My 3 November #CaptionThisThursday Tweet was this:
Caption this.#CsptionThisThursday #CTT pic.twitter.com/7Xx0j2WSAx
— Dave Henry (@davemhenry) November 3, 2016
The best responses (as judged by me) are below. Continue reading
3 November “Caption This” Contest Winners
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Cisco Announces New Storage Building Blocks — UCS S3260
Today, Cisco made some storage-related announcements that may have sounded confusing. On a first read, you might think that Cisco is attempting to re-enter the storage market. Personally, I view their announcement as wanting to ensure that they become — and remain — “storage adjacent”…
I’ll walk through things and hopefully clear up any confusion below. Continue reading
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27 October “Caption This” Contest Winners
Two days ago I tweeted this:
It turns out that the @DellEMCStorage All-Flash VMAX can be carried away by one person… pic.twitter.com/P4s0FspXCl
— Dave Henry (@davemhenry) October 25, 2016
Inspired by some of the responses, yesterday I tweeted this:
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The Name Has Changed, but the Job Remains (Mostly) the Same
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I’ve been working for a great VAR and systems integrator, Accunet Solutions, for the past 4.5 years or so.
Recently, that’s changed.
The Announcement
I’m Going to Storage Field Day 11 #SFD11
Guess who’s heading to Storage Field Day 11?
OK, you’ve already read the title, so you know it’s me, but that doesn’t make me any less excited about it.
It’s an honor to be chosen as a delegate for an event like this. This will be my third time as a Storage Field Day delegate, so this time I at least have some idea of what I’m getting myself into. Continue reading
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Tagged Announcement, Gestalt IT, SFD, SFD 11, Storage, Storage Field Day
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Avere Systems Announces New Complete Storage Solution
Today, Avere Systems announced its first complete storage solution. Avere is known for their Edge Filers that virtualize NAS systems and/or act as a file-access gateway to object storage.
The just-announced C2N solution combines Avere FXT Edge Filers with Avere’s own new scale-out object storage platform. This combination allows the C2N to be used as a standalone storage solution, while still using the FXT as to virtualize other NAS devices and as a gateway to other object storage platforms — either on- or off-premises. I’ll walk through the solution below. Continue reading
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Farewell, VMTurbo. Welcome, Turbonomic!
If you’re a regular reader, you know I’ve been a fan of VMTurbo from the start.
Well, as of a week ago, VMTurbo is no more. Don’t worry — they haven’t gone away, they’ve changed their name to Turbonomic, to rebrand themselves in the IT marketspace. The name change comes in three parts.
First, they lost the “VM”. This is part of a move to show that they’re not just for virtual environments any more. That’s where they got their start, and while their product monitoring and management functionality has expanded beyond that, a lot of folks still think of them in that “virtual-only” box.
Second, is “Turbo”. They kept this as part of their name because it still applies. The idea is that they can help your IT infrastructure perform at “Turbo speed”.
Lastly, the “nomic”. This comes from two sources. The first is the economic modeling that the Turbonomic algorithms use for resource allocation. The second is how they allow for autonomic management of the IT environment.
I’m looking forward to more new developments coming out under the new name.
Minicast, Season 1, Episode 8: EMC Proven Professional with Kate Hutchinson
On Wednesday at EMC World, I caught up with Kate Hutchinson of EMC Educational Services. In the MiniCast episode with the least background noise so far, we talked about the EMC Proven Professional program and other educational services offered by EMC.
We recorded in a lounge space maybe 50 yards from where the Proven Professional testing center was set up, so I headed over to take a certification test after we wrapped up.
You can hear Kate’s perspective on technical education here:
Minicast, Season 1, Episode 7: EMC TV with Greg McCarthy
On Wednesday at EMC World, I had the opportunity to do something I haven’t seen (or heard) done before:
I appeared on an episode of EMC TV while recording my podcast.
Or EMC TV guest-starred on my podcast while filming a video episode.
Yes, Greg McCarthy and I interviewed each other — while being broadcast live on-screen all around the conference.
It was a lot of fun doing the double-recording. We started the video first, and Greg started out interviewing me. Within the first minute, I started recording, too, live on camera, interviewing Greg. The video ended first, and we continued for the full 15 minutes of the Minicast.
When I can find a link to the video, I’ll post it here, but in the meantime you can listen to the audio here:
As a bonus, I was recording sound when the video started, so you can hear the beginning of the video here:
Voting for Top vBlogs of 2016 is Open!
vSphere-land is running the annual voting for the Top Virtualization Blogs (vBlogs) of 2016. There are so many good blogs out there Eric (who runs vSphere-Land) has made two changes to the voting this year:
- To qualify, a blog needs to have had at least 10 posts published in 2015.
- You can now vote for your 12 favorite blogs (up from 10 last year).
There are a lot of great blogs out there, many of them written by folks who are doing the work on their own time. If you’ve benefitted from reading them, help thank your favorite authors by taking a few minutes to vote for them.
And while I’d love your vote (I’m also in the categories Best Storage Blog and Best Independent Blog (just saying…)), it’s more important that you vote for the folks you’ve benefitted from.
Keep it classy, though. Every year Eric does a lot of work to stop folks from trying to work the system to get more votes for themselves. Don’t make his job harder on him.
Take a few minutes and vote for your favorites here.
