Comments on: Enterprise Computing: Seagate Announces new Constellation Hard Drives http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2009/02/04/enterprise-computing-seagate-announces-new-constellation-hard-drives/ Storage and Virtualisation Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:54:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: chrismevans http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2009/02/04/enterprise-computing-seagate-announces-new-constellation-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-558 chrismevans Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:01:57 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/enterprise-computing-seagate-announces-new-constellation-hard-drives/#comment-558 Pete I'd hope the array vendors see the value in some products - after all EMC single-sourced SSDs from STEC, to my knowledge. If they were prepared to do that, then there's no excuse for not using 2.5" form factors etc. Good skating - by the way! I'm not intending to replicate your sub-ice evaluation.... :-) Pete

I’d hope the array vendors see the value in some products – after all EMC single-sourced SSDs from STEC, to my knowledge. If they were prepared to do that, then there’s no excuse for not using 2.5″ form factors etc. Good skating – by the way! I’m not intending to replicate your sub-ice evaluation…. :-)

]]> By: Pete Steege http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2009/02/04/enterprise-computing-seagate-announces-new-constellation-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Pete Steege Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:58:19 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/enterprise-computing-seagate-announces-new-constellation-hard-drives/#comment-557 Chris, I like your point about multiple sourcing as a dumb-down influence. IT's an appropriate and constant pressure on innovation. Seems to me though that its importance is directly proportional to how commoditized the product is. If a drive has true unique value, it gets some play even as a single source product. Second sources then are motivated to get in on it, and come in just in time for mainstream market adoption. That's the hope at least! Chris,
I like your point about multiple sourcing as a dumb-down influence. IT’s an appropriate and constant pressure on innovation.

Seems to me though that its importance is directly proportional to how commoditized the product is. If a drive has true unique value, it gets some play even as a single source product. Second sources then are motivated to get in on it, and come in just in time for mainstream market adoption.

That’s the hope at least!

]]> By: Chris M Evans http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2009/02/04/enterprise-computing-seagate-announces-new-constellation-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Chris M Evans Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:12:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/enterprise-computing-seagate-announces-new-constellation-hard-drives/#comment-556 Nigel<br/><br/>I was meaning, array vendors will say that they can't adopt a new HDD technology if only one disk vendor sells or makes it. They want multiple suppliers which dumb's down the array vendors to using only the common features provided by more than one supplier.<br/><br/>Hope you are managing some sleep! Nigel

I was meaning, array vendors will say that they can’t adopt a new HDD technology if only one disk vendor sells or makes it. They want multiple suppliers which dumb’s down the array vendors to using only the common features provided by more than one supplier.

Hope you are managing some sleep!

]]> By: Administrator http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2009/02/04/enterprise-computing-seagate-announces-new-constellation-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Administrator Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:56:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/enterprise-computing-seagate-announces-new-constellation-hard-drives/#comment-555 hi chris, im having a slow day as a result of my new daughter being nocturnal..... so hopefully i dont sound too dumb here. what do you mean when you say "multiple supplier" argument will be used as an excuse not to adopt this technology??<br/><br/>Nigel hi chris, im having a slow day as a result of my new daughter being nocturnal….. so hopefully i dont sound too dumb here. what do you mean when you say “multiple supplier” argument will be used as an excuse not to adopt this technology??

Nigel

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