Category Archives: EMC
How-To Generate SP Collect Data from Unisphere
Many times you may be asked to provide “SP Collects” for your EMC Array. This may be for EMC Support or for your VAR, who may need to see how your existing array is configured. Either way SP Collect data is very useful and relatively easy to generate. With the release of Unisphere for EMC [...]
Also posted in Celerra, Clariion, SP Collect, Unisphere, VNX Comments closed
VNX OE update released this week, I’m optimistic
As reported by EMC uber-blogger Chad Sakac, EMC has released a VNX OE update this week. This finally includes some things that I’ve been waiting for, things that would have been in the original VNX release in my perfect world. These are things that have been causing me some pain since we started installing the first [...]
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Why we chose EMC
We have been leveraging videos with the sales folks quite a bit to stay crisp on our product knowledge and messaging. We focus on differentiation, making sure that what we are saying about our company or the products we sell is not an "inser...
Also posted in Avamar, data domain, disaster recovery, isilon, Recoverpoint, v-plex, varrow, vblock, vce, vmax, VMware, VNX Comments closed
Why we chose EMC
We have been leveraging videos with the sales folks quite a bit to stay crisp on our product knowledge and messaging. We focus on differentiation, making sure that what we are saying about our company or the products we sell is not an "inser...
Also posted in Avamar, data domain, disaster recovery, isilon, Recoverpoint, v-plex, varrow, vblock, vce, vmax, VMware, VNX Comments closed
VNXe Deduplication and Compression
I had to do some digging recently to get some technical details on the deduplication technology imbedded in the EMC VNXe arrays so I thought I’d share it. Summary The file-level dedup on the new VNX arrays is only for Shared Folders and NFS datastores. This deduplication is policy driven and utilizes both file deduplication (single instancing) [...]
Also posted in VNX, VNX Deduplication Comments closed
EMC VNXe Array Series: The Beginning…
Hey, what’s that in the box right there? Well, the big box on the bottom is an EMC VNXe 3300 array. The boxes on top, unfortunately, weren’t mine. They contained some solid state drives and another tray of disks…but oh well… Over the next several weeks I will be doing a series of posts on [...]
VNX / VNXe Live Chat are available
Quick note: EMC VNX and VNXe Live Chat are available on Powerlink, as of last week . Live Chat is usually pretty good support, and you don’t have to fight through thick accents like on phone support.
RecoverPoint Array Based Licensing and Multi-Site Replication
I’ve written in the past about the new licensing model for EMC RecoverPoint. Overall the change is a welcome one in my book – simplifying licensing, any kind of licensing, is a good thing – I’m sure Microsoft would disagree but oh well. Something I recently ran into was with a client that needed to [...]
Also posted in RecoverPoint Multi-site replication Comments closed
What do 80′s Rock Bands have to do with Competition?
In the IT service industry or specifically in the IT storage arena it is very clear to some what their biggest competitors are or are not. If DL(Def Leppard) Inc. gets word that VHS(Van Halen Storage) inc. now supports RAID … Continue reading →
Also posted in competition, Greater Good, hitachi, hp, ibm, netapp, oracle, tribal leadership Comments closed
Avamar 6.0 – Integration with DataDomain
One of the greatest features of Avamar 6.0 in my opinion has to be the integration with DataDomain. Now Avamar owners can gain the performance and scale of DataDomain for things like large databases but still keep the simple Avamar frontend they are used to. For smaller shops with relatively small amounts of data this [...]
Also posted in Avamar 6.0, Backup, datadomain, DD Boost Comments closed
NEWSFLASH: Calfo Survives EMC World in Vegas!
Well, EMC World 2011 has come and gone and contrary to several of my co-workers expectations – I survived! Why the doubts you may ask? To start, I had never been to Las Vegas, and those who know me personally thought I probably wouldn’t come back – in all honesty I had doubts myself. There [...]
Also posted in EMC World 2011 Comments closed
EMC World 2011
It’s day 3 of EMC World 2011 and I’m finally stopping to write some stuff down. Before now, I’ve attended VMWorld 2007 and 2008, and various regional VMUGs. This is the first event I can remember that has focused so much on philosophy rather than functionality. There are some occasional mentions about how the VNX [...]
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MSCS stretched clusters with RP/CE
Lately I’ve been asked a few questions about how EMC’s Recoverpoint / Cluster Enabler (RP/CE) functions, what it can do and how it does it, so here are some details on how it works. RP/CE installs on the Windows hosts in the MSCS cluster and communicates with the Recoverpoint Appliances (RPA’s). It makes sure that the storage [...]
Also posted in Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Recoverpoint, Replication Manager Comments closed
How-To Generate and Collect NAR Data from VNX Arrays