VPlex Non-Uniform and Uniform Configurations
I had a recent conversation with my friend, Joe (@virtacit), and my ValCo Labs brother, Josh (@joshcoen), about the different access methods for EMC’s VPlex. Now, if you aren’t familiar with VPlex, EMC is doing some amazing things with storage virtualization. VPlex allows you to take one (or many) storage arrays (EMC or otherwise) and [...]
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The Angel’s Share
If you know a few things about good, aged whiskey, the Angel’s Share is the amount of product that evaporates during the maturation process. Distillers assume an appropriate amount of Angel’s Share in their bottling calculations because they know if … Continue reading →
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Office365 SAML SSO w/ AppController 2.6
Somewhat recently Citrix released a patch for AppController 2.6 which reintroduced the Office365 SAML SSO connector. We were pretty excited because we use CloudGateway and Office365 in house and the SSO functionality is really handy. Unfortunately setu...
EMC World 2013 – Blog Posts Reference
Just a wrap-up post given I wrote 10+ blog posts at EMC World 2013 – general sessions, keynotes, breakout sessions, and SE Conference sessions. Please note that the SE Conference session notes are password protected due to NDA material – please email me (amiller @ varrow . com) or catch me on Twitter or LinkedIn [...]
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Protected: EMC World – SE Conference – VNX Futures
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Protected: EMC World – SE Conference – Leading Your Transformation with ESD (VMAX, RecoverPoint, VPLEX)
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Protected: EMC World – SE Conference – Isilon Roadmap
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Protected: EMC World – SE Conference – Hyper-V for the VMware Pro
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Protected: EMC World – SE Conference – Flash: Today and Tomorrow
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Creating Space – For Health (By Juicing)
How I Got to Juicing As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve decided one way I’m going to attempt to improve my health is by juicing fruits and vegetables. This is, admittedly, a shortcut to where I want to … Continue reading →
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EMC World – Session Notes – RecoverPoint: Accelerated Recovery in a Virtual Environment
Fantastic session….very good content and great demos. 4.0 Features Virtual RPA’s 7x capacity Fan-in 4:1 or 1:4 SRM any point in time support with RP New Unisphere looking RP GUI Sync replication over IP 4.0 Themes covering in this session – Virtual RPA, Simplified UI, Any PiT with SRM, REST API, Hyper-V CSV Support, Multi-Site [...]
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EMC World – Session Notes – Source One 2013
Best line of the session - Backup is about recovery, archive is about discovery. Notes after the jump… All bullets… Most content not active – study across 37 large customers… 4% non-business related 6% unknown 18% duplicates 48% Stale 24% Active, known relevant Storage is cheap but is more than just acquisition cost [...]
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EMC World – Session Notes – VPLEX: Advanced Technology Deep Dive for VMware HA & FT Over Distance
Oliver Shorey presenting – EMC CSE Tech overview, best practices, etc. Good session – went medium level technical. More after the jump… Scenario overviews.. vMotion for planned maintenance – we all understand this, right? DRS for Load Balancing – we all understand this too, right? HA if a host goes down – crash-consistent reboot FT [...]
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EMC World – Session Notes – FAST VP & FAST Cache Sizing
If want higher quality images, check in the shared Evernote notebook (Varrow people) or email me and I’ll send you an Evernote link. All images – can view after the jump…
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vNook Book Review: In Defense of Food