Author Archives: Matt Taylor
Cisco Live 2012 – FCoE – Design, Operations and Management Best Practices
Encapsulation of FC Frames over Ethernet, Enables FC to Run on a Lossless Ethernet Network Benefits * Fewer Cables * Fewer adapters needed * Overall less power * No Gateway * Interops with existing SANs and management remains consistent Ether...
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Cisco Live 2012 – SAN Core Edge Design Best Practices
With traditional networks, some amount of loss is acceptable. Storage requires a lossless network. N port: Node ports used to connect devices to switched fabric or point to point configs F port: Fabric ports residing on switches connecting N port dev...
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Cisco Live 2012 – Data Center Design for the Small and Medium Business
Hypervisor-Based Server Virtualization Virtualization benefits * Better hardware utilization and application availability * Workload Mobility, within or across CD’s * Reduced provisioning time/effort Increasing demands on the network * La...
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Cisco Live 2012 – UCS Architecture Overview
Emphasis is in the system, not individual blades or chassis One logical Chassis to Manage 160 servers * LAN Connectivity * SAN Connectivity * Multiple Chassis * Blade and Rack Servers * Server Identity Management (Service Profile) * Monit...
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Cisco Live 2012 – DWDM 101
CWDM vs. DWDM DWDM: Long Haul Typically EDFAs Amplifiers Up to 80 channels Channel spacing 0.4nm Distance Up to 3000km Spectrum 1530nm to 1560nm Intelligent Filter Technology CWDM: Metro Almost never Amplify Up to 8 channels Channel Spacing: 20nm Dista...
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Resolutions for a Life Well-Lived
I ran across these resolutions today by author and professor Clyde Kilby. Great resolutions for sanity and a life well-lived. 1. At least once every day I shall look steadily up at the sky and remember that I, a consciousness with a conscien...
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Recommended Cache Settings for VNX
I know there has been some discussion around what cache values to use for new VNX arrays. I stumbled upon a nice EMC primus article (emc267304) the other day which does a good job addressing these questions. The most helpful thing to remember, in ...
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RecoverPoint Fake Volume Size Error
UPDATE: It does appear that 3.3SP1 and newer versions of RecoverPoint support larger replica volumes using the CX splitter, however FLARE 30 or above is required. If using any FLARE code prior to 30 then source and target volumes must be identical re...
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A Simple Look at Parity
Data is important and so is processing and protecting that data efficiently. Almost everyone in the storage world today depends on a simple, yet ingenious method of protecting their data without having to fully duplicate it. We are able to do this ...
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EMC Failback Plugin for Celerra Replicator
One of the pains around VMware SRM that has existed for quite a while now is the lack of failback functionality. SRM does a great job of failing us over to another site in an automated fashion. But what happens after disaster is over? What if you...
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Configure SRM 4 with SQL Express 2005
I found this document very useful when setting up SRM 4 in the lab recently. The part that really caught my attention was that the sql account needs to have at least “bulkadmin” privileges. Of course, “sysadmin” will work as...
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Are You A Risk Taker?
Are you a risk taker? How often do you take risks? In the IT world and the highly sought after “0 downtime environment”, risk taking is often discouraged. This is understandable to a degree but are there areas where we can take reasonab...
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EMC Storage Resource Management Suite