Archive of January 2012 - The Storage Chap / TechObsessedDad
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Mine’s bigger than yours
Posted on January 30, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Selling"Mine's bigger than yours" has several connotations, in this particular case I am referring to the children's story book about a big mean monster that bullies smaller monsters, ending with the big monster being eaten by the small monsters bigger...
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Windows 8 Server Hyper-V Replica
Posted on January 27, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Hyper-V, Microsoft, ReplicationOver the past few days I have started to take a look at what Windows 8 Server and Desktop will mean for the data centre of the future. I will definitely be talking about this in the future, but one...
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We’ve moved hosting providers
Posted on January 25, 2012 by TheStorageChap in UncategorizedI have had some challenges with the previous hosting company, specifically around the speed of access. I have therefore been in the process of moving the blog to a new hosting provider over the last day or so. My apologies...
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The changing face of block storage virtualization
Posted on January 22, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Data Center, Federation, VirtualizationStorage virtualization is no longer itself a solution, storage virtualization is a function, an enabler if you wish, for new capabilities within the data center. In the same way as server virtualization breaks the bond between the operating system and physical...
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Mobility and Disaster Recovery Solution for Virtualized Tier-1 Enterprise Applications
Posted on January 20, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Data Center, Federation, RecoverPoint, VPLEXAs discussed earlier this month, there is a lot of focus on the distributed data center. Today Cisco released a comprehensive whitepaper on their website on the use of...
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Zero data loss with Asynchronous replication?
Posted on January 19, 2012 by TheStorageChap in RecoverPoint, ReplicationSo I met with my friends at @Axxana yesterday to continue our ongoing debate around their value proposition. Axxana manufacture a solution that offers aircraft 'black box' like functionality for the datacenter. Specifically it offers organizations the ability to offer...
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Active-Active (VPLEX) or Active-Passive (RecoverPoint)?
Posted on January 11, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Data Center, RecoverPoint, Replication, VPLEXSo I am responsible for, at least on face value, two competing products. If my own hype is to be believed the future is the active-active distributed data center; so where does that leave active-passive solutions like RecoverPoint? Well actually in...
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VPLEX Whiteboard Video
Posted on January 9, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Federation, Video, VPLEXWant to get an understanding in 10 mins of what makes VPLEX different? Then the following video might be helpful, let me know.
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Storage and Datacenter Virtualization – Points to Consider
Posted on January 8, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Data Center, Federation, VPLEXIntroduction As part of an over all strategy to increase IT efficiency, organizations are demanding flexible, agile, fully utilized datacenter infrastructures. This drive for flexibility, agility and improved asset utilization is driving many customers to look at virtualization of the different...
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The Distributed Data Center
Posted on January 7, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Data Center, Federation, VPLEXOne of the key focuses for 2012 will be the distributed data center. The key attributes of the distributed data center include:- ‘Building Blocks’ of resources Load Balancing across sites Federated data repository Continuous or High Availability of applications and data Optimal routing and response times Why...
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Welcome to the New Year and a New Blog
Posted on January 7, 2012 by TheStorageChap in UncategorizedI work at EMC and I specialise in storage virtualisation and data replication. Over the coming year I want to use this blog to keep anyone who is interested in touch with the latest developments both at EMC and across...
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