In a recent post (this one on SRM), Wayne M Adams from SNIA took the time to comment as to why he believed SMI-S is alive and well. Rather than simply reply on that comment thread, I thought I would take the time to put together a summary of why SMI-S (in my opinion) hasn’t worked and will never work in the current incarnation.
Thanks to Glasshouse_Tech on Twitter for referencing this article. Should we be surprised that 15% of respondents had no idea what their storage utilisation was? Not really.
Firstly there’s the general wastage issue – discussed here.
Then there’s the issue with SRM tools - The SRM Conundrum.
Then there’s [...]
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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