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HP 3PAR Peer Persistence vs EMC VPLEX Metro
Posted on November 14, 2013 by TheStorageChap in VPLEXI cannot believe that I have not had a blog entry since June! Things have been a little crazy of late both at work and at home, but today I find myself with 15 minutes to spare and wanted to talk about HP 3PAR Peer Persistence vs EMC VPLEX Metro. Over the last 12 months the...
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Axxana – A Phoenix rising from the flames (literally)
Posted on June 12, 2013 by TheStorageChap in RecoverPoint, Replication, VPLEXOver a year ago I posted a blog entry (click here to open in a new window) on the solutions offered by Axxana in conjunction with RecoverPoint. EMC’s RecoverPoint sends data asynchronously to remote sites, while the Phoenix System® RP protects a synchronous copy of information...
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VPLEX or ViPR
Posted on May 10, 2013 by TheStorageChap in Automation, ViPR, VPLEXAt EMC World this week we announced ViPR and the question that I have not stopped being asked since is, "VPLEX or ViPR?". The reason is due simply to the way we have messaged ViPR. Several of the ViPR Press Releases and Blogs have referred to 'virtual storage' and 'pools of storage' a concept...
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Business Impact of RecoverPoint 4.0
Posted on May 1, 2013 by TheStorageChap in RecoverPointRecoverPoint continues to gather momentum within EMC with new points of integration appearing almost daily. Today I want to take a look at the business impact of RecoverPoint 4.0, which was officially announced yesterday. RecoverPoint 4.0 provides a solution to two of the four tenets of...
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The Four Tenets of Application Availability
Posted on April 29, 2013 by TheStorageChap in Application Availability, Continuous Operations, RecoverPoint, Video, VPLEXToday I want to briefly describe what I am seeing as the four tenets of application availability. The growing reliance on information, information derived from data and applications, is causing organisations to rethink their strategies for storage, application and data centre availability. The traditional norm of Primary and DR data centre design is no longer meeting the...
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VPLEX Use Cases – Animated Descriptions
Posted on April 9, 2013 by TheStorageChap in Use Case, Video, VPLEXWe have been increasing the number of animated VPLEX Use Cases, which now include:- VPLEX for VMware http://youtu.be/zz36rEiQBr4 VPLEX for Oracle http://youtu.be/DRtl6dU2P_E VPLEX for Continuous Data Availability http://youtu.be/NVHGxLYasAo VPLEX for Migrations http://youtu.be/B5ZQndrRJU0 You can find more information on VPLEX Use Cases at http://www.emc.com/VPLEX
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