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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EMC WORLD – Day 3 – The Casino, Legos and EMC Elect
Sorry for Day 3 being late. Too bad it isn’t because I won so much money gambling that I’m driving my new Ferrari back to Raleigh. Lots of stuff did go down on Wednesday at EMCworld and the night before. The first … Continue reading →
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Change diskreadonly in Avamar when enabling Encryption at Rest
My previous post was about encryption at rest with Avamar. You should note that in order to account for the additional space for the encryption overhead you will need to decease the diskreadonly and the diskwarning percentages from their default values. Below are the steps to do this. 1. Login to the Utility Node/Single Node […]
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Avamar Encryption at Rest
A couple of things to consider before enabling encryption at rest: ***It is recommended that this is done at time of install before any backups run*** ***There is a 30% hit to the storage by enabling encryption at rest (if this is a requirement for you then make sure you mention this encryption at rest […]
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Avamar GEN4 Network Preparation for install
I get asked quite often during the planning phase for Avamar GEN4 Installs on what the network requirements are for the software install. I thought I would go ahead and post up some information that I usually pass along; this is for GEN4 Hardware only. Single Node Avamar: The minimum requirement for networking is 1 […]
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How to check the status of a hot spare rebuild on a VNX
Here is a nifty Navicli command that will allow you to check the status of a hot spare rebuild on a VNX: Open a command prompt on your workstation where Navisphere CLI is installed Change to the following directory: C:\Program Files\EMC\Navisphere CLI Run this command to check the rebuild status of Bus 2, Enclosure 2, […]
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EMC World – Session Notes – AppSync: Managing VNX Protection of Critical Microsoft Applications and VMware
Will cover product details, roadmap, and demo. Intermediate level Technical Content Creating a Data Protection Strategy 1. Replication increasing – bandwidth becoming cheaper, replication becoming easier, etc. Nice IDC numbers and quote here 2. Map technology to recovery objectives – classic RPO & RTO discussion (if you don’t know what this is, [...]
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EMC World General Session – Pat Gelsinger
Summary Started a bit late due to technical issues in the Bloggers Lounge – notes will be live and therefore a bit rough I like Gelsinger as a presenter but there wasn’t much new here from an overall vision perspective. Too much noicse in the bloggers lounge for great notes….I greatly appreciate EMC providing a [...]
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EMC WORLD 2013 – Day 2 – No Tigers, Just Awards and Superheros
Hello!!!! I did not end up stealing Mike Tyson’s tiger last night… unfortunately. I did however witness my company Varrow winning…for the 5 consecutive year the EMC Services Quality Award. Pictured are a bunch of folks from Varrow and I … Continue reading →
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EMC Data Protection Suite Announcement
Today at EMC World, EMC has formally announced the EMC Data Protection Suite. Although they have actually been selling it before now, they are shining a light on it with this announcement. This new product does not consist of new technology...
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EMC World General Session – Joe Tucci & Paul Maritz
8:30 Tuesday morning – brutal for IT folk IMHO Tucci taking the stage Through the years EMC World started in 2008 – $5.4 billion in 2002. From 2008 to 2012 is $12 billion revenue to $21.7 billion 2002 was first version of it – had Symmetrix, some Clariion, not very [...]
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EMC World 2013 – Day 1 – Vegas!
I have arrived in Vegas for EMC’s annual conference. After fighting my way through Raleigh to Charlotte, and a “Taxi Line from Hell” at LAS it is very good to be here. This is my first time in a few … Continue reading →
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EMC World – Session Notes – RecoverPoint: Accelerated Recovery in a Virtual Environment