EMC Symmetrix, 20 Years in the making

July 30, 2009 By 2 Comments

So next year will mark a history of Symmetrix Products within EMC, still classified as one of the most robust systems out there after 20 years of its inception. In this blog post, we will talk about some facts on Symmetrix products as it relates to its features, characteristics, Enginuity microcode versions, model numbers, year released, etc.

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EMC Symmetrix: Dynamic Hot Spares

July 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment

There are two types of sparing strategies available on EMC Symmetrix Series of machines. In this post we will discuss the benefits and the criteria’s related to the use of Dynamic Hot Spares on EMC Symmetrix Systems.

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EMC Symmetrix: Permanent Sparing

July 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

There are two types of sparing strategies available on EMC Symmetrix Series of machines. In this post we will discuss the benefits and the criteria’s related to the use of Permanent Spares on the EMC Symmetrix Systems.

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EMC Clariion RAID-6 requirements and limitations

July 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment

In this post, we will discuss all requirements and limitations that are associated with EMC Clariion RAID-6 Implementation.

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EMC Symmetrix DMX – RAID 6 Implementation

February 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment

EMC has been a market leader in bringing new innovative technology to the IT forefront. With the usage of RAID 6, EMC has again taken a very unique approach in designing this technology for its Symmetrix DMX products.

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HP’s RAID 6 (ADG – Advanced Data Guarding)

February 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

HP Storage Products traditionally have support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, RAID 5 and now RAID-6 ADG.

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NetApp’s RAID-DP (Enhanced RAID 6)

February 18, 2009 By 3 Comments

Continuing the quest on RAID 6, with my previous post related to HDS’s RAID 6, here is a post about NetApp’s RAID-DP (Double Parity – Enhanced RAID 6).

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Hitachi’s (HDS) RAID 6

February 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Hitachi (HDS) has been one of the pioneers in implementing RAID 6 in their storage products. This technology briefing covers HDS’ implementation of RAID 6 and compares it to their RAID 5 implementation.

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