Comments on: Is V-Max the next InVista (Hasta La Vista Tigon)? http://blogs.hds.com/christophe/2009/06/is-v-max-the-next-invista.html Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:22:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Virtual Bob http://blogs.hds.com/christophe/2009/06/is-v-max-the-next-invista.html/comment-page-1#comment-542 Virtual Bob Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:18:50 +0000 http://blogs.hds.com/christophe/?p=195#comment-542 You seem a bit emotional about the new V-Max. Perhaps your post would be more useful if you would actually write about all the benefits of the V-Max and anything you might have. An objective view might help, not favoring one or the other ;) Fact about SSDs and EMC is that EMC was the first company to introduce SSDs in enterprise class systems, such as the Symmetrix. You seem a bit emotional about the new V-Max.

Perhaps your post would be more useful if you would actually write about all the benefits of the V-Max and anything you might have. An objective view might help, not favoring one or the other ;)

Fact about SSDs and EMC is that EMC was the first company to introduce SSDs in enterprise class systems, such as the Symmetrix.

]]> By: Michael Hay http://blogs.hds.com/christophe/2009/06/is-v-max-the-next-invista.html/comment-page-1#comment-536 Michael Hay Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:57:53 +0000 http://blogs.hds.com/christophe/?p=195#comment-536 Christophe, thanks for pointing this out also let's take note contrary to Barry's points, EMC was not the first to put SSDs into storage devices. SSDs were in use as far back as 1997 or even earlier -- talk about pricey then -- and were used in applications such as the Space Shuttle due to their tolerance to high vibration environments. I know this because I did research on SSDs way back over a decade ago. Again EMC is not first to market here as in many places, but perhaps through sheer will of bending the press to their message and thoughts people sure think so. I also don't think that V-Max is like Invista, well because EMC GA'ed the product unlike Invista. However the fact that the DMX still exists as a separate product does lead me to believe that EMC has doubts about the V-Max overall. I think that they are hedging their bets here. Christophe, thanks for pointing this out also let’s take note contrary to Barry’s points, EMC was not the first to put SSDs into storage devices. SSDs were in use as far back as 1997 or even earlier — talk about pricey then — and were used in applications such as the Space Shuttle due to their tolerance to high vibration environments. I know this because I did research on SSDs way back over a decade ago. Again EMC is not first to market here as in many places, but perhaps through sheer will of bending the press to their message and thoughts people sure think so.

I also don’t think that V-Max is like Invista, well because EMC GA’ed the product unlike Invista. However the fact that the DMX still exists as a separate product does lead me to believe that EMC has doubts about the V-Max overall. I think that they are hedging their bets here.

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