I spent some time today looking at the release notes for Enginuity code 5874.207.166, which presumably is the one that brings the much lauded Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) into general release on V-Max. Just above the FAST paragraph I found the following:
Symmetrix Virtual Provisioning Space Reclamation reduces capacity requirements and total cost of ownership [...]
Enterprise Computing: Has EMC Slipped Zero Block Reclaim Into V-Max?
Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Storage Tagged With: Barry Burke, EMC, Enginuity, Enterprise Computing, FAST, gestaltit, V-Max, Zero Block Reclaim, ZPR
Enterprise Computing: Thin Provisioning and The Cookie Monster!
The Gestalt IT Field Day was a great success in bringing together a mixture of delegates from varying discplines. Following the presentations from 3Par and Symantec, there was heated debate about the implementation of Thin Provisioning and the ability to reclaim released storage resources. This post covers the basic concepts of Thin Provisioning and more [...]
Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Storage Tagged With: Cookie Monster, Enterprise Computing, File System, gestaltit, MFT, NTFS, Tech Field Day, Thick Provisioning, thin provisioning, VMFS, Zero Block Reclaim