Since VMworld 2009 one of the recurring questions posted to me on Twitter has been. “When will NetApp release the VSC?” – Wait no longer, the VSC is available for download via NOW. For those of you unfamiliar with the VSC, it is a vCenter 4.0 plug-in that simplifies the configuration and management of NetApp, IBM, and Virtualized 3rd party arrays. The VSC supports ESX/ESX … [Read more...] about Now Available: The Virtual Storage Console vSphere Plug-in
Storage Virtualization
VCE-101: Oracle On VMware Without Limits
After a brief hiatus I am very eager to return to the ‘Virtualization Changes Everything’ series, and today’s post is an impromptu addition to our syllabus. Recently fellow VMware vExpert Steve Kaplan of INX published a rather thought provoking post rallying for the acceleration of the transformation to a 100% virtualized datacenter. Steve waxes poetic advocating acquisition … [Read more...] about VCE-101: Oracle On VMware Without Limits
Demos from the HP TechDay 2009 Follow-Up are Live!
My apologies to all for the delay, our original intentions to get the audio and video from the October 6th event were met with multiple challenges ranging from having a high quality video recording without audio, to a crystal clear audio recording containing an audio duplex issue, and being unaware of the YouTube 10 minute limit on the length of videos. Luckily for us WebEx … [Read more...] about Demos from the HP TechDay 2009 Follow-Up are Live!
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!
Run Everything Virtualized and Deduplicated : aka Chuck Anti-FUD
Last night I got caught in what I would classify as a tweet-fight with several of my chums over at EMC on the role storage arrays play within a virtual datacenter. The conversation was pretty intense and at one point I posted the following string of tweets… @sakacc @chuckhollis – Guys EMC & NetApp just look at virtualization differently. Allow me to explain… @sakacc … [Read more...] about Run Everything Virtualized and Deduplicated : aka Chuck Anti-FUD