Data integrity is a concept that most sysadmins take for granted. What very few realize, however, is just how prevalent data corruption is, especially the silent variety. In this talk, the causes of data corruption and how they are typically detected (or not!) will be discussed. Along with this, we'll cover questions to ask your storage vendor, plus some simple tests that can be run on any system to ensure that your data is not falling victim to undetected corruption.
Bill Moore is President & CEO of DSSD, Inc., a stealth startup focused on creating the fastest and most reliable storage possible. Prior to his current role, he served as Chief Engineer of Storage at Sun Microsystems, developing next-generation storage systems. Bill also co-led the team that designed and developed Sun's innovative ZFS file system. Earlier in his career, he helped start 3PARdata, where he was involved in every aspect of the overall hardware and software design, and was a key member of the Sun Server team that developed the wildly successful SunFire line of servers. He has also been a member of the Technical Advisory Board at Nexenta Systems since 2010.
BibTeX
@conference {255707,
author = {Bill Moore},
title = {Data Integrity: You Might Not Have It },
year = {2012},
address = {San Diego, CA},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = dec
}
