HDS telegraphed that a big announcement was coming today. They even made it fun, with a (literally) cryptic blog entry to make sure we were all watching. But the announcement of High Availability Manager, a software product to manage existing HDS USP-V and USP-VM arrays, underwhelmed. It isn’t HDS’ answer to the EMC Symmetrix V-Max and it’s forthcoming FAST technology.
Reacting To The Open Cloud Manifesto
March 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Reuven Cohen of Enomaly has penned an Open Cloud Manifesto. This might not have been news but for a curious backlash when two big cloud vendors, Microsoft and Amazon, refused to sign on, although IBM, Sun, and many others have endorsed it. In my opinion, the Open Cloud Manifesto is interesting, forward-thinking, provocative, and a bit naive.
Storage Resource Analysis (SRA): Part 5
March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Continuing the blog posts on Storage Resource Analysis (SRA), this post focuses on some facts about data that sits in Storage Environments.
Planning for Virtual Infrastructure: Avoid the Pitfalls
March 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Virtualization is seen as the technology that makes it possible to do more with less, but there are many pitfalls to consider when virtualizing server infrastructure. This article suggests planning decisions to be considered that, if overlooked, could ruin the total cost of ownership (TCO) and the return on on investment (ROI) expected from this virtual infrastructure.
FCoE and the Return of Spanning Tree
March 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Arrays Now Good Enough?
February 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Despite a lot of the huffing and puffing by the various vendors, I think that we are about to enter a cycle where most vendors admit that their competitors’ arrays are pretty much good enough for what-ever you want them to do. Of course, there are a few features which differentiate but they are all catching up with each other in this space.
Data Migration Strategies – Part II
February 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment