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Bryan Cantrill from Joyent on Manta: internet-facing object storage facility that features compute

AI Council · talk · Watch on YouTube

Databases & storageCloud, DevOps & reliabilityOperating systems & kernels

What it is

Bryan Cantrill of Joyent presents Manta, an internet-facing object store that lets you run compute directly on the data. The talk is peppered with ZFS history and Cantrill's trademark commentary on the industry.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends Cantrill talks generally for their mix of industry history, technical depth and entertaining delivery, and this one is a favorite for storage and data integrity threads.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “I recommend checking out this video [1] from Bryan Cantrill.”

    Manta talk with ZFS history and typical Cantrill rant

    gbrown_, 2017-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Silent Data Corruption Is Real”

  2. “I highly recommend any talk you can find of Bryan Cantrill. A wonderful mix of industry history and great delivery.”

    Mix of industry history and great delivery

    kbenson, 2017-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Xenserver 7.3: Changes to the Free Edition”

  3. “you may want to check out my FutureStack presentation from last year.[1]”

    Introduction to Manta from its creator

    bcantrill, 2014-11 · Recommendation · in “SmartDataCenter and Manta are now open source”

  4. “You might enjoy this talk by Bryan Cantrill”

    Cantrill's colorful Oracle allegory rant

    Flenser, 2015-08 · Recommendation · in ““Stop reverse engineering our code””

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: manta, bryan cantrill, zfs, joyent, data integrity, oracle

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