Welcome back to the final episode of Engineers Unplugged, Season 3! It's been quite a ride. This week, we take another viewpoint on the hot topic of software defined storage with Mike Slisinger (@slisinger) and Vaughn Stewart (@vstewed). Starting from the application owner's perspective, this is a great 101 on the choices made on the road to the data center of the future. Let's listen in:

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