Nigel has posted the age old question, which is best EMC or HDS? For those who watch Harry Hill - there’s only one way to sort it out – fiiiiight!
But seriously, I have been working with both EMC and HDS for the last 6 [...]
Continue Reading This Post →Large disk arrays can suffer from an imbalance of data across their RAID/parity groups. This is inevitable even if you plan your LUN allocation as data profiles change over time and storage is allocated and de-allocated.
So, tools are available. Think of EMC Optimizer, HDS Cruise Control and Volume Migrator.
I’ve put a poll up [...]
Continue Reading This Post →It’s all over. ASNP is no more. Not really a surprise as it stood for nothing useful. With 2500 members, it could have been so much more, however I think it won’t be missed.
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Totally off post but fantastic non the less!! Kryptonite Discovered
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Hurrah! EMC has implemented SMI-S v1.2 in ControlCenter and DMX/Clariion (although the reference on the SNIA website seems to relate to SMI-S v1.1). Actually it seems that you need ECC v6.0 (not out yet and likely to be a mother of an upgrade from the [...]
Continue Reading This Post →Following a few comments on the previous simulator post, it doesn’t look like there are any more simulators out there for general use.
If anyone does know – feel free to comment!
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I’ve seen a lot of discussion (and I think a bit of a theme at SNW) on power consumption in datacentres. Obviously the subjects of global warming and increased energy prices have put the subject at the centre of focus. But I think when datacentres are being built, there isn’t an issue. The problem comes [...]
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