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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. Some EMC … [Read more...]

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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 … [Read more...]

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Drobo Performance Stats

December 2, 2009 by Devang Panchigar 1 Comment

Some discussions on twitter last week triggered the topic of performance relating to the Drobo’s. This is the 5th consecutive post on Drobo Series of products. To read other Drobo related posts: Drobo S and DroboElite – Introduced 11/23/2009 Some very interesting articles on Drobo S … [Read more...]

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EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 and Symmetrix V-Max: Basic Differences

July 7, 2009 by Devang Panchigar 1 Comment

In this post we will cover some important aspects / properties / characteristics / differences between the EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 and EMC Symmetrix V-Max. It seems like a lot of users are searching on blog posts about this information. From a high level, I have tried to cover the differences in … [Read more...]

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