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...]
EMC VFCache (aka “Project Lightning”) Is One Small Step, But an Important One
February 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Don’t Drop The Baby: Data Center Bridging Wants Storage To Trust Ethernet
October 8, 2010 by 1 Comment
Convergence: The Early Days “Convergence” is a buzzword seen in the IT press constantly these days. All convergence means is placing communications that used to ride on its own network onto one unified network; Ethernet’s cheapness, ubiquity, and ever-growing link speeds makes it the … [Read more...]
More From HP Tech Forum: Silentium and QLogic
July 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
There was much to see from HP at Tech Forum in Las Vegas, but we wanted to highlight some of the smaller companies exhibiting there. Two in particular caught our attention: Silentium, with their noise-reducing server racks, and QLogic's entry-level Fibre Channel switches. Silentium … [Read more...]
What might it mean if Cisco Dumps HP As Certified Partner ?
February 22, 2010 by 2 Comments
An post as Silicon Angle claims that an internal memo is suggesting that Cisco is dumping HP as a partner. Bang Bang: Cisco Dumps HP As Certified Partner HP Returns Fire With Deal with Qlogic We have no confirmation from Cisco, it could just be rumour but it sure sounds like it could be true and … [Read more...]
Monofunctional or Multifunctional – Cheap always WINS
April 20, 2009 by 1 Comment
The marketing surge in Ethernet Storage Networking The recent surge by storage networking vendors (Cisco and Brocade et al) to develop and roll out Ethernet based storage networks means that Storage and Networking teams are going to need to work together. The most common reaction from Storage … [Read more...]
Storage Changes in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4
March 31, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Like clockwork, VMware has cranked out another update to their flagship enterprise product, ESX 3.5. The last update came out in early November, 2008, and included some major new functionality. What’s in store this time to intrigue storage folks? Not much. For more information on earlier updates, … [Read more...]