Christophe's Corner

There’s been a lot of discussion around the automation of storage tiers recently, and I wanted to take a few minutes to focus on what HDS has been doing for many years in this space.  Hu Yoshida alluded to this in his recent blog entry.  I too spent some time on the topic recently.

When EMC announced V-Max in the spring of 2009, it included statements of intent to deliver fully automated storage tiering, otherwise known as FAST.  Many years ago, when EMC was innovating in the storage business, the company rarely if ever pre-announced future products. Today, it’s common for EMC to sell a future vision because its [...]