I want to tell you a story about how my evening went the other night. I hope you don't mind a narrative. Monday I received an email from a friend in the VMware community, "Did you see the Register, it's unreal, EMC arrays crushed the SPEC benchmarks!" As you'd assume, this news got my attention. I mean, EMC hasn't published a SPEC benchmark in years. (The last EMC SPEC … [Read more...] about EMC Benchmarking Shenanigans
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New VMware and NetApp Protocol Performance Report
Many of you have been asking when NetApp & VMware update TR-3697 (multiprotocol performance comparison paper covering VI3) to include vSphere. It is my pleasure to share that as of this morning we have jointly released a new report TR-3808. The paper compares the performance of FC, iSCSI, and NFS connected storage along with the gains made in protocol optimization with … [Read more...] about New VMware and NetApp Protocol Performance Report
VCE-101 Thin Provisioning Part 2 – Going Beyond
This is the second installment of a two-part post focusing on the thin provisioning capabilities native to vSphere. If you haven’t read Part I - The Basics, I’d suggest you do so before proceeding. We've covered a lot of content which you really should have a solid grasp of before proceeding. In part I, I covered the basics of thin provisioning and how it operates with any … [Read more...] about VCE-101 Thin Provisioning Part 2 – Going Beyond
A Follow-up on HP TechDay 2009 with an Invitation for You!
This week HP demonstrated several of their technology offerings to the storage community, and as a part of this event HP provided a hands on lab where attendees to 'kick the tires' of their storage technology offerings. As a part for this lab attendees were able to complete the same tasks with storage arrays and management tools from EMC and NetApp. These types of … [Read more...] about A Follow-up on HP TechDay 2009 with an Invitation for You!
vSphere on NetApp Book Available at VMworld
This morning the VMworld bookstore opened and for the first time NetApp customers are able purchase a NetApp technical book! Early reports state that sales have been solid, so if you’re interested in a copy I’d suggest you grab one soon. Should you miss your opportunity to grab one the books will be available for sale in the next few weeks on Amazon.com. Meet me and the … [Read more...] about vSphere on NetApp Book Available at VMworld