Recently I was visiting customers and prospects in the North East and during one of our meetings the customer stated, “…what NetApp is doing, in terms of storage virtualization, make us feel like NetApp is much more aligned with the goals of VMware than their parent company…” This praise was shared while the customer told us how EMC is working to earn back their VMware … [Read more...] about The Epiphany – I Had One, You Want One?
Traditional Storage
I/O Efficiency and Alignment – the Cloud Demands Standards
I was surprised to read in the relatively recent EMC report: VMware ESX Server Optimization with EMC® Celerra® Performance Study that when it comes to aligning the partitions inside of virtual machines EMC has diametrically opposed recommendations based on the storage protocol and storage array which one deploys with VMware. I have to say that such recommendations raise a red … [Read more...] about I/O Efficiency and Alignment – the Cloud Demands Standards
VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast #48
Yesterday Chris Gebhardt and I had the privilege of being guests of John Troyer on episode 48 of the VMware Communities Podcast. On the podcast we discussed numerous topics regarding storage with VMware including Multipathing, performance, storage virtualization, DR, and backup and recovery. … [Read more...] about VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast #48
vSphere Introduces the Plug-n-Play SAN
With today’s release of vSphere, VMware has introduced numerous new features and technologies all designed to advance the virtual evolution of our data centers. With this release VMware and their storage alliance partners have delivered Plug-n-Play SAN storage connectivity. As you begin downloading the final bits, refreshing your labs and planning your upgrade path to vSphere … [Read more...] about vSphere Introduces the Plug-n-Play SAN
A follow up to Marc Staimer and SearchStorage.com
Today Marc Staimer of Dragon Slayer Consulting posted the article “Pros and cons of using NAS NFS with VMware.” on SearchStorage.com. I’d like to compliment Marc on his post; I thought it was well balanced and clearly communicated. As I read the article I felt compelled to expand upon his suggestion that NAS may possibly be the optimal form of interconnect with VMware. … [Read more...] about A follow up to Marc Staimer and SearchStorage.com