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Why does not exist (yet) a virtual EqualLogic

19 December 2012
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are several rumors about a virtual edition of EqualLogic, targeted especially for the SMB segment and/or the ROBO scenarios. Several storage vendors are proposing a virtual appliance version of some of their solutions (like HP with the virtual “LeftHand”) and actually Dell has nothing in this specific area. The virtual EqualLogic could be the most reasonable product, just because the Compellent series is target for the high end area and usually has a mapping tighten with the hardware (let’s consider how PCI-e slots must be populated). The PowerVault series is just a re-branded of […]

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Migrating EqualLogic replicas

18 December 2012
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the previous post I’ve describe how migrate volumes across two (or more) EqualLogic in the same group, using different storage pools. In the same way is also possible migrate the data on the disaster recovery site: in this case data are the remote volume replicas that are stored in a single container called delegated space. Each destination of a (asynchronous) replication must have a proper delegated space (and only one!), and a delegated space can be stored on a single storage pool.

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Migrating volumes with EqualLogic features

17 December 2012
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Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring an array migration usually you can use application level trick to move your data between the old and the new array. For example with VMware vSphere you can use the Storage vMotion features (now added also in lower edition of vSphere 5.1) or with Microsoft Hyper-V 3 you can use the new Storage Live Migration feature. But in some case you may have also an option at storage level. For example to migrate across two Dell EqualLogic array (also different models) you can use the embedded function.

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DataCore SANsymphony-V integration with VMware vSphere

12 December 2012
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Reading Time: 4 minutesOn Sept 11, and also during the VMworld EU 2012, DataCore has announced that SANsymphony-V (“The Storage Hypervisor for the Cloud”) is certified as VMware Ready™ and easily integrates with VMware’s portfolio of solutions, allowing data centre and private cloud operators to gain the most from their virtual infrastructure investments. DataCore’s SANsymphony-V offers seamless integration with: VMware vSphere® 5 VMware vSphere® Storage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) VMware vCenter™ Server VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager™ (SRM) DataCore Software is a long standing member of VMware’s Technology Alliance Partner Program. Thousands of VMware vSphere and SANsymphony-V users […]

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Powering the cloud report – DataCore

11 December 2012
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Reading Time: 3 minutesMy briefing with DataCore, during the last Powering the cloud event, was with Alexander Best (Director Technical Business Development). First to all we have talk about the new SANsymphony-V 9 (released on June 26, 2012) and how this kind of storage virtualization solution (or we can all it an example of Software Defined Storage) is probably the only one that is completly vendor independent. I will write in the next post about the specific functions and integration for VMware. In an annouce at the Powering The Cloud even, DataCore has defined its solution the “The […]

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Powering the cloud report – VMware

10 December 2012
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Reading Time: 2 minutesMy briefing with VMware, during the last Powering the cloud event, was with Rob Jenkins (Director Advisory Services, EMEA). Basically we have done a recap of some VMworld announcements and the VMware’s vision of the datacenters: Flexibile IT infrastructure Fabric of the datacenter Fully automated Was also interesting how VMware is doing a company data-mining to define and classify them by an “innovative score”.

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Powering the cloud report – Quantum

7 December 2012
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Reading Time: 3 minutesMy briefing with Quantum, during the last Powering the cloud event, was with Stéphane Estevez (Sr. Product Marketing Manager EMEA/APAC). Quantum is one of the global expert in data protection and big data management solutions. Since 1980, they’ve been focused on helping IT departments address data protection and big data challenges with innovative solutions and world-class service and support. Quantum sells its branded products through a distribution network that includes more than 20 distributors and 5,000 resellers worldwide. Quantum also sells its products through leading OEMs such as Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, HP, IBM and NetApp, as […]

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