Category Archives: EMC

EMC’s XtremIO Finally Available – Worth the Wait

Posted on 14 November 2013 by GeekFluent

Today, EMC announced the General Availability of XtremIO, their purpose-built all-Flash array. The announcement comes amid an unprecedented storm of pre-launch hyperbole from several vendors (as one might expect, very much “pro-” from EMC and rather “anti-” from some of … Continue reading →

Posted in XtremIO | Tagged Announcement, EMC, Flash, Storage, VAAI, XtremIO | 6 Comments

Isilon and Data Centers and Forklifts, Oh My!

Posted on 11 September 2013 by GeekFluent

Most of my blog posts are long and text-heavy. This one is short on text and mostly photos… Over the course of my career, I’ve been in a lot of different data centers. Some have been in interesting places, strange … Continue reading →

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Front Row at the EMC Speed 2 Lead Event

Posted on 4 September 2013 by GeekFluent

If you follow the storage industry at all, you know that today EMC is holding their “Speed 2 Lead” event. To some, this event is also known as “Mega-Launch III”. During the event, EMC is making several storage product announcements … Continue reading →

Posted in EMC | Tagged Announcement, AppSync, EMC, EMC Elect, Storage, VNX, VSPEX, XtremSW | 2 Comments

EMC Expands VSPEX Offerings

Posted on 4 September 2013 by GeekFluent

Today EMC announced new offerings in its VSPEX program. VSPEX is EMC’s collection of pre-validated reference architectures, delivered by their channel partners. VSPEX provides a middle-ground. It offers greater speed for deployment than building and testing your own solution from … Continue reading →

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EMC Announces AppSync 1.5

Posted on 4 September 2013 by GeekFluent

Today EMC announced version 1.5 of their AppSync data protection software for the VNX storage platform. The software provides application-consistent data protection for applications running on VNX, regardless of whether they’re running on physical or virtual servers. AppSync provides an … Continue reading →

Posted in VNX | Tagged Announcement, AppSync, Backup, BRS, EMC, RecoverPoint, Recovery, Storage, VNX | 1 Comment

EMC Announces XtremSW Cache 2.0

Posted on 4 September 2013 by GeekFluent

Today EMC announced the availability of version 2.0 of their XtremSW Cache product. XtremSW Cache is EMC’s intelligent caching software. It allows storage admins to extend EMC’s FAST (Fully-Automated Storage Tiering) capabilities to server Flash. Doing so improves application performance … Continue reading →

Posted in XtremSW Cache | Tagged Announcement, Cache, EMC, FAST, XtremSW | 3 Comments

EMC Announces Next-Generation VNX – Takes It Full Multicore

Posted on 4 September 2013 by GeekFluent

Today EMC announced the availability of the next generation of their VNX unified storage platform, previously codenamed “Rockies”. The new platform — actually available for purchase for the past month or so — which some are calling “VNX2”, offers a … Continue reading →

Posted in VNX | Tagged Announcement, EMC, Storage, Virtualization, VNX | 6 Comments

EMC Announces Updates to BRS Line (Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker), Part Two

Posted on 10 July 2013 by GeekFluent

Today, EMC announced updates across their entire BRS (Backup and Recovery Solutions) line of products, adding new data protection features. Due to size, I’ve split my analysis of this announcement into two parts, as follows: Part One: What Was Announced … Continue reading →