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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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 […]
Continue readingSmall 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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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 […]
Continue readingI 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 […]
Continue readingEqualLogic 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 […]
Continue readingVMUGbe #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 […]
Continue readingNexenta & 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 […]
Continue readingAll-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 […]
Continue readingKaminario – 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 […]
Continue readingSolid 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 […]
Continue readingStorage 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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