EMC VFCache (aka “Project Lightning”) Is One Small Step, But an Important One

EMC will today unveil a new product, and will no doubt attract a great deal of press. The modest technical capabilities of VFCache 1.0 limit its use case, but the announcement is big news, since it marks EMCs first foray into the hot server-attached storage market. EMC VFCache is a Simple Read … [Read more...]

Nimbus E-Class: The First Big, Redundant, All-Flash Enterprise Array

Today’s announcement of the E-Class storage array is an important milestone for Nimbus Data and solid-state storage in the enterprise. Until now, most solid-state storage arrays have been fairly small-scale, focused on point performance rather than enterprise-wide capacity. But the E-Class, which … [Read more...]

FCoE isn’t a replacement for Infiniband, it’s a cheaper copy that customers will buy

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SUN ORACLE Exadata Version 2: Showing the power of ORACLE SUN

The US Regulators gave the ORACLE purchase of SUN a go ahead several weeks ago, but EU Regulators are still actively looking at Antitrust laws with the possible buyout of SUN by ORACLE. ORACLE's (Mr. Larry Ellison's) quest to own an infrastructure company is becoming true with the purchase of … [Read more...]