Comments for The Storage Architect http://thestoragearchitect.com Storage, Virtualisation & Cloud Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:47:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products by Internets of Interest for 10th February — My EtherealMind http://thestoragearchitect.com/2012/02/07/emc-enters-the-market-with-me-too-flash-products/#comment-3102 Internets of Interest for 10th February — My EtherealMind Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:47:20 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=3099#comment-3102 [...] EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products | The Storage Architect – Great market summary of what the EMC VFCache announcement means to users from Chris Evans. EMC have ratified both the PCIe SSD and dedicated flash array markets with their announcements of Lightning and Thunder. At this stage they are bringing only “me too” products to the market, with other vendors out there having already delivered more advanced technology than being announced today. [...] [...] EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products | The Storage Architect – Great market summary of what the EMC VFCache announcement means to users from Chris Evans. EMC have ratified both the PCIe SSD and dedicated flash array markets with their announcements of Lightning and Thunder. At this stage they are bringing only “me too” products to the market, with other vendors out there having already delivered more advanced technology than being announced today. [...]

]]> Comment on EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products by Project Lightning: Perfect Storm or Sturm und Drang? « The I/O Storm http://thestoragearchitect.com/2012/02/07/emc-enters-the-market-with-me-too-flash-products/#comment-3100 Project Lightning: Perfect Storm or Sturm und Drang? « The I/O Storm Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:46:05 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=3099#comment-3100 [...] at some of the blogs out there, including InfoStor, RayOn Storage, Storage Soup, The Bigger Truth, The Storage Architect, Wikibon, and others to get more of an in-depth feel for what EMC’s announcement is all about and [...] [...] at some of the blogs out there, including InfoStor, RayOn Storage, Storage Soup, The Bigger Truth, The Storage Architect, Wikibon, and others to get more of an in-depth feel for what EMC’s announcement is all about and [...]

]]> Comment on EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products by New storage soap opera gets rave reviews http://thestoragearchitect.com/2012/02/07/emc-enters-the-market-with-me-too-flash-products/#comment-3088 New storage soap opera gets rave reviews Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:21:39 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=3099#comment-3088 [...] At this point, a virtual abyss opens beneath the upstart as storage soap opera fans begin to wonder if this could actually be the death of the fair-haired and wild bad-boy upstart. There is a great inhalation of air as the audience anxiously waits for the next morsel of information that the internet can produce.   Thank god a posse of bloggers shows up to set the record straight and defend the honor, if not the longevity of the upstart. [...] [...] At this point, a virtual abyss opens beneath the upstart as storage soap opera fans begin to wonder if this could actually be the death of the fair-haired and wild bad-boy upstart. There is a great inhalation of air as the audience anxiously waits for the next morsel of information that the internet can produce.   Thank god a posse of bloggers shows up to set the record straight and defend the honor, if not the longevity of the upstart. [...]

]]> Comment on EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products by EMC VFCache (aka “Project Lightning”) Is One Small Step, But an Important One – @SFoskett – Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat http://thestoragearchitect.com/2012/02/07/emc-enters-the-market-with-me-too-flash-products/#comment-3086 EMC VFCache (aka “Project Lightning”) Is One Small Step, But an Important One – @SFoskett – Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:33:51 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=3099#comment-3086 [...] EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products (Chris Evans) [...] [...] EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products (Chris Evans) [...]

]]> Comment on EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products by lt13624 http://thestoragearchitect.com/2012/02/07/emc-enters-the-market-with-me-too-flash-products/#comment-3085 lt13624 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:05:14 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=3099#comment-3085 Granted, its only a 1.0 release at the moment. However, EMC can tweak VFCache cards to work well with VNX Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) software. Would FusionIO be able to do this as well? Sun had this concept nailed some years ago :) http://www.memoryxsun.com/3750087.html Granted, its only a 1.0 release at the moment. However, EMC can tweak VFCache cards to work well with VNX Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) software. Would FusionIO be able to do this as well?

