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Top Ten Reasons Zerto VR Could Augment Your Current Replication Solution

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:12:00 -0400

Over the past week or so I have gotten a chance to get more down and...

The High's and Low's of vSphere Replication

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:15:00 -0500

vSphere Replication is a feature of Site Recovery Manager 5 that allows you to, at a very granular...

Varrow Madness, 2000 nickels or a Kindle Touch...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:59:00 -0500

Look, every great marketing ploy has a gimmick. This is no different. Although the difference here...

EMC VPLEX - Riding the back of a Giant

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:48:00 -0500

Over the past week I had the pleasure of attending VPLEX training in...

VMware Partner Exchange 2012: Locked and Loaded

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:27:28 -0500

On Feb. 13-16, VMware PEX 2012 will be on its way in Las Vegas. This being my first experience with...

EMC Technical Advisory: EMC282741: CLARiiON and VNX: Managing dual solid state drive (SSD) issues

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:04:34 -0500

There has been a technical advisory floating around that deserves a little more attention. First...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Straight from the...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:35:13 -0500

A picture is worth a thousand words. Straight from the unsolicited whiteboard of one of our customers.

EMC FAST: Whether to File and/or Block Tier

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:39:00 -0500

Storage performance needs in today’s data center can change on a...

Battle Ponderings: A Year in Review 2011

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:27:00 -0500

Once a year I attempt to recall the happenings (here to) of the last 12 months specifically in the...

So I made the switch, I am officially a Mac User. I was...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:56:31 -0500

So I made the switch, I am officially a Mac User. I was motivated for a lot of reasons but primarily I wasn’t being challenged enough on a Windows PC. Sounds funny I know. But after literally 25+ years as a PC User the
annoyances that become of any OS, grind on you with the force of the moon. A click is but the one thousandth click that will come and go. There’s no glory, no excitement, no fun in today’s modern PC. Oh..another patch, oh….another reboot, what a BSOD? And of course the inevitable downward trend in performance from day one onward (Windows soars base OS). It’s a rat race to boredom, and I choose to be done.

So I did it.

At this point I am rooted enough to handle the back lash from those that I have so viciously picked upon for their love of Apple. But like those Nancy’s I so proudly criticized, I have slowly come to realization that windows has a great way of sucking the technology fire out of you. It’s widely supported. It’s widely utilized. Are all statements of advocation. But all are also perpetual states of mediocrity. So I choose to be done.

Of course all this comes with a bit of inconvenience. I still unfortunately need “the Windows” for some things. With all its evilness (and for now) it’s still the most written to OS on the market. So there…right there… my most common tools of design and efficiency’s must lie for but a bit longer. But I assure you, if there’s a cloud based equivalent, I’ll be the advocate in the one man tent ready to pounce @ 5am two nights before.

I don’t know about you, but I was ready to love technology again. And as for the slow windows drain? This cowboy just unmounted his last sleeping horse. Neigh I say…

Groovy Infographic from Wikibon by lieu of Cloud Tweaks. If you...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:52:44 -0500

Groovy Infographic from Wikibon by lieu of Cloud Tweaks. If you ever get a chance to tour any of these facilities I suggest you jump on it. I had the pleasure of visiting SuperNAP-7 in Vegas. Amazing the technology and intelligence that goes into building these data centers. You can bet there will be a surge in these builds to accommodate the demand in cloud services as the months and years pass…

The Dynamism of Feedback Loops

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:21:02 -0400

Feedback loops are as follows according to a recent post on Wired.com called “Harnessing the Power...

Feedback is critical to growth. In fact the fear of feedback or...

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:52:18 -0400

Feedback is critical to growth. In fact the fear of feedback or negative feedback is enough to push some of us harder and some of use to never produce. What about you, how do you react to feedback? It drives me. Now I can’t lie, I sometimes feel the inclination to defend my stance. To shut out the gift I am being given. Its this state of awareness that quickly brings me back to the act of listening.

If you’re like me you can quickly become deadened by constant “attaboy’s” or affirmations (constants a strong word I know). So do me a favor, be frank, be honest, be blunt. I can’t think of a better gift to give…

/via Uncluttered White Spaces

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Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:47:23 -0400

EMC VNX Volumes, A lay of the land

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:18:19 -0400

Every wonder what volumes make up a VNX Filesystem? Let’s consider our Friendly EMC definitions...

A matter of Interpretation: The SRM "Never" Clause

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:00:06 -0400

A Colleague of mine drew me to a small note about Microsoft Domain Controllers in the current SRM 5...

In Memorium..

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:42:28 -0400

God bless the souls of the Sept 11 tragedy. My heart goes out to everyone that was lost on that day...

Rhythmic Tantra: VMworld 2011 Days – The Fizzle

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:30:35 -0400

So I like to start things. Character Flaw? I don’t think so, but when it comes to blogging its a...

Rhythmic Tantra: VMworld 2011 Days – The Beginnings

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:46:00 -0400

Day 1 was finally here. Only a year in the making. And although my 24 was compressed with sessions,...

Rhythmic Tantra: VMworld 2011 Days – The Buildup

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:30:31 -0400

As always the build up to such a large event like VMworld can be just as intense as the event it’s...