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FAST: Features, Drawbacks, Applications and some Questions

December 11, 2009 by Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

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...]

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After all, FAST makes a debut

December 10, 2009 by Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

So EMC has proved critics like me wrong and have introduced EMC FAST (Fully Automated Storage Tiering) as an offering in Dec 2009. There were many skeptics like me that saw this product release being stalled because of various reasons, here. FAST (Fully Automated Storage Tiering) … [Read more...]

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