Sun had this concept nailed some years ago :)

http://www.memoryxsun.com/3750087.html

]]> Comment on Who Will Be The First Solid State Array Vendor To Be Acquired? by EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products | The Storage Architect http://thestoragearchitect.com/2011/10/05/who-will-be-the-first-solid-state-array-vendor-to-be-acquired/#comment-3084 EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products | The Storage Architect Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:08:10 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=2945#comment-3084 [...] The interconnect technology between devices already exists today (as already mentioned) but placing it into the server and using this for shared storage presents more of a challenge.  Where Lightning was a simple Filter Drive, Thunder will require deeper integration in order to manage consistency across all connected servers.  This isn’t something that comes new to EMC – think of how VMAX nodes interconnect and you have the model already there.  However, the implementation may require closer co-operation with server vendors than EMC can achieve, those same companies they are already in competition with for storage – IBM, HP and Dell.  This could mean Thunder becomes a VCE only product or is severely restricted when deployed in other manufacturers hardware.  We will have to wait and see. (Side Note: This also means that other all-SSD array manufacturers could become more attractive to HP, IBM & Dell as acquisition targets – check out here and here). [...] [...] The interconnect technology between devices already exists today (as already mentioned) but placing it into the server and using this for shared storage presents more of a challenge.  Where Lightning was a simple Filter Drive, Thunder will require deeper integration in order to manage consistency across all connected servers.  This isn’t something that comes new to EMC – think of how VMAX nodes interconnect and you have the model already there.  However, the implementation may require closer co-operation with server vendors than EMC can achieve, those same companies they are already in competition with for storage – IBM, HP and Dell.  This could mean Thunder becomes a VCE only product or is severely restricted when deployed in other manufacturers hardware.  We will have to wait and see. (Side Note: This also means that other all-SSD array manufacturers could become more attractive to HP, IBM & Dell as acquisition targets – check out here and here). [...]

]]> Comment on HP & Violin? by EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products | The Storage Architect http://thestoragearchitect.com/2011/01/31/hp-violin/#comment-3082 EMC Enters The Market With “Me Too” Flash Products | The Storage Architect Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:12:44 +0000 http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/?p=2168#comment-3082 [...] could become more attractive to HP, IBM & Dell as acquisition targets – check out here and [...] [...] could become more attractive to HP, IBM & Dell as acquisition targets – check out here and [...]

]]> Comment on Drive Prices Increase – Who Will Suffer Most? by Hu Yoshida >> Blog Archive >> Buying Disks or Buying Storage Efficiencies http://thestoragearchitect.com/2011/11/06/drive-prices-increase-who-will-suffer-most/#comment-3067 Hu Yoshida >> Blog Archive >> Buying Disks or Buying Storage Efficiencies Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:35:17 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=3062#comment-3067 [...] disk at the U.S. retailer Fry’s had gone from $79 to $190. Last November, the Storage Architect reported that a 2TB SATA drive that he had bought before for £65 was then listed at £150 on Amazon. [...] [...] disk at the U.S. retailer Fry’s had gone from $79 to $190. Last November, the Storage Architect reported that a 2TB SATA drive that he had bought before for £65 was then listed at £150 on Amazon. [...]

]]> Comment on Solid State Arrays: Pure Storage Inc by What to Watch in Storage for 2012 | The Storage Architect http://thestoragearchitect.com/2011/10/15/solid-state-arrays-pure-storage-inc/#comment-3055 What to Watch in Storage for 2012 | The Storage Architect Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:57:31 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=2998#comment-3055 [...] think we will see more niche technologies in the coming year.  We have Violin, Pure Storage, SolidFire, Nutanix, Virsto and many others producing technology that fit specific requirements, [...] [...] think we will see more niche technologies in the coming year.  We have Violin, Pure Storage, SolidFire, Nutanix, Virsto and many others producing technology that fit specific requirements, [...]

]]> Comment on Great Post on Disk Drive Futures from Hitachi by theblogtroll http://thestoragearchitect.com/2011/10/04/great-post-on-disk-drive-futures-from-hitachi/#comment-3054 theblogtroll Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:03:28 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=2930#comment-3054 do they have solid state drives? Greg <a href="http://computersupportowl.com/2012/computer-support-this-ought-to-help/" rel="nofollow">Computer Support</a> do they have solid state drives?

Greg
Computer Support

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