There has been a big chatter about the next generation of EMC machines. After the initial release of DMX-3’s in 2005 and then the DMX-4’s in 2007, next generation DMX is almost due now. With latest announcements from NetApp, IBM and EMC (Next Generation Celerra) in early Feb 2009, EMC's DMX … [Read more...]
Is DMX The Worst Array for Wastage?
February 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
As part of my work with Storage Fusion, I’m reporting on capacity and utilisation figures for different array vendors. Part of this includes analysing exceptions and wastage. DMX and Symmetrix seem to have more issues than any other platform. Is this by design? I guess I should define … [Read more...]
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Storage Automation
February 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The first storage performance horseman is spindles: If you don’t have enough disk units, performance will suffer. I have been laying out storage on enterprise arrays since the dark ages, and one of the first lessons I learned was allocating data to avoid hotspots. I remember spending hours back … [Read more...]