{"id":10081,"date":"2021-08-23T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.penguinpunk.net\/blog\/?p=10081"},"modified":"2021-08-23T10:03:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T00:03:13","slug":"random-short-take-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.penguinpunk.net\/blog\/random-short-take-59\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Short Take #59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Random Short take #59.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve looked at Dell Technologies closely, but Tech Field Day recently ran an <a href=\"https:\/\/techfieldday.com\/event\/tfdxdell21\/\">event<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stingray92\">Pietro<\/a> put together a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vgeek.it\/2021\/08\/16\/dell-technologies-powerstore-the-storage-solution-with-vmware-at-its-heart-literally\/\">pretty comprehensive view<\/a> of what was covered.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_drbruced\">Dr Bruce Davie<\/a> is a smart guy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/08\/11\/decentralized_internet\/\">this article<\/a> over at El Reg on decentralising Internet services made for some interesting reading.<\/li>\n<li>Clean installs and Time Machine system recoveries on macOS aren&#8217;t as nice as they used to be. I found this out a day or two before <a href=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2021\/08\/11\/should-you-clean-install-big-sur-or-monterey\/\">this article<\/a> was published. It&#8217;s worth reading nonetheless, particularly if you want to get your head around the various limitations with Recovery Mode on more modern Apple machines.<\/li>\n<li>If you follow me on Instagram, you&#8217;ll likely realise I listen to records a lot. I don&#8217;t do it because they &#8220;sound better&#8221; though, I do it because it works for me as a more active listening experience. There are plenty of clowns on the Internet ready to tell you that it&#8217;s a &#8220;warmer&#8221; sound. They&#8217;re wrong. I&#8217;m not saying you should fight them, but if you find yourself in an argument <a href=\"https:\/\/avgadgets.com\/editorial-analogue-versus-digital-which-is-best\/\">this article<\/a> should help.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of technologies that have somewhat come and gone (relax &#8211; I&#8217;m joking!), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecting.it\/blog\/hci-market-segment\/\">this article<\/a> from Chris M. Evans on HCI made for some interesting reading. I always liked the &#8220;start small&#8221; approach with HCI, particularly when comparing it to larger midrange storage systems. But things have definitely changed when it comes to available storage and converged options.<\/li>\n<li>In news via press releases, <a href=\"https:\/\/datadobi.com\/\">Datadobi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210727005179\/en\/Datadobi-Announces-the-First-Truly-Vendor-Neutral-and-Scalable-Unstructured-Data-Mobility-Engine\">announced version 5.12 of its data mobility engine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaseweb.us\/\">Leaseweb Global<\/a> has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210802005129\/en\/Leaseweb-Global-Acquires-iWeb-To-Build-Significant-Market-Share-in-Canada\">made an announcement<\/a> about a new acquisition.<\/li>\n<li>Russ published <a href=\"https:\/\/rule11.tech\/the-grass-is-always-greener\/\">an interesting article<\/a> on new approaches to traditional problems. Speaking of new approaches, I was <a href=\"https:\/\/gestaltit.com\/podcast\/stephen\/when-is-it-time-to-scrap-everything-in-storage-and-start-over\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GestaltIT_All+%28Gestalt+IT+%C2%BB+All%29\">recently a guest on the On-Premise IT Podcast<\/a> discussing when it was appropriate to scrap existing storage system designs and start again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Random Short take #59. It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve looked at Dell Technologies closely, but Tech Field Day recently ran an event and Pietro put together a pretty comprehensive view of what was covered. 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