Storage hypervisors is a term that is not as easily understood as that of the server hypervisor. In this post we look at the term storage hypervisor and why a change to the Wikipedia entry has been proposed. If it is good enough on servers, will it work on storage? On the server side the [...]
Posts Tagged IBM
On June 30 IBM broadcast to the wider world the summary of a paper presented at the International Memory Workshop. The content was about the progress IBM scientists have made in semiconductor based storage. So, no product announced nor a roadmap for a commercial implementation. The topic is Phase Change Memory (PCM), which IBM thinks [...]
IBM joined the other vendors demonstrating that June is apparently the obvious month for storage events. This one was dedicated to the XIV product, which IBM acquired in December 2007. There were other items on the agenda such as Real time Compression and ProtecTIER, but the event was dedicated to XIV. The event took place [...]
Dell’s recent strategy shows its many initiatives to bolster its credentials as a full system vendor. The key motivation for this strategy is (1) size followed by (2) portfolio. Size is everything for the world’s top IT vendors and Dell wants its share of the spoils, hence its desire for revenue streams, scale and economies [...]
It was as late as in December 2008, that EMC announced the extension of its reseller agreement with Dell and both CEOs took part in an interview. This video can still be found on EMC site in several versions EMC Dell but a longer version is available on EMC Dell youtube . In the video [...]
EMC – Breaking a Few Records
Jan 18
EMC today launched a slew of announcements, probably the most the company ever made in a single event. The over-all banner for the announcement, which had been attempting to gather much publicity in advance was ‘Record Breaking’. In the event Joe Tucci and Pat Gelsinger, CEO and COO respectively, was joined on stage by 26 [...]
IBM has published a wonderful 320 page hardback book about IBM’s endeavours in storage, and I am pleased to have been given a copy, and mine is fortunately signed by the author Kurt Gerecke himself. This weblink points to a PDF version that is almost identical: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/de/resources/ibm_storage_kompendium.pdf Please do not let it put you off [...]
IBM Announced its new midrange Storwize V7000 Array, amid a bigger storage announcement yesterday. The new V7000 enjoys features from SVC and XIV. At a glance The V7000 standard features included: Easy Tier, FlashCopy & Thin Provisioning. Additional features are: Remote Mirroring, External Virtualization, FlashCopy Manager, TPC Midrange Edition, TivoliStorage Manager FastBack™, IBM Systems Director. [...]
Dell to buy 3PAR
Aug 16
Dell announced this morning that 3PAR has agreed to be acquired for $1.15Bn. (See previous 3PARpost from last Tuesday). The attraction for Dell is that it adds an enterprise class product to its portfolio, so fills a stragic aim. Dell will also undoubtedly be able to grow revenues quicker and faster than 3PAR on its [...]
Symantec enhances Veritas Storage Foundation, Veritas Cluster File System and Veritas Cluster Server. In this announcement Symantec Dec 7 announcement improves the functionality of Veritas Storage Foundation (VSF) by such features as thin provisioning, enhancing failover and recognising SSD, as well as adding performance. Thin API. Veritas File System provides thin reclamation on third party [...]
