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Tracking EMC’s Symmetrix V-Max Launch

April 14, 2009 By Stephen 2 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.

This news is so fresh you would leave footprints if you step in it, but here’s a collection of my favorite links and coverage so far. I’ll be updating this list throughout the next few days:

  • Let’s start with independents:
    • My first post on the topic can be found over at Gestalt IT: EMC Symmetrix V-Max Is Neither Monolithic Nor Midrange
    • Chris Evans was first but promises more than Enterprise Computing: EMC Announced Next Generation V-Max Architecture
    • Storagebod supposes that there will be No DMX5
    • Duncan Epping is watching from a server virtualization perspective: EMC announced the Symmetrix V-Max!
    • Jerome Wendt: EMC Symmetrix V-Max – It’s About Time
  • And the press:
    • Beth Pariseau is always smart, as her SearchStorage piece shows: EMC clusters Symmetrix high-end disk arrays
    • And Beth on StorageSoup: EMC launches Symmetrix V-Max, may add spin-down
    • Chris Mellor is dead on in his piece for The Register, Symmetrix and the death of monolithic arrays
    • Lucas Mearian of Computerworld focused his piece on the private cloud: EMC introduces x86-based Symmetrix array for cloud storage
    • Dave Raffo at StorageSoup: EMC V-Max: V stands for bigger
    • Paul Travis at Byte and Switch: EMC Clusters New Storage Systems for Virtual Data Centers
    • And Dave Simpson brings up the rear on his personal blog, but still no word from InfoStor: EMC V-Max: Locked (in) and loaded
  • EMC’s bloggers are first out of the gate:
    • Barry Burke has typically prolific and detailed coverage: 
      • 1.055: symmetrix v-max – a revolutionary evolution
      • 1.056: inside the virtual matrix architecture (my favorite)
      • 1.057: symmetrix v-max – scale up, scale out, scale away!
      • 1.058: v-max does what hi-star can’t?
      • 1.059: fully automated storage tiering (fast)
    • Chuck Hollis’ Symmetrix V-Max: Storage Architecture Redefined is a solid overview
    • Chad Sakac is always good, and his EMC’s VMware Storage Strategy – The 3rd Shoe Drops is a must-read on V-Max, though I’m still left wondering about EMC’s VMware strategy!
    • Mark Twomey’s there with three posts and counting:
      • V-Max: The Scale Out Symmetrix
      • VMax: Auto-provisioning Groups
      • V-Max: SRDF Evolves
    • Dick Sullivan promises You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
    • Steve Todd:
      • V-Max Quality
      • Managing V-Max at Scale
    • Len Devanna comments on the Social Launch
  • The opposition is moving fast, too!
    • Marc Farley preempted the announcement with a hilarious must-watch video, EMC insider interview is a fake, and an expose on What’s a tigon anyway?
    • Val Bercovici from NetApp observes that the world might have moved past the need for a Symmetrix, noting “Frames are so 90’s”
    • Hu Yoshida focuses on what the V-Max is not: A storage virtualization platform. Don’t Confuse Symmetrix V-Max with Storage Virtualization
    • Claus Mikkelsen of HDS was also predictably underwhelmed, asking why EMC introduced this roadmap now? EMC – Catching Up With the Past
    • Tony Asaro blogs for HDS about 10 Questions on V-Max

That’s the news that’s fit to print so far! Stick with this post and Gestalt IT’s continuing coverage of the V-Max!

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Filed Under: Enterprise storage, Virtual Storage Tagged With: Barry Burke, Beth Pariseau, Chad Sakac, Chris Evans, Chuck Hollis, Claus Mikkelsen, Dafe Raffo, Dick Sullivan, Duncan Epping, EMC, Gestalt IT, Hu Yoshida, Jerome Wendt, Len Devanna, Marc Farley, Mark Twomey, Paul Travis, Steve Todd, Storagebod, Symmetrix, Tigon, Tony Asaro, v-max, Val Bercovici

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