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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...

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...

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...

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...

Customer Profile: A tale of two das.AllowNetworks

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:43:11 -0400

Customer Profile: posts are meant to draw attention to some of the exciting and every changing...

Great video by VMware’s Michael White on Site Recovery...

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:41:16 -0400

Great video by VMware’s Michael White on Site Recovery Manager 5. What a marvel this product is. Incredible list of features and fixes as part of the release. Hat’s off to the SRM Product Development Team…