Archive of VPLEX Archives - The Storage Chap / TechObsessedDad
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How to Protect a Mission Critical Environment
Posted on January 28, 2014 by TheStorageChap in Application Availability, Automation, RecoverPoint, Video, VPLEXEMC has added a new video to it's Big Idea;Big Tech series with "How to Protect a Mission Critical Environment". This one offers a great overview of the reasons why businesses should be thinking about Data Protection and Availability and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Oracle RAC and EMC VPLEX for Continuous Operations – Animation
Posted on December 21, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Continuous Operations, Oracle, VPLEXGreat new animation showing how Oracle RAC and EMC VPLEX can be deployed together to enable Continuous Operation of the Oracle environment. http://www.emc.com/collateral/demos/microsites/mediaplayer-video/continuous-operations-oracle-rac-emc-vplex.htm Further information on VPLEX with Oracle RAC can be found Continue reading this entry →
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HDS HAM vs VPLEX Metro
Posted on December 4, 2012 by TheStorageChap in HDS, VPLEXWhilst there has not been a specific blog post lately there has been a lot of discussion on the Why IBM SVC and EMC...
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VPLEX, Oracle RAC and SAP
Posted on October 23, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Oracle, VPLEXGreat post by Tim Nguyen on the EMC Community Network on leveraging VPLEX, Oracle RAC and SAP, https://community.emc.com/community/connect/everything_sap/blog/2012/10/19/tim-nguyens-blog-on-vplex-for-sap-oracle-rac--part-2
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AccessAnywhere ProtectEverywhere
Posted on October 15, 2012 by TheStorageChap in RecoverPoint, Video, VPLEXLearn why and how customers can use EMC VPLEX and EMC RecoverPoint to enable application availability and recovery in distributed datacenter environments.
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VIVE LA VPLEX REVOLUTION
Posted on September 19, 2012 by TheStorageChap in VPLEXI and some of my colleagues have been working on a new customer facing VPLEX presentation and in it we have used words like ‘Evolution’. For example, VPLEX is an evolution of traditional active-passive datacentres to active-active distributed datacentres. But...
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VPLEX Metro Express Edition (VMEE)
Posted on August 7, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Virtualization, VPLEXVPLEX Metro has proven itself as the technology of choice for larger mid-market and enterprise organisations who have a requirement for true active-active, distributed datacenter infrastructures. VPLEX Metro Express Edition takes exactly the same, proven VPLEX technologies and use cases, and...
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Why IBM SVC and EMC VPLEX are not the same.
Posted on August 5, 2012 by TheStorageChap in VPLEXWhilst EMC VPLEX and IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) may, after a cursory glance, appear to be similar technologies that have similar use cases it is not so black and white, the reality is that these solutions were conceived with very different...
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VPLEX Metro – Server related cost savings
Posted on July 4, 2012 by TheStorageChap in VPLEXI had some what of an epiphany in a meeting with a large bank of US origin today. We were discussing the ROI of a VPLEX Metro configuration and talked through the usual things in regard to increases in application...
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Oracle RAC 101 and what VPLEX Metro means for Oracle Extended RAC
Posted on June 28, 2012 by TheStorageChap in Oracle, VPLEXLots of questions on Oracle RAC and VPLEX over the last few days, so I thought it might be worth having a quick review. In a normal database environment a single instance of Oracle, runs on a single server and accesses...
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