Upgrading Data Domain Appliances without Sacrificing Capacity
Data Domain 620 appliances come in two flavors, a 12TB version and a 7TB version, for both versions the chassis is the same only the drive count is different. For…
Category: Hardware
VNXe Controller failover compared to other SAN devices
Update: With the release of the VNXe3200 all of the issues discussed in this post have been resolved. For a review of the VNXe3200 controller failover process check out my…
Storing Big Data with EMC Isilon
What is BIG DATA? 1PB … 16TB … 32GB? Honestly it means something different for everyone, but no matter what it means you you the main goal is to make…
Apple’s new Textbooks
While I’m not an Apple fanboy by any means, we do have two iPads at our house but I’ve always struggled with what productive use they have. Almost half of…
EMC VNX5300: My First Encounter
I have worked with several EMC SAN’s as well as a slew of SAN’s from other vendors, but I had not yet gotten the opportunity to mess around with a…
EMC VNXe 3100: My First Look
Last week I unboxed my first EMC VNXe 3100 SAN for a client. At first glance the VNXe looks much like the Clariion AX4, the only thing that is different…
Ubiquiti AirMax Wireless P2MP
Disclaimer: This is a pretty long article and explains the general overview of the network. I have not gotten into the technical setup of the radios in this article. I…