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EMC Symmetrix: Bin File

March 22, 2010 By Devang Panchigar 2 Comments

EMC Symmetrix BIN file, largely an unknown topic in the storage industry and practically there is no available information related to it. This post is just an attempt to shed some light as to what a BIN file is, how it works, what’s in it and why is it essential with the Enginuity code.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: back end, Bin File, binary file, bus, CKD, Directors, dmx-4, Drives, e-lab navigator, ECC, EMC, Engines, Enginuity Code, ESCON, FC, FICON, flags, front end, gbe, IML, IMPL, Ionix, loop, memory, osd, Ports, rf, Serial Number, Slots, SMC, solutions enabler, SRDF, SYMAPI, Symcli, Symmetrix, Symmetrix Management Console, V-Max, Volumes, VPN

FAST: Features, Drawbacks, Applications and some Questions

December 11, 2009 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

FAST (FULLY AUTOMATED STORAGE TIERING). FAST made a debut in the storage market yesterday (12/08/09). Finally after the market buzz we got a preview of the product in terms of its features, functionality, characteristics, possible shortcomings and use cases. This blog post focuses on the features, the drawbacks and some applications around FAST. By no means is this a comprehensive or an exhaustive list of the above.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: "in-the-box", "out-of-box", 5874, Advanced Tiering Storage management, Atmos, ATSM, average I/O, Celerra NS, Centera, CKD, CLARiiON, configuration, CX4, Data center, Drives, FAST, FAST LUN Migrator, FBA, Fibre, flash, Fully Automated Storage Tiering, IOPS, LUN, Mainframe, multitenancy, Naviseccli, Navisphere Analyzer, Open Systems, policy, Private Clouds, Rainfinity file management / VE, Rainfinity File management appliance, Raw capacity, Release 29, SATA, SLA, storage groups, Symcli, Symmetrix Management Console, Symmetrix V-Max Thick provisioning, vblock, virtual provisioning

EMC Symmetrix: Bin File

FAST: Features, Drawbacks, Applications and some Questions

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