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SMI-S Is Dead

By On October 30, 2008 · 6 Comments · In Uncategorized

Take it from me, SMI-S is a thing of the past. If there’s one thing the last few months have taught me it’s how different each vendor’s products really are. I’ve been working on a tool called SRA (see the link here) which will report on storage in a consistent manner. Let me [...]

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Understanding EVA – revisited

By On October 29, 2008 · 6 Comments · In Uncategorized

Thanks to all those who posted in response to Understanding EVA earlier this week, especially Cleanur who added a lot of detail. Based on the additional knowledge, I’d summarise again:

EVA disks are placed in groups – usually recommended to be one single group unless there’s a compelling reason not to [...]

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Understanding EVA

By On October 27, 2008 · 9 Comments · In Uncategorized

I’ve not had much exposure to HP EVA storage however recently I’ve had a need (as part of a software tool project) to get into the depths of EVA and understand how it all works. The following is my understanding as I see it, plus some comments of my own. I’d be grateful for any [...]

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The Right Way to do Vendor Comparisons

By On September 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

Good old Chuck Hollis has stirred up the vendor vitriol over the last week with two posts comparing the capacity efficiency of EMC’s CX4, Netapp’s FAS and HP’s EVA products. See “Your Usable Capacity May Vary” and “Updates to Capacity Post”.

Unsurprisingly, Chuck’s conclusion is that EMC comes out [...]

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