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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

Expectations with new Generation of DMX Technology

February 26, 2009 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

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. Here is my wish list or expectations on the new DMX Platform.

Filed Under: All, Storage Tagged With: BCV, Celerra, CLARiiON, cost, deduplication, DMX, dmx-3, dmx-4, DMX-5, ECC, efficiency, EMC, flash, iSCSI, management, performance, RAID, RAID-DP, RAID-S, SATA, Symmetrix

Extreme Cash Cow – Redux

February 23, 2009 By Martin Glassborow Leave a Comment

What are the challenges that SRM tools face? Is the problem one of scale and complexity? If you look at what we expect the SRM tool to do, we expect currently expect it to understand our storage environment end-to-end. So look at what an SRM tool needs to do.

Filed Under: All, Storage Tagged With: ECC, EMC, gestaltit, management, SanScreen, software, SRM

EMC Symmetrix: Bin File

Expectations with new Generation of DMX Technology

Extreme Cash Cow – Redux

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