Joe Onisick did a great job laying out the various datacenter network overlay technologies in this Show Me "chalk talk" presentation. … [Read more...]
End user self service event | vinfrastructure.it
January 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Andrea Mauro blogs about Microsoft's new MTA certification: Note that actually there isn’t a specific track for virtualization and is not clear if a Virtualization Fundamentals will be introduced or not. Note also that now there are two different “associate” level: the new MTA and the … [Read more...]
Fun and Games with VDR and Snapshots | vNinja.net
January 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Christian Mohn writes about his challenge with VMware Data Recovery (VDR) and orphaned snapshots: I recently visited a client who had problems with their VDR appliance, and every attempted backup left orphaned snapshots behind. By default VDR has a retry interval of 30 minutes for failed backups … [Read more...]
Storage QoS In The Cloud (Chris Evans)
January 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this post Chris writes about Storage I/O control in Cloud offering and on Storage arrays: QoS on Storage To my knowledge, today only SolidFire offers a storage array capable of delivering quality of service for I/O. All other devices aim to deliver IOPS as fast as possible, usually with … [Read more...]
Happy new year
January 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
First of all we want to wish you all a happy and healthy 2013. During the last couple of months this blog has been a bit quiet, so Stephen and Arjan concluded GestaltIT.com needed a refresh. To do this we (Stephen Foskett and Arjan Timmerman) want GestaltIT.com to be a gateway to your … [Read more...]
Druva Launches at Tech Field Day 5
February 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Tech Field Day staff have added live streaming from Tech Field Day 5 in San Jose this week. Tech Field Day always includes innovative companies and sometimes sees launches, but it's rare to have a company launch itself at an event like this. Nimble Storage was successful in using our 2010 … [Read more...]
NetEx Joins the Roster of Tech Field Day Presenters
January 12, 2011 by 2 Comments
Every Tech Field Day includes a surprise for me, and our February event is no exception. I always try to broaden the range of my experience beyond enterprise storage, but it's tempting to lump companies into overly-broad categories: This company is in security, that one is in networking, and the … [Read more...]
Data Robotics Is First Three-Time Tech Field Day Presenter
January 5, 2011 by 1 Comment
Tech Field Day has come a long way since the first event back in 2009. The hectic rush to pull together delegates, presenters, and logistics has been replaced by a steady and predictable process. A crew of professionals has been assembled to make everything happen smoothly, from contracts and … [Read more...]
Announcing Tech Field Day 5: Returning to Silicon Valley in February 2011!
December 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
Gestalt IT is pleased to announce our next Tech Field Day event. The Field Day delegates will convene in and around San Jose, CA on February 9 and 10, 2011. There, they will engage some of the most innovative and interesting IT infrastructure companies, with leading enterprise software provider, … [Read more...]
Thoughts On A Dell Acquisition Of Compellent
December 9, 2010 by 10 Comments
The news came out this morning that Dell is in exclusive talks to acquire network storage specialist Compellent for just under $900 million. I will leave it to the real reporters to track the ups and downs of the story; what piques my interest is the value Dell gets from Compellent's technology and … [Read more...]