Musings on storage, tuning, backups and more – delivered with a no-nonsense approach. By Dimitris Krekoukias
It’s come to my attention that pretty much every storage manufacturer is trying to imitate NetApp’s thought leadership and keeps announcing “Unified Storage” products. Everyone can do it now, it seems π
Now, this post is not going to be bashing them or claiming they don’t work.
This post is about arguing what “Unified Storage”Β really means. And, more importantly, whether you should care about the differences.
Continue reading “What exactly is Unified Storage and who can sell it to you?”
I watched “The Invention of Lying”Β movie the other day. Fairly entertaining, and it had an interesting concept:
Imagine a society where nobody can lie – the very concept of lying is alien and never even enters anyone’s mind. Obviously, tons of jokes can be made using that premise, and the movie is riddled with them – such as their fictional Pepsi ad: “Pepsi: when they’re out of Coke”
This is going to be another post that was inspired by sheer frustration.
It’s one thing talking to someone about adopting a totally new platform and meeting with resistance – I get it, it’s not what they’re used to, it’s new stuff, they don’t know if it will work etc. etc.
Continue reading “Are you using the features of your existing platforms? And, if not, why not?”
Another one came in. I’ll keep calling the offenders out until the craziness stops. Fellow engineers – remember that, regardless of where we work, our mission should be to help the customer out first and foremost. Then make a sale, if possible/applicable. I implore you to get your priorities straight. If it looks like you’re losing the fight, figure out what your true value is. If you have no true value, you always have the option of bombing the price. But please, don’t sell someone an under-configured system.
Continue reading “More tales from the field: Sizing best practices β does Compellent follow them?”