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Since quite a few folks asked for some more detail on EMC Atmos GeoProtect and the underlying erasure coding, we prepared a YouTube video overview.

GeoProtect and Erasure Coding

Enjoy!

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Atmos 1.3 Released!

by dave on February 16, 2010


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It’s a rather dark and snowy Tuesday in Hopkinton today but, despite the craptastic weather, there’s some good news floating about.  EMC’s Cloud Infrastructure Group has released Atmos version 1.3 which is a significant overhaul of the Atmos code previously released.  So, what’s new, what’s cool, and why even bother?

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Video: Dell R610 Overview in Lab

by dave on January 14, 2010


I figured I’d start the year off right and give all of you a bit of an overview on the Dell R610 hardware that I use in my test and development work.  Got 6 of these guys in the other day so, I shot a quick video overview of the hardware and specs for you to take a look at.

I don’t mention the HBAs or CNAs that I use (Brocade, Emulex, and Qlogic) because it does vary a bit depending on the loadout that I’m working with.  Common denominator to everything, though, is VMware ESX4i.

If there’s anything else you want me to provide an overview on, please let me know!

cheers,

Dave

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Why policy is the future of storage, part 2

October 5, 2009

In my first post on policy, i tried to show what policy’s influence would be like from a top-level standpoint. We see that policy can start from a localized array standpoint and “fix” performancing or hotspot issues based on key LUN migration technologies (like EMC’s FAST promises to do; Compellent already does [...]

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Why Policy is the future of storage

September 20, 2009

As many of you may know, I work for EMC’s Cloud Infrastructure Group as part of the Atmos solution team. In this role, I’ve been blessed with getting a closer look at where the future of cloud storage is going as well as some of the drivers that will get it there. In [...]

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