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Looking at recent threads, there is something I’d like to clarify concerning some less than accurate information regarding our ability to be in compliance with constant replication requirements: our Tiered Storage Manager will only need to be suspended if a customer is using asynchronous replication (typically over very long distances). As a reminder, synchronous replication environments will be supported with TSM V6.2 which is currently in beta. Additionally, let’s not mitigate the fact that while the pairs are suspended, the Universal Replication Journal Files track and capture all updates so they will be propagated upon reestablishing the session.
Wrestling with superior technology: French Samurai vs. Barry the Tigon
By: Christophe Bertrand on May 28, 2009
My last entry generated some interesting comments from both EMC and IBM. Last night I ended up watching a few minutes of a wrestling match (although Martha Stewart’s cookie recipe re-run looked great too), so I figured I’d adopt the theme today for fun. I gave myself and my dance partner stage names for the occasion. Of course, in the end the winners are the spectators. Please enjoy the show! more
I was reading Claus’s recent blog entry and I wanted to provide a complementary perspective and highlight my take on how our recently-announced storage clustering capabilities generate business and operational advantages that are virtually (ah ah) impossible to match.
In case you haven’t spent your evenings solving Claus’s anagram from last week’s blog – although I read that Mr. Mellor from the Register has offered a few “exciting” but less “classy” options (very funny however) – today should have provided you with the answer. Our “classy treat” is indeed a treat for storage customers, and since we’re classy anyway…
Well, I was hoping that getting up early today would pay off and that we’d get some big news from EMC World. You can tell EMC’s folks have been busy opening Twitter accounts to make it look like there’s actually something to talk about. So, all we got from the keynotes was a regurgitation of the same market trends we’ve heard about a million times, with virtualization front and center. Except for Storage Virtualization, which their platform can’t do. Now of course, someone has to ask about virtual profits too!!! See: the_saltworks: @Veridictus let’s hope Tucci’s list doesn’t include Virtual Profits
New version of Hitachi Data Protection Suite redefines backup
By: Christophe Bertrand on May 12, 2009
Today is a great day for backup. We’ve just announced the general availability (GA) of Hitachi Data Protection Suite 8.0. Did you know that this version is the 4th major release of this powerful unified Data Protection and Data Management solution? Unlike products that find their roots in old code and cloggy architectures, this software is more than just backup—and definitely not your grandfather’s backup solution.
Today, Hitachi Data Systems made a significant strategic announcement around end to end (E2E) server-to-storage virtualization, recognizing the critical role virtualization will play across the data center going forward. more
Thank you for your comment on my previous post, Barry. It’s a pleasure to see you on these pages. I have to admit I found your post both utterly amusing and actually a little bit disturbing because many of your facts are wrong. So, let me point out a few important issues that need clarification here: more
It was pretty interesting to hear from EMC this week with their (rushed) announcement of the DMX-5, sorry, Symmetrix-V, where the V stands for Virtual…I think, which really means “virtual virtualization” because it doesn’t do storage virtualization. Wait. I get it, it’s virtual reality! Hu has a great perspective on this. more
