You obviously haven’t heard of the SVC split cluster configurations we’ve been shipping for over a year then. Does the same thing but with a lot less cost… maybe I should write a post about it to enlighten you all.

Barry

In the midst of a global depression, and while your parent company bleeds Yen like water, you guys have the gall to require the purchase of 2x the capacity, 2x the controllers, using 2x the power, cooling and space – all just to get an HA solution?

And then you turn around and claim all this duplication of resources is a CAPEX and OPEX *REDUCTION*?

Not to mention REQUIRING synchronous replication SW for both arrays, AND for all hosts to run Hitachi path management software and with least 2 HBAs and to be RECONFIGURED (disruptively) to drive 1/2 of I/Os to each of the two arrays across each HBA.

Methinks you truly underestimate the intelligence of your audience. I doubt many will take your offer of Green Eggs and HAM seriously.

Forutnately for EMC customers, the platforms already deliver more than enough 9’s of availability, and PPME handles non-disruptive migrations into both DMX and V-Max. And V-Max changes everything, driving customers to reconsider the importance of storage virtualization altogether.

But…I guess when HDS/Hitachi were caught flat-footed by V-Max, you had to scramble to come up with SOMETHING to show you were still alive.

Nice try, but the world has already seen through your ruse…

But do tell us – when does all this (expensive) magic ship? I’ve heard your beta was slipped from May to August – any chance you’ve pre-announced an untested (and unproven) solution here?