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EMC Symmetrix: VCMDB and ACLX

March 29, 2010 by Devang Panchigar Leave a Comment

VCMDB: Volume Control Manager Database ACLX: Access Control Logix VCM: Volume Control Manager device (where the database resides) VCM Gatekeeper: Volume Control Manager Gatekeeper (database doesn’t reside on these devices) SFS Volumes: Symmetrix File System Volumes If you work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: 6 cylinder, 96 cylinder, Access Control Logix, Access Logix Clariion, ACLX, channels, DMX, dmx-3, dmx-4, DMX2, EMC Symmetrix, ESN Manager, Fibre, fibrepath, HBA, Host, hypers, Ionix Control Center, iSCSI, SFS Volumes, SMC, solutions enabler, splits, SYMAPI, Symcli, Symmetrix File System, V-Max, VCM, VCM Edit Director Flag, VCM Gatekeeper, vcmdb, Volume Control Manager Database, Volume Logix

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. Some EMC … [Read more...]

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

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...]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: "in-the-box", "out-of-box", 5874, Advanced Tiering Storage management, Atmos, ATSM, average I/O, Celerra NS, Centera, CKD, CLARiiON, configuration, CX4, Data center, Drives, FAST, FAST LUN Migrator, FBA, Fibre, flash, Fully Automated Storage Tiering, IOPS, LUN, Mainframe, multitenancy, Naviseccli, Navisphere Analyzer, Open Systems, policy, Private Clouds, Rainfinity file management / VE, Rainfinity File management appliance, Raw capacity, Release 29, SATA, SLA, storage groups, Symcli, Symmetrix Management Console, Symmetrix V-Max Thick provisioning, vblock, virtual provisioning

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...]

Filed Under: Storage, Tech Tagged With: 5874, Atmos, Automated, Celerra, Centera, CLARiiON, CLI, CX4, Data Movement, Dynamic Cache Partitioning, EMC, FAST, Fibre, flash, Fully Automated Storage Tiering, Navisphere Analyzer, Navisphere Quality Service manager, NS, Rainfinity file management / VE, Rainfinity File management appliance, Release 29, SATA, SSD, Symcli, Symmetrix Management Console, Symmetrix Optimizer, symmetrix performance analyzer, symmetrix priority controls, V-Max