XenSource just announced that they’ll embed Symantec-née-Veritas‘ server-side storage virtualization software into their server virtualization offering. This is great news, since server virtualization has boiling for more than a year now with precious little storage integration to be seen. Although XenSource is a distant second in the world of server virtualization, they’re close enough to […]
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Is Storage Really That Different?
Cisco’s new product announcements this week got me thinking about our little storage pond. Sure, VFrame isn’t breaking any new ground compared to Scalent, HP’s Opsware, and BladeLogic, but it’ll be a revelation to Cisco’s customers. Remember, all the iPod had going for it was Apple’s brand name, customer base, and flawless execution! The point […]
TiVo HD Arrives
Yeah, I’m a TiVo believer. This thing liberates me from thinking about television shows and schedules – I live my life and watch what I want when I want to instead of thinking “gosh, I better get home Wednesday night or I’ll miss Lost!” I finally jumped on the Series 3 TiVo in June when […]
Toot toot 2: My iSCSI in the Enterprise article is in Storage Magazine
Another bit of self-promotion: My latest article for Storage Magazine, Can iSCSI Crack the Enterprise?, has just been published in the July issue.
Sailing the Titanic (Why We Need ILM and Then Some!)
Without getting into the debate on blogketing (I’ll save that for another post), I was pretty impressed by Chuck Hollis’ recent post on ILM. I think he’s made a good discussion of the wherefores of ILM, and maybe counteracted a bit of the prevailing anti-ILM argument. I’ve been in the trenches on storage content (aka […]
