Dude, Where’s My Server!?!
Hello Cloud, Goodbye Constant Configuration I have to admit that when I log into a Linux box and realize that I have some technical chops left, I get a deep feeling of satisfaction. I am also in the...
View ArticleEMC Takes Control of VCE
ga('create', 'UA-8390828-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); EMC recently announced that they were buying out most of Cisco’s interest in VCE with Cisco only retaining a 10 percent stake in the...
View ArticleSpending Money To Make Money: An IT Strategy That Really Works?
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: “Look, if I spend more than $50 at this store, I get 20% off!” Or how about adding an extra item to Amazon’s shopping cart to qualify for free shipping? You...
View ArticleAdventures in cMode Migrations: Part One
On paper, a 7-Mode to the Clustered Data OnTap (“cDOT”) migration can seem fairly straightforward. In this series, I will discuss some scenarios in terms of what can be very easy vs. what can be...
View ArticleVMware Backup Using Symantec NetBackup: 3 Methods with Best Practices
Symantec’s NetBackup has been in the business of protecting the VMware virtual infrastructures for a while. What we’ve seen over the last couple of versions is the maturing of a product that at this...
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Cabling, Keeping it Simple
When I was shadowing and learning the Cisco Unified Computer System (UCS) one thing my mentor kept commenting on was how clean the cabling was and how much of it was reduced. I am typically...
View ArticleChoosing the Best Replication with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager:...
I recently had the opportunity to implement VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) in three different environments using two different replication technologies (vSphere and Array-based...
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Faster and Easier: Cloud-based Disaster Recovery Using Zerto
Is your Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plan ready for the cloud? Remember the days when implementing DR/BC meant having identical storage infrastructure at the remote site? The capital costs...
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Advice from the Expert, Best Practices in Utilizing Storage Pools
Storage Pools for the CX4 and VNX have been around a while now, but I continue to still see a lot of people doing things that are against best practices. First, let’s start out talking about RAID...
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Letting Cache Acceleration Cards Do The Heavy Lifiting
Up until now there has not been a great deal of intelligence around SSD Cache cards and flash arrays because they have primarily been configrued as DAS (Direct Attach Storage). By moving read intensive...
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Adventures In Networking: Hardships In Finding The Longest Match
Sometimes in life you have to learn things the hard way. Recently I learned why the Longest Match Rule (Longest Match Algorithm) works and why it is applied not only to routing, but to other situations...
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