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EMC Symmetrix: Bin File

March 22, 2010 By Devang Panchigar 2 Comments

EMC Symmetrix BIN file, largely an unknown topic in the storage industry and practically there is no available information related to it. This post is just an attempt to shed some light as to what a BIN file is, how it works, what’s in it and why is it essential with the Enginuity code.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: back end, Bin File, binary file, bus, CKD, Directors, dmx-4, Drives, e-lab navigator, ECC, EMC, Engines, Enginuity Code, ESCON, FC, FICON, flags, front end, gbe, IML, IMPL, Ionix, loop, memory, osd, Ports, rf, Serial Number, Slots, SMC, solutions enabler, SRDF, SYMAPI, Symcli, Symmetrix, Symmetrix Management Console, V-Max, Volumes, VPN

EMC Symmetrix, 20 Years in the making

July 30, 2009 By Devang Panchigar 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 DMX-4 and Symmetrix V-Max: Basic Differences

July 7, 2009 By Devang Panchigar 1 Comment

In this post we will cover some important aspects / properties / characteristics / differences between the EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 and EMC Symmetrix V-Max. It seems like a lot of users are searching on blog posts about this information. From a high level, I have tried to cover the differences in terms of performance and [...]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: 5772, 5773, 5874, cache, Differences, Directors, dmx-4, Drives, EMC, Engines, FAST, performance, solutions enabler, SRDF, Symmetrix, Symmetrix Management Console, V-Max

EMC Symmetrix V-Max: Enginuity 5874

July 1, 2009 By Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

EMC Symmetrix V-Max systems were introduced back in the month of April 2009. With this new generation of Symmetrix came a new name V-Max and a new Enginuity family of microcode 5874.

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: 5874, dmx-4, dynamic provisioning, EMC Symmetrix, Enginuity, microcode, provisioning, raid virtual architecture, solutions enabler, SRDF, Symmetrix Management Console, V-Max, virtual lun

Is DMX The Worst Array for Wastage?

February 13, 2009 By Chris Evans Leave a Comment

As part of my work with Storage Fusion, I’m reporting on capacity and utilisation figures for different array vendors. Part of this includes analysing exceptions and wastage. DMX and Symmetrix seem to have more issues than any other platform. Is this by design?

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: BCV, DMX, DMX-5, EMC, Fibre Channel, LUN, masking, SRDF, Symmetrix, TimeFinder, USP, XP, zoning

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