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I like it when people tell you “the facts, and just the facts”. That is why it is refreshing to read Jeff Browings’ blog entry’s on storage. Today, I noticed that he clearly described the current fad of ‘Thin provisioning” … Continue reading →

Expect everything? Are you ready for the power of a mobile Celeron for your enterprise storage? Rumor has hit that NetApp’s FAS2020 uses the chip for its processor. According to Wikipedia “Celeron is a brand name given by Intel Corp. … Continue reading →

You can’t make this stuff up! “Leonardi said the heat causes already dry surfaces to dry further — which in turn creates more heat. ” link My question – Is this a new scientific breakthrough? “Norwegian newspapers, citing research from … Continue reading →

Partnerships and NetApp are an ever changing kaleidoscope of storage characters -So how long can they work with their biggest competitor on joint sales efforts? Long term commitment has never been a strong point of NetApp, as can be confirmed … Continue reading →

Bowling with Avatars…. Perhaps this article from the New York Times is on to something ? “I hadn’t imagined that the omniscient, omnipotent creator of the heavens and earth could be an advanced version of a guy who spends his … Continue reading →

They don’t call it Silly Con Valley for nothing… A certain Vendor in Silicon Valley – (Campbell , CA ) announces a VAR conference and they tell resellers that they will pay for hotel and airfare if we come. I … Continue reading →

Disruptive business model from Google coming soon. Google is now offering bulk storage services, that may be a lot cheaper than buying your hardware and managing it yourselves. Google can probably buy drives at deeper discounts than the largest array … Continue reading →

NetApp invests in Qlusters. I thought this is an interesting development because NetApp, HP, and IBM are all partners of this company that former Dell CEO Kevin Rollins is running. See here “Qlusters, the Linux-based clustering operating systems start-up, has … Continue reading →

Brocade’s former CEO is going to jail, he focused on personal short term profits, and not long term company value. And he is going to pay the price for it. I put together some random thoughts on this issue below. … Continue reading →

Why independent monitoring & review is so important. Over the last few weeks a couple of very large companies have embraced our ZHA Exception Reporter monitoring tool. There are a few reasons for this but the primary reason is that … Continue reading →