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Monthly Archives: February 2012
IBM Storage and the Cult of Mac?
Its been a long time coming, but I finally joined the cult of Mac in the form of a new MacBook Pro. Having not used an Apple Mac for over 15 years, I must say I am truly loving what … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, DS8800, IBM Storage, IBM XIV, iPhone, Storwize V7000, SVC
Tagged Apple, Cult of Mac, IBM, IOS, iPhone, Mac, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Lion, Macintosh, VMware Fusion
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XIV iPhone Mobile Dashboard is now available for download
The new XIV Mobile Dashboard has made it through the Apple store qualification process and is now available for download! The key features of the new IBM XIV Mobile Dashboard include the ability to: Access your XIV securely over Wi-Fi … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, IBM Storage, IBM XIV, iPhone
Tagged App Store, Apple, IBM, IOS, IPad, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, Mobile Dashboard, XIV
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Riddle me this: When is a SAS drive not a SAS drive?
Here are two common statement I often hear from clients: I don’t just want SAS drives, I also want SATA drives. SATA drives are cheaper than SAS drives. Nearline SAS drives are just SATA drives with some sort of converter … Continue reading
Posted in DS8800, IBM Storage, IBM XIV, Storwize V7000
Tagged Fibre Channel, Hard disk drive, Nearline SAS, NL-SAS, RPM, SAS, SATA, SCSI, Serial ATA, Serial attached SCSI, Storage, Storwize V7000
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Xanax made my dog go mad
Since it’s Friday (well here at least), here is a totally non-tech story about drug side affects and one of my dogs (called Maili). Here she is in one of her hairier moments: Maili is a beagle crossed with … Continue reading
Using XIV with Symantec Dynamic Multi-Pathing
I got a question about Veritas DMP and XIV, so I thought I would write a quick post with some details on the subject. A fundamental requirement for a host attached to a fibre channel SAN, is the use of … Continue reading
You lost, stole, gave away or sold your Storwize V7000 USB key?
I love USB keys, I love free ones, conferences give away ones and ones shaped like Lego blocks. The exciting thing (for me) is that if you buy a Storwize V7000, you also get a USB key: A key which … Continue reading
Posted in IBM Storage, Storwize V7000
Tagged Authentication, Hardware, Security, Superuser, Universal Serial Bus, USB, USB flash drive
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XIV Release 3.1 materials – including a really cool video
If you are interested in the current state of play with XIV, there are a huge number of new resources that have been created or updated as part of the XIV 3.1 update, so I thought I would give you … Continue reading
Posted in IBM Storage, IBM XIV
Tagged Business, EMC, EMC Corporation, Graphical user interface, IBM, Materials, Solid-state drive, SPC, VMware, White paper, YouTube
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XIV Release 3.1 – SSD Read Cache is go!
In July last year I blogged about a brief history of XIV. In that post I detailed how the XIV began as the Nextra, was then released as the IBM XIV and then updated to the XIV Gen3. So this … Continue reading
Posted in IBM Storage, IBM XIV
Tagged Cache, Graphical user interface, IBM, IBM XIV, iPhone, Solid-state drive, SSD, XIV
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Report generation tools for XIV
I have previously blogged about two XIV report generation tools that you can download and start using. This is just a short update to let you know there are updated versions of both tools, plus a new one that … Continue reading
Posted in IBM Storage, IBM XIV
Tagged Comma-separated values, Firefox, IBM, IBM DeveloperWorks, Microsoft Excel, Scripts, Volume, XIV
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Semmelweis could see the problem
I listened to another great podcast from the Freakonomics team recently in which they recounted the story of Doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, which inspired me to make a connection to something I see in my day to day job. Doctor Semmelweis … Continue reading
