Backing up VMs seems to be one of the topics nobody can seem to be able to agree on despite a plethora of reading material on the subject – and maybe because of said plethora.
The true XIV fail condition finally revealed (?)
I just got this information:
For XIV to be in jeopardy you need to lose 1 drive from one of the host-facing ingest nodes AND 1 drive from the normal data nodes within a few minutes (so there’s no time to rebuild) while writing to the thing.
Have no way of confirming this but it did come from a reliable source.
A customer recently tried pulling random drives and XIV didn’t shut down and was working fine, but they were from the data nodes.
Why can’t anyone post something concrete here? I’m sure IBM won’t post since the confusion serves them well.
For what it’s worth, the customer is really happy with the simplicity of the XIV GUI.
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So what exactly is IBM trying to do with the XIV?
By now most people dealing with storage know that IBM acquired the XIV technology. What IBM is doing now is trying to push the technology to everyone and their dog, for reasons we’ll get into…
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On current smartphones
The time has come for me to get a new phone (my current one can’t keep up with the demands and the speed or lack thereof ends up frustrating me).
So I’ve been looking at the plethora of devices out there – Berries, Windows Mobile, iPhone, etc (disclaimer: I’ve been a Blackberry user for many years now).
So, how frequently do you really test DR?
It’s after 4AM, I can’t sleep since I’m in pain after a car accident and I’ve had altogether too much caffeine. I’ve already watched 3 movies. BTW, “I am Legend” – WTF! Never have I seen a decent book butchered so much! The ideas in the book were so much stronger. Seriously, go get the book and forget the movie. Sorry, Will.
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