Musings on storage, tuning, backups and more – delivered with a no-nonsense approach. By Dimitris Krekoukias
It came to my attention that EMC is offering a 20% efficiency guarantee vs the competition (they seem to be focusing on NetApp as usual but that’s besides the point in this post). See here.
Now, I won’t go ahead and attack their guarantee. Good luck with that, more power to you etc etc. They need all the competitive edge they can get.
I come across all kinds of FUD, and some of the most ridiculous claims against NetApp regard usable space. I won’t post screenshots from competitive docs since who knows who’ll complain, but suffice it to say that one of the usual strategies against NetApp is to claim the system has something like well under 50% space efficiency using a variety of calculations, anecdotes and obsolete information. In one case, 34% usable space π Right…
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”