Storage is the most complex infrastructure element due to data gravity
Mike Matchett · a16z Podcast | The Storage Renaissance · Jan 2, 2019 · at 2:00
Industry expert Mike Matchett explains why persistent data management presents greater complexity than ephemeral cloud compute.
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“Storage is really the most complex part of that equation. It takes a lot of effort to protect data, to manage data. Data has gravity. It has momentum. It has Weight in history. So storage is really the critical piece to get right.”
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