Comments on: SMI-S Is Dead http://thestoragearchitect.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/ Storage, Virtualisation & Cloud Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:47:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Enterprise Computing: 63% Of Firms Failing to Manage Storage Resources « The Storage Architect http://thestoragearchitect.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-417 Enterprise Computing: 63% Of Firms Failing to Manage Storage Resources « The Storage Architect Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:22:34 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-417 [...] Then there’s the problem with tool interoperability - SMI-S Is Dead. [...] [...] Then there’s the problem with tool interoperability - SMI-S Is Dead. [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://thestoragearchitect.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-416 Ryan Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:55:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-416 Ouch! <br/><br/>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/30/aperi_is_dead/ Ouch!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/30/aperi_is_dead/

]]> By: Chris M Evans http://thestoragearchitect.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-415 Chris M Evans Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:03:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-415 Anil, I wish I could agree but I can think of a dozen interoperability issues that could and should have been resolved by SMI-S. Take the support for HDS arrays in ECC6. Yes I can visualise LUNs but I can't see the physical disk in the array, so to summarise my tiering across all platforms is only possible by taking feeds from multiple tools. Surely we should expect that after 5 years of development of SMI-S and on version 6 of a major SRM tool, such a simple feature would be supported. But no. There are many other examples I have and if two of the top enterprise array manufacturers can't get the basics sorted, what chance is there of SMI-S becoming One API to Rule Them All? None. Anil, I wish I could agree but I can think of a dozen interoperability issues that could and should have been resolved by SMI-S. Take the support for HDS arrays in ECC6. Yes I can visualise LUNs but I can’t see the physical disk in the array, so to summarise my tiering across all platforms is only possible by taking feeds from multiple tools. Surely we should expect that after 5 years of development of SMI-S and on version 6 of a major SRM tool, such a simple feature would be supported. But no. There are many other examples I have and if two of the top enterprise array manufacturers can’t get the basics sorted, what chance is there of SMI-S becoming One API to Rule Them All? None.

]]> By: Anil Gupta http://thestoragearchitect.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-414 Anil Gupta Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:08:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-414 Chris,<br/><br/>SMI-S is not Dead. It has gone under cover. SMI-S may not be visible to customers but it is finding footing in vendor to vendor management communications. Look under the cover of some OEM and packaged solutions.<br/><br/>Anil Chris,

SMI-S is not Dead. It has gone under cover. SMI-S may not be visible to customers but it is finding footing in vendor to vendor management communications. Look under the cover of some OEM and packaged solutions.

Anil

]]> By: Chris M Evans http://thestoragearchitect.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-413 Chris M Evans Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:43:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-413 Don't look at the Nextra....but it's so beautiful.....zap!!! Don’t look at the Nextra….but it’s so beautiful…..zap!!!

]]> By: Stephen Foskett http://thestoragearchitect.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-412 Stephen Foskett Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:55:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/smi-s-is-dead/#comment-412 Breathe, Chris! It'll all be ok! Here, just take a sip of this IBM kool aid and gaze at the XIV! Breathe, Chris! It’ll all be ok! Here, just take a sip of this IBM kool aid and gaze at the XIV!

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