CloudStuff Versus Stuff in the Cloud
Posted by Stephen in Computer history, Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 01. Jul, 2009 | Comments
This world of cloud computing sure can seem cloudy. Last night at CloudCamp Columbus, I led a session outlining the incredible differences between the diverse offerings all called cloud storage. How can companies like Amazon, Nirvanix, Rackspace, EMC, and the rest use the same name for such vastly different products?
Tracking EMC’s Symmetrix V-Max Launch
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage on 14. Apr, 2009 | Comments
EMC completely took over April 14 to launch their next-generation Symmetrix enterprise storage system. Sporting their new V-Max architecture, the Symmetrix (let’s just call it DMX-5, ok?) is a scale-out system based on standard components wrapped together into a multiprocessing powerhouse.
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