Martin "Storagebod" Glassborow suggests two reasons EMC reversed course on virtualizing behind the VMAX: Maintaining margin on controllers and adapting to a flash-filled world. Both are reasonable ideas... The speed of change in the spinning rust market appears to be slowing, certainly the … [Read more...]
The Last of the Dinosaurs? – Storagebod
May 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
EMC introduced their biggest, baddest Symmetrix today. Much of the commentary was the typical "speeds and feeds" regurgitation, but Martin "Storagebod" Glassborow didn't disappoint with his coverage. "Last of the Dinosaurs" pretty much sums up Martin's (and my own) opinion on this … [Read more...]
Storage in Cloud is Not the Centre of The Universe
May 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
"Cloud" isn't just a fancy term for a big datacenter, or even a multi-tenant one. Cloud is different, and it demands a different kind of storage. Chris Evans takes up this point in context of today's EMC World announcement of the Symmetrix VMAX 40K, a "monster of a storage array". For the last … [Read more...]
EMC Mixes Avamar Into Iomega ix12-300r
May 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Wandering the EMC World show floor was very revealing. Along with EMC’s new VPLEX, Chris Mellor and I spotted the unannounced SDRAM-based ZeusRAM SSD from STEC. While getting some hands-on time with Iomega’s new 12-drive storage array, I spotted an exciting but unannounced feature: The ix12-300r … [Read more...]
EMC’s Tough Road to the Post-Infrastructure Future
May 14, 2010 by 2 Comments
EMC is the 800 lb gorilla of the enterprise storage industry, but the company has much bigger plans. Although CEO Joe Tucci kicked off his keynote by claiming “We are an infrastructure company and proud of it,” EMC’s ambitions must go way beyond IT infrastructure. Each acquisition and strategy … [Read more...]
EMC VPLEX: New Device or Future Array?
May 13, 2010 by 2 Comments
Okay, some more riffing on the subject of VPLEX; just idle speculation and I expect either no comment or complete denial from EMC. In VPLEX, do we see the future of EMC storage? Or more accurately, do we see the future of Symmetrix? Is it the beginning of the end for Symmetrix and more … [Read more...]
STEC Spills the Beans on ZeusRAM SSD
May 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
STEC may not have been quite ready to reveal their next-generation ZeusRAM solid-state disk (SSD), but they are demonstrating it anyway at EMC World in Boston this week. The ZeusRAM is a fundamentally different animal from the existing ZeusIOPS drive in one critical way: Rather than using flash … [Read more...]
Bedtime Reading – EMC’s ISM Book
May 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If you're a virtualisation enthusiast like myself, you'll understand that we don't only need to know about virtualisation. We also need to know about all of the other IT areas that are incorporated into our virtual environment. Storage is a massive part of this. Whether your using iSCSI, FC SAN, NFS … [Read more...]
Lessons From the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo Prague 2009
May 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
What is the cloud? What will become of it? I spent May 17 and 18 in Prague at the Sys-Con Cloud Computing Conference and Expo exploring these questions with some of the smartest cloud-focused folks in Europe. The consensus: The IT world is changing and remote managed services are a big part of it. … [Read more...]