Starwind have recently released a free version of is ISCSI SAN product set, with no capacity limits! It includes the following features: Data Deduplication: Data Deduplication is a specialized mechanism of data-compression that allows reducing needed storage capacity due to the process of eliminating duplicated data Snapshots & Clones: Capture point-in-time snapshots with unlimited rollback …
Category Archive: Storage
Apr 18
To FOM or not to FOM, that is the question!
You have a mutli node P4000 environment, do you need a Fail Over Manager (FOM) or not? But first, what the hell is a FOM? The FOM is a specialized version of the SAN/iQ software. It runs as a virtual appliance in VMware that can be run on ESX, ESXi VMware Workstation or VMware player. …
Feb 10
HP 3par… and?
So, your favourite(!) storage vendor has just shelled out 2.1 billion dollars on a product line that sits alongside their bestselling Mid-Enterprise Storage Arrays (EVA) but also pokes its finger at the Mission Critical arrays (XP). Just what are customers going to gain from 3par? 3par offers: FC & iSCSI connectivity with built in dedicated site …
Feb 03
Converged Infrastructure – the HP way
Is this the new Public/Private cloud offering everyone is waiting for? http://www8.hp.com/us/en/solutions/solutions-detail.html?compURI=tcm:245-785656&contentView=business Actually, its a very good system for automating deployments of private & public cloud services, all based on industry standard hardware & software. A good analysis: http://www.it-analysis.com/technology/infrastructure/content.php?cid=12553
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