FAST (FULLY AUTOMATED STORAGE TIERING) FAST made a debut in the storage market yesterday (12/08/09). Finally after the market buzz we got a preview of the product in terms of its features, functionality, characteristics, possible shortcomings and use cases. This blog post focuses on the … [Read more...]
EMC Symmetrix V-Max: Supported drive type
July 2, 2009 by 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. Below are some stats related to the supported drive types on a Symmetrix V-Max system with 5874.123.104 … [Read more...]
EMC Symmetrix DMX-4: Supported Drive Types
June 30, 2009 by 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 … [Read more...]