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EMC Symmetrix: VCMDB and ACLX

March 29, 2010 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

If you work with EMC Symmetrix systems, you know the importance of VCMDB. Introduced with Symmetrix 4.0 and used in every generation after that, VCMDB stands for Volume Control Manager Database). Also in the latest generation of systems the VCM device is at times also referenced as VCM Gatekeeper.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: 6 cylinder, 96 cylinder, Access Control Logix, Access Logix Clariion, ACLX, channels, DMX, dmx-3, dmx-4, DMX2, EMC Symmetrix, ESN Manager, Fibre, fibrepath, HBA, Host, hypers, Ionix Control Center, iSCSI, SFS Volumes, SMC, solutions enabler, splits, SYMAPI, Symcli, Symmetrix File System, V-Max, VCM, VCM Edit Director Flag, VCM Gatekeeper, vcmdb, Volume Control Manager Database, Volume Logix

EMC Symmetrix: Dynamic Hot Spares

July 23, 2009 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

There are two types of sparing strategies available on EMC Symmetrix Series of machines. In this post we will discuss the benefits and the criteria’s related to the use of Dynamic Hot Spares on EMC Symmetrix Systems.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: Bin File, DMX, DMX3, DMX4, Dynamic Hot Spares, EMC Symmetrix, Enginuity, hot spares, performance, Permanent Spares, RAID, Raid 1, raid 10, RAID 6, raid xp, RAID-5, Redundancy, spares, V-Max

EMC Symmetrix: Permanent Sparing

July 22, 2009 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

There are two types of sparing strategies available on EMC Symmetrix Series of machines. In this post we will discuss the benefits and the criteria’s related to the use of Permanent Spares on the EMC Symmetrix Systems.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: Bin File, DMX, DMX3, DMX4, Dynamic Hot Spares, EMC Symmetrix, Enginuity, hot spares, performance, Permanent Spares, RAID, Raid 1, raid 10, RAID 6, raid xp, RAID-5, Redundancy, spares, V-Max

EMC Symmetrix V-Max: Supported drive type

July 2, 2009 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

With the release of EMC Symmetrix V-Max systems, EMC introduced higher density EFD’s (Enterprise Flash Disks) than being supported on its predecessor, the EMC Symmetrix DMX-4.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: 5874, capacity, Drives Supported, EFD, EMC Symmetrix, Flash Disk, Mainframe, Open Systems, V-Max

EMC Symmetrix V-Max: Enginuity 5874

July 1, 2009 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

EMC Symmetrix V-Max systems were introduced back in the month of April 2009. With this new generation of Symmetrix came a new name V-Max and a new Enginuity family of microcode 5874.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: 5874, dmx-4, dynamic provisioning, EMC Symmetrix, Enginuity, microcode, provisioning, raid virtual architecture, solutions enabler, SRDF, Symmetrix Management Console, V-Max, virtual lun

EMC Symmetrix DMX-4: Supported Drive Types

June 30, 2009 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

In this blog post we will discuss the supported drive models for EMC Symmetrix DMX-4. Right before the release of Symmetrix V-Max systems, in early Feb 2009 we saw some added support for EFD’s (Enterprise Flash Disk) on the Symmetrix DMX-4 platform. The additions were denser 200GB and 400GB EFD’s.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: dmx-4, Drive Capacity, Drive Types, EFD, EMC Symmetrix, Flash Disk, Mainframe, Open Systems, V-Max

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