Author: Hans De Leenheer

Nexenta scale and cluster

Last month I blogged on the basics of ZFS and Nexenta. Apparently everyone liked the tiering superheroes. In fact I started with “the Flash” for the SSDs […]

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So I Resigned

Let me first start by saying that I do not blame my current employer that this didn’t work out on a long term. I did […]

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Small is the new Big [drobo announcement]

It’s time to give another one of the Storage TechFieldDay 1 (#SFD1) vendors its turn to get some extra spotlight. You might be wondering what a […]

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MSSQL must really love Oracle (pun intended)

You remember everyone ranting on the Oracle licensing schemes? You remember everyone ranting on VMware last year when they announced the vTAX licensing scheme?  Today […]

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I detest what you write …

“je déteste ce que vous écrivez, mais je donnerai ma vie pour que vous puissiez continuer à écrire” – Voltaire “I detest what you write […]

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EqualLogic Connectivity TIP

Today I accidently stumbled upon something I didn’t know about the connectivity in the DELL Equallogic PSx1xx models (PS4100, PS4110, PS6100, PS6110). Let me start […]

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VMUGbe #17 – bloggers edition

Last friday (june 1st) VMUGbe went big! For the first time we had +150  people attending. #VMUGbe went through some changes lately: Erik Schils, VMUG leader […]

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Nexenta & ZFS basics

Today I was invited at the OpenStorageSummit EMEA in Amsterdam. They could have just called it Nexenta Summit but hey, who cares? It was a […]

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All-Flash solutions ready for commercial value?

At Storage Field Day 1, the main theme was Solid State Storage. Last week I talked about Kaminario whom their best value proposition for me […]

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Kaminario – a Solid State startup worth following

Last week I was invited as a delegate at Storage Field Day one. On Wednesday there was an open symposium on the SSD/Flash theme (Solid […]

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Solid State Storage Symposium | vendor presentations wrap

So this morning we had 10 presentations between 9 and 12. We have been listening, we have reacted. Here’s my wrap-up as it came out […]

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Storage Field Day 1 | #SFD1

Tech Field Day is an independent symposium for Enterprise IT in Silicon Valley. A few times a year some Enterprise IT vendors, start-ups and big boys, get […]

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