Getting the Most Performance
Performance tuning systems is always a subjective thing. But how does tuning stack up in today's virtual disk world? Here are a few thoughts I've been having.
View ArticleGetting at the Data in HiCommand
Ive spent some time this week working with HiCommand Device Manager from HDS. Although were intending to use it for other purposes, my main interest is the CLI. I want to be able to get the disk and...
View ArticlePalmed off!
Argh, what a week I'm having! I've been palmless for 2 weeks as my trusty organiser started to merrily discharge its battery and I sent it back for repair. So no tasks, no contacts, how did I survive?
View ArticleStorage Provisioning Again
I've looked at a number of storage provisioning tools over the last few months. Nothing I've yet seen comes up to the requirements I'd have. Why is that?
View ArticleVMWare and Virtualisation
Following a previous posting, the question was posed through a comment on my discussion of virtualisation on the purchase of VMWare by EMC. I have to admit when I first heard the news of the purchase,...
View ArticleThe Storage-centric Datacentre
It's not too often that you get the chance to build a datacentre from scratch. Years ago, storage was considered only one part of the server and not given a place of importance. How that has changed.
View ArticleWho's in Charge?
The last 2 weeks have been short weeks due to bank holidays. Most of my time over the last two weeks has been spent dealing with production issues. It's funny however that having multiple teams...
View ArticleOutsourcing, good or bad?
A recent anniversary jogged my mind on the subject of outsourcing. I've been involved in a number of outsourced deals in recent years, one into an existing outsourced deal, another where the...
View ArticleThe Future of Storage
I read an interesting news article today that described how we've reached the limits in terms of hard disk speeds. Well, it wasn't quite as simple as that. The article actually said that scientists...
View ArticleRSS and Storage Firms - not
Over the last week I've been looking at ways to get storage news and information more easily. Information comes in thick and fast these days in the form of emails, websites to check and magazines to...
View ArticleEMC Virtualisation
A while back I talked about what EMC's plans were on using their virtualisation technology, acquired in the purchase of VMWare. It turns out, based on an article I read today, that one of their plans...
View ArticleThe Good Old Days
It's been an interesting week for virtualisation. Earlier I reported on the EMC announcement and now we have IBM with its Virtualisation Engine. In part of the article...
View ArticleMultiprotocol Madness!
I've done some work on Network Attached Storage (NAS) this week. One of the most intruiging areas of these products is their multiprotocol support. One of the most frustrating areas of these products...
View ArticleIt's been a while....
I've been away (well, not actually away, more busy), but I'm back. Apologies for not having been active for the last couple of weeks. I've moved to work with another client, but in the same industry....
View ArticleLatest and Greatest
I've been away for about a week at the Storage World Conference and inaugaral meeting of the Association of Storage Networking Professionals (ASNP). The conference is not huge, but it was interesting...
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