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Tag Archives: Storage
A Closer Look at the All-Flash Isilon, aka Nitro
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
Qumulo Core 2.5 is Now GA
On 15 November, Qumulo announced the availability of version 2.5 of their Qumulo Core software layer for their scale-out NAS platform. I’ve been involved with Qumulo since they came out of stealth approximately 18 months ago — I actually helped … Continue reading
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 — … Continue reading
Posted in Cisco UCS
Tagged Announcement, Cisco, SDS, Software-Defined, Storage, UCS, UCS S3260
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Storage
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 … Continue reading
Posted in C2N, Cloud
Tagged Announcement, Avere, C2N, Cloud, NAS, Object, Storage, Virtualization
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MiniCast, Season 1, Episode 4: EMC Isilon OneFS 8.0 with Ed Beauvais
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
MiniCast, Season 1, Episode 3: EMC Unity with Mark Geel
Being part of the Media program at EMC World gave me the opportunity to sit down and talk with Mark Geel on the same day EMC announced their Unity unified storage platform. Take a listen to what mark and I … Continue reading
EMC Announces New Mid-Range Unified Storage Platform – Unity
Today, at EMC World, EMC announced their new mid-range unified storage platform, called Unity. Some time last summer, I remember thinking that it was weird that we hadn’t seen a “Mega-Launch” event announcement from EMC. VNX2 seemed due for a … Continue reading
Cohesity Announces Cloud Integration for Their Storage Platform
[DISCLOSURE: Cohesity was one of the sponsors of the Storage Field Day 9 event (SFD9) that I was a delegate for. As such, they helped to pay for my travel, accommodations, and meals for that event. There was no requirement or … Continue reading
Qumulo Adds Erasure Coding, Predictive Analytics, and Three New Hardware Models
Today, Qumulo, a scale-out NAS vendor, announced a major new version of their operating environment, Qumulo Core 2.0, and three new hardware models. Qumulo is hybrid storage, meaning each node has both Flash and spinning disks. The Flash layer (in … Continue reading
