Hybrid Cloud Podcast Hybrid Cloud Podcast

In this episode, Chris chats to Anurag Gupta, co-founder at Calyptia about the requirements for system observability, specifically using Fluentd and Fluent Bit. Fluentd is a data collection tool, written in Ruby and C and used to collect data from multiple system types. Fluent Bit is a log collection tool written in C with an emphasis on efficiently collecting data from embedded Linux systems, including the IoT market. In this discussion Anurag explains the background to observability versus monitoring and how modern SaaS applications also need data to be collected and analysed. Data collection needs to be secure, filtered and obfuscated where necessary, to ensure PII or other sensitive data isn't leaked inadvertently. Calyptia manages Fluentd and Fluent Bit deployments, providing a SaaS portal to establish rules and policies on data sources, filtering and storage.







For more information, check out https://calyptia.com/ and https://www.fluentd.org/.







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Timeline









00:00:00 - Intros







00:02:40 - Microsoft loves Linux! (Now)







00:04:13 - What is Fluentd and Fluent Bit?







00:06:23 - Modern app complexity requires a greater depth - observability







00:08:30 - A filter system is required to highlight important metrics







00:09:16 - What data are customers typically collecting?







00:11:30 - SaaS applications also have observability requirements







00:13:58 - Why Fluentd and Fluent Bit?







00:16:08 - How much overhead does observability add?







00:19:12 - Fluentd/Fluent Bit are light touch solutions







00:19:40 - How are policies applied to data collection?







00:22:00 - Calyptia adds on enterprise-class management functionality







00:25:15 - Log data needs to be treated securely and safely, with “zero trust”







00:28:45 - Are there any gaps in log data collection?







00:32:15 - Calyptia supports Lua rules







00:33:30 - How is collected data visualised?







00:39:00 - Wrap Up

















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In this podcast recording, Chris talks to Manjusha Gangadharan (VP of Customer Engagement) and Kshitish Soman (Head of Product and Operations), both from the Lyve Cloud division of Seagate.

In this Hybrid Cloud episode, Chris talks to Andrew Moloney, CMO at SoftIron. SoftIron recently announced HyperCloud, a bespoke hardware and software package for building scalable private clouds.

This week, Chris chats with marketing expert Gina Minks to discuss whether superclouds really exist or are just another marketing term.

On the face of it, public cloud seems like a great place for long-term retention of unstructured data. However, as volumes of data stored rise, the cost of exiting the cloud cloud become prohibitively expensive. What's the right strategy to follow? In this discussion, Chris chats to Matt Starr from Spectralogic on how to build out a model of public/private cloud storage and the pitfalls to avoid in the process.

The public cloud offers new ways to consume IT resources, but what does it mean for the way in which businesses look at the cost of IT? On-premises vendors need to get more flexible and creative in the way they offer services to their customers. In this podcast episode, Chris talks to Eran Brown, EMEA CTO at Infinidat about the challenges of aligning on-premises and public cloud consumption from a financial, business and technical perspective.







Timeline







00:00 - Intros 02:00 - What does hybrid cloud storage mean? 03:00 - Cloud storage looks different in public cloud 05:00 - New features mean data mobility is required 07:00 - Avoid egress charges by using cloud-adjacent storage 08:00 - Standardise - or abstract? 12:00 - Pricing and internal procurement affect cloud usage 16:00 - Infinidat architecture allows flexibility to seed data centres 20:00 - Fast cars don’t need a 5 litre engine 24:00 - How do SMBs, mid-market and enterprises use hybrid? 26:40 - Does the Innovator’s Dilemma impact cloud adoption? 29:00 - Are MSPs at an advantage with hybrid cloud? 35:00 - What will Enterprises do for hybrid adoption? 38:00 - Wrap Up







Eran's Bio















Eran Brown is CTO, EMEA, at INFINIDAT.  With over 15 years in the storage industry, Brown has an extensive technical background in networking, security, virtualisation, Big Data tools and other critical infrastructure components. Having gained broad experience as a Pre-Sales Engineer at NetApp to a Senior Product Manager at INFINIDAT, Brown has proven results in leading technical sales activities and delivering new products to market. In addition to this, he has familiarised himself with the multiple verticals throughout his career including the financial sector, oil & gas, telecoms and software industry – assisting in the planning, design and deployment of scalable infrastructure to support business applications.















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