Comments on: Enterprise Services in a Modular Package http://blogs.hds.com/hu/2007/09/enterprise_services_in_a_modular_package_.html Hu Yoshida, VP and CTO of Hitachi Data Systems, provides his insight into industry issues, discusses in his own words storage best practices, and provides realistic solutions to real storage problems of current and next generation storage environments. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:49:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: the storage anarchist http://blogs.hds.com/hu/2007/09/enterprise_services_in_a_modular_package_.html#comment-35992 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:14:17 +0000 http://blogs.hds.com/hu/2007/09/enterprise_services_in_a_modular_package_.html#comment-35992 Or, you could stick with your current mid-tier storage vendor, and move up to the "enterprise modular" storage array that is #1 in market share - the Symmetrix DMX-950. Migrate in non-disruptively, use single-phase power, install MORE drives, *AND* you can still use those SATA drives in the DMX to keep your storage (and power) costs down (something you can't do with the USP-VM). (OK - I know you won't post this, but give us a break - it's not like you guys INVENTED small enterprise-class storage or anything. EMC has been shipping the entry-level DMX800/950 for over four years now, and you're just now getting around to copying that strategy. Pretty lame, if you ask me.) And stuff like this erodes your credibility, you know. You can do better...I know you can. Or, you could stick with your current mid-tier storage vendor, and move up to the “enterprise modular” storage array that is #1 in market share - the Symmetrix DMX-950. Migrate in non-disruptively, use single-phase power, install MORE drives, *AND* you can still use those SATA drives in the DMX to keep your storage (and power) costs down (something you can’t do with the USP-VM).

(OK - I know you won’t post this, but give us a break - it’s not like you guys INVENTED small enterprise-class storage or anything. EMC has been shipping the entry-level DMX800/950 for over four years now, and you’re just now getting around to copying that strategy. Pretty lame, if you ask me.)

And stuff like this erodes your credibility, you know. You can do better…I know you can.

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