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## [Podcast #153: ServerPartDeals CEO Max Manekia on Refurbished Drives as Supply Chain Strategy](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-153-serverpartdeals-ceo-max-manekia-refurbished-drives-supply-chain-strategy)

by Harold Fritts on September 29, 2026

Brian recently sat down with Max Manekia, CEO of ServerPartDeals, at the company’s facility in Sanford, Florida, on the same trip that produced our ServerPartDeals facility tour. We’ve been a ServerPartDeals customer for years. Brian put them on our drive leaderboard not long after they opened their doors in 2010, and our 2025 look at

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## [Podcast #152: Data Center Thermal Dynamics and Cooling Architectures With Tim Shedd](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-152-data-center-thermal-dynamics-and-cooling-architectures-with-tim-shedd)

by Harold Fritts on August 27, 2026

Brian recently caught up with Tim Shedd, an expert in thermal management and a pioneer in liquid cooling technologies. The podcast covers some of the historical aspects of data center liquid cooling, from Tim’s time working with Cray and spraying liquid across tubes to his more recent engagement with Dell’s PowerEdge XE9680. ﻿ Tim Shedd

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## [Podcast #150: HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000: Meeting Cyber Attacks Head-On](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-150-hpe-alletra-storage-mp-b10000-meeting-cyber-attacks-head-on)

by Harold Fritts on July 13, 2026

Brian connected with HPE’s Dan Gardner to follow up on HPE Discover and go into more detail on the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000. ﻿ Dan is the Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and considers himself a security nerd. Dan joined HP in 2017 in hardware technical support, then moved into a

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## [Podcast #149: Dell PowerStore Elite: Hands-on Deep Dive From the Hopkinton Lab](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-149-dell-powerstore-elite-hands-on-deep-dive-from-the-hopkinton-lab)

by Harold Fritts on May 29, 2026

The Storage Review team visited the Dell campus in Hopkinton to go hands-on with the latest advancements in enterprise storage. This podcast takes place in one of our favorite places, the Hopkinton Dell Lab. Brian connects with Scott Delandy, an Engineering Technologist at Dell, for this interaction to go in-depth on the PowerStore Elite. This

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## [Podcast #148: LinkedIn Live – AI is a Data Problem](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-148-linkedin-live-ai-is-a-data-problem)

by Harold Fritts on May 21, 2026

StorageReview has published several review pieces and a podcast based on research conducted at Oregon State University. You can find links to those articles at the bottom of this transcript. The articles have generated significant interest not only in research but also across the vendor community. The conversation then expanded to how educators use and

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## [Podcast #147: Inside HPE’s New Model for High-Performance Data Protection](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-147-inside-hpes-new-model-for-high-performance-data-protection)

by Harold Fritts on March 3, 2026

In this week’s podcast, Brian journeyed to Raleigh to visit with HPE’s Chad Bowninger. Chad is Principal Product Manager for Solutions focused on HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 and the new data protection accelerator node (DPAN). This is a casual conversation despite the technical topic. Chad even brought in a sofa to make it even

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## [Podcast #145: Why Edge AI Matters with Oregon State University](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-145-why-edge-ai-matters-with-oregon-state-university)

by Harold Fritts on December 29, 2025

If you follow StorageReview regularly, you might have seen the piece on the OSU Ocean Study in real time. We spoke with Chris Sullivan, Director of Research and Academic Computing at Oregon State University, to better understand how technology helps researchers study ocean life and how that impacts the global environment. Brian met up with

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## [Podcast #144: 300 GB/s in One Dell PowerEdge R7725xd](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-144-300-gb-s-in-one-dell-poweredge-r7725xd)

by Harold Fritts on November 24, 2025

At the SC25 event in St. Louis, Brian caught up with his long-time friend Mark Klarzynski, founder and acting CTO at PEAK:AIO. If you have been following StorageReview, then you may be familiar with our coverage of PEAK:AIO, from regular news coverage to medical AI to animal conservation. ﻿ As Mark explains, he has “spent

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## [Podcast #143: KIOXIA 245TB SSDs Are Here!](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-143-kioxia)

by Harold Fritts on November 16, 2025

KIOXIA’s Maulik Sompura joins Brian for an in-depth, informative discussion about all things flash and other industry events. The topic is timely and relevant, given the massive expansion of AI and modern workloads. ﻿ Maulik Sompura is the Senior Staff Director—Product Planning and Management at KIOXIA, with over 13 years of experience in NAND, memory,

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## [Podcast #142: What’s Next For Storage in the AI Era?](https://www.storagereview.com/podcast/podcast-142)

by Harold Fritts on November 12, 2025

Brian and crew recently landed in Montreal to tour the Hypertec lab facility and witness some interesting immersion-cooling trends with the leader in the field. Following the lab tour and product demos, Brian sits down with Scott Shadley, Director of Leadership Narrative at Solidigm. Scott and Brian have a lively, candid discussion as they trace

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