In the storage wars, we typically hear about block vs file, iSCSI vs Fibre Channel, SAN vs NAS, and so on. The truth is, none of that really matters; at least, not as much as some make it out to.…
Since replication is a staple to any DR scenario, I wanted to cover various replication products installation, and failover procedures. This blog series is intended to inform about the features and procedures of each product, and while some comparisons…
Recently, I had a pair of Data Domains that were having replication issues. After the offsite was seeded, and taken to it's location - we noticed that the pre-comp remaining value would get down to 150 GiB or so,…
I've done a fair amount of installs of this combination, Veeam and EMC's DataDomain deduplication device. The solution is a wonderful combination - but the number 1 complaint is that it is slow........slower than it should be. Why is it…
Recently, I got my hands on the EMC vnxe 3100. It's a great SAN solution for SMBs, and very easy to setup and administer. Having worked mostly with Equalogic and HP SAN solutions, The Unisphere interface on the EMC VNXe's…