Christophe's Corner

Last month we announced our support for VAAI on our VSP platform.  We have supported VAAI on our AMS line for a while too.  It’s been interesting and very exciting to see the great feedback from industry watchers, analysts and bloggers.  What’s more interesting is the fact that people are realizing the combination of Hitachi and [...]

A recent article in CIO by Kevin Fogarty got my attention. In his article, “Virtualization ROI Rises, But Cloud Confusion Steals Spotlight,” Mr. Fogarty offers a number of very interesting perspectives but also asks some great questions about the concentration of (server) virtualization on more powerful server cores, and its growing widespread adoption as a [...]

Back from what seems a long absence from blogging, I thought I’d take some time to share a few interesting facts about our customers, how they use their USP-V and USP-VM systems, and how they truly leverage the unique capabilities of these platforms.

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

In December I attended a presentation by a storage vendor who discussed backup solutions for VMware environments, and coming away from it I have to admit they certainly had plenty of options and technologies. They have an impressive portfolio but… it was very confusing to identify what to use and when to use it, not [...]

In a recent eWEEK article there was an interesting discussion of data protection in the context of a virtual migration.

No, this is not a blog about the US energy policy or the current presidential race!  I was really referring to the need to really practice your Disaster Recovery  plans, and yes, plan, execute and improve on those drills. The point here is that practice makes perfect: the more you test your people, processes and systems for [...]