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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Expectations with new Generation of DMX Technology
There has been a big chatter about the next generation of EMC machines. After the initial release of DMX-3’s in 2005 and then the DMX-4’s in 2007, next generation DMX is almost due now. Here is my wish list or expectations on...
Arrays Now Good Enough?
Despite a lot of the huffing and puffing by the various vendors, I think that we are about to enter a cycle where most vendors admit that their competitors' arrays are pretty much good enough for what-ever you want them to do. Of...
Does Hitachi+SimpleTech = EMC+Iomega?
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) just bought Fabrik (SimpleTech and G-Technology). So is Hitachi's combination with SimpleTech a response or challenge to EMC's acquisition of Iomega? In a word, no.
V is for value??
Put NetApp in because you want to use NetApp but don’t put it in to virtualise your existing environment unless you are prepared for a whole lot of work. If you simply want to virtualise and build a consolidated pool of disk...
VMware Announces vExpert Awards
VMware has just announced the first round of vExpert Awardees, including Gestalt IT's own Rich Brambley, as well as Scott Lowe, a behind-the-scenes friend to Gestalt IT! Congratulations, guys!
Interested in ZFS? Check Out c0t0d0s0!
We in the storage and server fields (not to mention Apple fans) have been watching ZFS with keen interest for a while. It holds great promise as the next-generation UNIX filesystem foundation, and Joerg Moellenkamp over at...
Reacting to the 2008 Storage Products of the Year
The mainstream media is still digesting the Oscar awards, but we in storage had our own announcement this week: TechTarget's (now non-PDF?) Storage magazine announced their Storage Products of the Year award for 2008. Without...
Data Migration Strategies – Part II
In the previous post, I discussed reasons for migration. This post will cover the next step; identifying the owners of storage resources. It may be hard to believe, but many organisations can’t identify all of their storage...
Storage Shangri-La
Cloud ComputingI don't know about you, but I've spent a lot of time reading about "Cloud Computing" lately. A lot of space has been devoted to the topic in the blogosphere, that's for sure. Some people think it's the "next big...