One Week with an iPad
A week ago today Apple released the 3G iPad and I was lucky enough to pickup the last 64GB 3G model not reserved for a pre-order at the Apple Store. A few questioned why I picked up the ‘over-sized iPod Touch’. While this maybe be a fairly accurate description of the device, trust me it’s […]
Storage Architectures with LDVM: Faster, Less ComPlex
While attending the VMware TechSummit this week, someone asked why I thought storage was relevant in light of server virtualization, the virtual datacenter, cloud deployments, the software mainframe, etc… OK – This individual didn’t actual say software mainframe but I though I’d inject it into their synonym roll call. Mmmm… Synonym Rolls. Sounds yummy! (OK […]
VIRTUMANIA Podcast #8 – Barbecue & Secure Multi-Tenancy
If you listen to podcasts and have yet to discover Virturmania you are missing out. The hosts Rich Brambley with Veeam and VMETC and Marc Farley with 3Par and StorageRap, along with the behind the scenes efforts of the producer Greg Knieriemen of Infosmack, truly make Virtumania one of the most entertaining podcasts I’ve listened […]
Poll Results – What is the Size of Your Average & Largest Datastores
You may recall on March 25th I shared that I have learned from a source what I believe to be the largest know VMware datastore. I suggested quid pro quo, you share the average size and the largest size of your datastores and in exchange I’d share what I’ve learned. First, I’d like to thank […]
Raising Awareness Around the Misalignment of Data
Today my good friend Duncan Epping surprised me by shooting me an IM notifying me that he was posting on the impact of partition misalignment and asked if I’d care to comment. Fortunately for me I had time to do just that and this post is an expanded version of what I shared in the […]