Sphere 3D Corp. (ANY)

[Orion Nebula]

Struft, Thanks for the great info. I have been looking into the storage piece a bit and it seems flash is the latest and greatest. Nunantix has benefitted from their converged solution that relies on flash although they too use other media for data that is not hot.

Also, I have learned that flash has issues in that it is slow to write. It also has limited capability for rewrites. These limitations, plus the material you have referenced, make me feel the best solution is a blend of storage technologies, each type positioned to the data in a hierarchy based on frequency of use. In that regard it seems we are in good shape. I am especially reassured by your reference to PB's work with Flash so we are in some sense in on that game and likely can beef that up even more if there is any benefit to be gained from doing so.

I listened to the Cube discussion you referenced and like how we are set up for the deep storage needs of customers. Tape has its place.

Thanks again that was valuable information.