Timber
topic on 2 shows · 6 statements across 2 episodes · said 5 times in 1 episodes since 2018
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Heller: Whiskey barrel pricing predictably appreciates compared to traditional commodities
“You never know how steep or how flat that aging curve might be, but it is typically positively sloped. Whereas some other commodities can be up, can be down, you know, if you didn't sell your corn or your wheat or your timber this year, next year you might be …”
Ben Johnson: Timber struggled to scale Elasticsearch past multiple terabytes
“What we found though is that while it was good getting started, we encountered a lot of challenges with it, especially when we started to cross over into the multiple terabyte range. And we had a lot of trouble scaling it.”
Ben Johnson: Real-time data processing was a major challenge with Elasticsearch
“So being being real-time and processing this data was really important, and that was a real challenge with Elasticsearch.”
Sherman: Timber reduced its data pipeline costs by about 90%
“And we actually reduce the cost of our pipeline by about 90% by doing this.”
Sherman: Expensive Splunk bills are one of Timber's most common customer complaints
“One of the most common complaints that we hear is how expensive people's Splunk bills are. Can't tell you how many times I've heard that.”