3PAR just introduced their third-generation storage hardware, bringing a novel feature to the world of thin provisioning: Hardware-assisted “zero-detection” to convert standard storage to thin provisioning. Although only certain special-case users will benefit from this technology, it’s nice to see someone working on one of the pitfalls of the technology – that it’s really hard [...]
Windows Server 2008 Changes Storage
July 31, 2008 By 2 Comments
Although it’s been available for a while now, Windows Server 2008′s storage changes aren’t widely reported. TechTarget’s Dave Raffo wrote a piece about it today, Windows Server 2008′s hidden storage features, including some quotes from me, but it’s still less than clear. So let me sum up: Server Message Block (SMB) 2.0 is probably the biggest [...]
Storage MVP: I Feel Great!
July 2, 2008 By 1 Comment
I just got an email from Microsoft – they’ve given me the MVP award for the area of File System Storage! Great news – so how do I feel? Not quite as good as the “Steve” in this video, but pretty good… So what does this mean? Am I now a shill, beholden forever to [...]
