Tag Archives: Isilon

A Closer Look at the All-Flash Isilon, aka Nitro

Posted on 22 November 2016 by GeekFluent

On 19 October, Dell EMC made an announcement about the All-Flash Isilon nodes. This product line has been code-named “Project Nitro”. The announcement was timed to occur during the first-ever Dell EMC World event. I’ll walk through what was announced, … Continue reading →

Posted in Isilon | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

MiniCast, Season 1, Episode 4: EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0 with Ed Beauvais

Posted on 4 May 2016 by GeekFluent

On Monday at EMC World, I had the opportunity to sit down with Ed Beauvais, EMC’s Director of Isilon Product Marketing. Ed was gracious enough to agree to be interviews for the MiniCast. We talked about new features in Isilon … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcast | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What’s New in Isilon OneFS 8.0

Posted on 25 February 2016 by GeekFluent

You may remember that back in November EMC announced new features coming to Isilon. Most of the message focused on the IsilonSD Edge virtual appliance, but a lot of the rest had to do with “OneFS.NEXT” (which we all expected … Continue reading →

Posted in Isilon | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

EMC Announces Plans to Make Isilon Announcements in 2016

Posted on 10 November 2015 by GeekFluent

[NOTE: This post has been updated with answers to some of the questions I had at the time of the announcement. The updates are inline, below.] Today, EMC made some announcements about some new Isilon products that they hope to … Continue reading →

Posted in Isilon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

EMC Announces New High-Density Isilon Node – the HD400

Posted on 20 February 2015 by GeekFluent

Yesterday, EMC announced the addition of a new node type to their Isilon scale-out storage line. This new node offers higher-density storage than any other Isilon nodes, specifically 354TB raw capacity in 4U of rack space. The new node, known … Continue reading →

Posted in Isilon | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

VCE Announces Seven New Products in its Largest Launch to Date

Posted on 6 October 2014 by GeekFluent

Today, in their largest announcement since EMC, Cisco, and VMware jointly announced the company’s formation five years ago, VCE announced seven new additions to their product lineup. These new additions consist of: 3 new Vblock models (System 240, 540, and … Continue reading →

Posted in VCE | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

GeekFluent’s Roundup of the EMC MegaLaunch Announcements

Posted on 8 July 2014 by GeekFluent

Perhaps you remember EMC’s first big product announcement event under their then-new CMO Jeremy Burton. They called it a “MegaLaunch” and set out to break several world records as part of the event. If you remember 20 people stuffed into … Continue reading →

Posted in EMC | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

EMC Announces Updates to Isilon Scale-Out NAS Platform

Posted on 8 July 2014 by GeekFluent

Today, as part of their “MegaLaunch”, EMC announced updates to the Isilon scale-out NAS platform. The updates include two new hardware nodes, expanded Flash capabilities, and new data access methods. I’ll walk through the updates below.

Posted in Isilon | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Update OpenSSL on Isilon InsightIQ – Avoid the Heartbleed Vulnerability

Posted on 11 April 2014 by GeekFluent

[Instructions found herein are based upon the work of multiple other folks in this thread in the Isilon Support Forum.] By now, you’re likely aware of the “Heartbleed” security vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptography library. If you have an Isilon … Continue reading →

Posted in Isilon, Security | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Use Your Windows Laptop as an Isilon Console Terminal

Posted on 5 December 2013 by GeekFluent

[NOTE: I did not develop this process. I’ve simply expanded on instructions I originally received in email from my colleague, Andrew Boggs. Thanks to Andrew for the tip.] If you’re like me, you have a company-issued Windows laptop. If you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Isilon | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment