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What's this vVNX you speak of? ;-)
Commented May 2, 2014 on Observation: the power of simple (but sometimes ignorant) arguments. at Virtual Geek
Observation: the power of simple (but sometimes ignorant) arguments.
Preamble #1: Warning – this post is long-ish, and as usual a little rambly. Preamble #2 While this post is indeed triggered by something specific (a competitor’s blog post targeting EMC trying to wrap in the “david vs. goliath” meme – a trope that is an easy one to rally around), I think it’s g...
Partner access soon for EMC Architect? :-)
Commented Apr 2, 2014 on Two “Big Deals” – EMC Architect Tool, and a HUGE new way to get EMC software. at Virtual Geek
Two “Big Deals” – EMC Architect Tool, and a HUGE new way to get EMC software.
On last week’s “Speaking in Tech” episode (it’s one of my favorite podcasts – sometimes silly, sometimes insightful, but always fun – subscribe here), Greg asked me what is going on in my gig – and I mentioned that I was learning (“hand over fist”) about trying to help and guide a large org. Som...
@Andrew Fidel -- this is the whole point of FAST Cache (or at least most of the point). While you can't increase the main array cache, you can augment it to pretty massive degree with FAST Cache.
Commented Apr 18, 2011 on VNX = the worlds biggest, most bad a$$, swiss-army knife storage. at Virtual Geek
VNX = the worlds biggest, most bad a$$, swiss-army knife storage.
And by the title of the post, you know my blog posts aren’t ever approved by anyone :-) Putting it into basic terms… VNX = 3x MORE EFFICIENT, 3x FASTER, 3x SIMPLER What’s the VNX scoop in a nutshell? VNX was code-named “Culham”. It’s a small village in the UK, but that small village also...
I'm pretty sure you can actually get the most recent version of Converter from VMware to produce aligned VMs -- you need to precreate the vmdk with an aligned partition and then point VMware Converter at an existing vmdk rather than creating one from scratch. A bit tedious but feasible (and not too bad if you create the vmdk thin and copy it as needed).
Commented Apr 10, 2011 on Current Status, An Update, and a Look to the Future of Alignment at The Virtual Storage Guy
Current Status, An Update, and a Look to the Future of Alignment
It has been one year to the date since the last time I authored a post on the topic of partition alignment. I think its fair to state this issue has gained awareness over the last year thanks to posts from a number of industry experts such as Duncan Epping, Aaron Delp, and Chad Sakac just to na...
I'd be very curious to have you do some in-depth comparison on Compellent's tiering (can handle shortstroking, etc.) vs. FAST on VMAX.
Realizing of course that Compellent and VMAX don't really compete in the same space...
Commented Mar 31, 2011 on 3.022: powerful, trusted and smart...meet dumb and dumber at the storage anarchist
3.022: powerful, trusted and smart...meet dumb and dumber
So I posted back in January a two-part review of the key differentiating features and capabilities that make VMAX Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools (FAST VP) so much better than anything any competitor has put forth to date (or since, for that matter). If you missed the posts, 3....
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