology leads to a life of unchallenged leisure, devoid of struggle and growth. AGI and SuperIntelligence, at best will lead to the Last Man, at worst, to the end of humanity. silvertonconsulting.com/2025/05/30/agi…

During MinIO 's Cloud Field Day 23 (CFD23#) presentation they questioned whether object storage gateways offered strong consistency for large objects. The post discusses my take on this. see: silvertonconsulting.com/2025/06/18/str…

Wrote a post on The curse of Scale and AGI, Scale has worked wonders for current LLM regardless of cost. But at some point scale can't help anymore. The time is near to consider alternatives to scale, especially as we attempt to create AGI. see silvertonconsulting.com/2025/08/13/the…

At FMS25 there was lots of discussion on HBM, QLC&SCM SSDs, UAlink/UEC, UCIe for SSDs and liquid cooled m.2 SSDs, listen to the podcast to learn more: greybeardsonstorage.com/2025/08/20/170…

At #AIIFD3, @Hammerspace discussed OFP, redefining NAS for more SSD capacity, ubiquitous compute & extreme bandwidth for AI. The DPU-based NFSv3 server will supply up to 24PB in 1RU with coming E2(E) SSDs, directly addressing AI storage performance. See: silvertonconsulting.com/2025/09/19/ham…

SNIA's Storage.AI is addressing AI data challenges via industry standards. Dr. J discussed current SNIA work helping to address AI IO challenges. The standards process is not the only way forward but often it can help industry advance. See: greybeardsonstorage.com/2025/10/03/171…