Enterprise Computing: HP Blades Tech Day 0

Some of you may be aware that I’m heading to Houston today for an HP sponsored field day looking at blade technology. I have to admit that blades are not my area of speciality, in fact I know precious little about them other than the obvious. Having said that, this is a time to start being more...

February 24th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, GestaltIT | Read More

Enterprise Computing – Death of Tiering?

I’m not the first to post on the subject of Netapp’s President and CEO Tom Georgens commenting during their latest earnings call on the apparent death of tiering as we know it today. In Netapp’s view, there will be no tiering of storage in the future. Instead we will be using SATA...

February 23rd, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured | Read More

Enterprise Computing: Netapp The $4Billion Product

I had a conversation last week with a PR company doing research for Netapp. This followed just after Netapp released their Q4 results, with revenue exceeding expectations at just over $1 billion. It’s amazing how in the space of less than 20 years they have developed from nothing to a company...

February 22nd, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT | Read More

Enterprise Computing: New HP Arrays – Updated

Today HP will announce two new storage arrays. Although taken from different product families, the hardware will be branded in a consistent manner, demonstrating HPs desire to bring together a range of storage technologies they’ve purchased over the last few years. P2000 G3 MSA (Modular Smart...

February 16th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, GestaltIT | Read More

Enterprise Computing: Which Vendors Have the Right Vintage in 2010?

There’s no doubt that 2010 will prove to be another tough year in the storage industry. Customers are looking to continue on cost reduction and austerity programmes, squeezing assets as much as they can. Of all the storage vendors out there, which have got the the right vintage to succeed? ...

February 15th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured | Read More

Review: Western Digital WD20FYPS 2TB SATA-II Hard Drive

This review covers the Western Digital RE4-GP drive, also known as the WD20FYPS 2TB SATA model. Previous reviews: http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2009/09/08/review-western-digital-wd20eads-2tb-sata-ii-hard-drive/ THw WD20FYPS is a 2TB SATA drive from Western Digital’s Enterprise Drive range. ...

February 12th, 2010 | Reviews | Read More

Personal Computing: Playing With Google Buzz

OK, I’ve succumb to the marketing and taken the plunge with Google’s latest offering; Buzz. I was mighty disappointed with the Google OS and Google Wave, so my expectations of Buzz weren’t that high. For the uninitiated and from what I’ve discerned so far, Buzz is targeting...

February 12th, 2010 | Featured, Personal Storage | Read More

Cloud Computing: UK Power Cuts: What About Your Data Centre?

A report published today by OFGEM, the UK’s energy regulator makes bleak reading for the future of electricity supply in this country. The BBC discusses it here. The report highlights £200bn of under-investment and the risk of power cuts over the next decade. It’s a damning statement...

February 3rd, 2010 | Cloud computing, Featured | Read More

Enterprise Computing: Vendor Guarantees

My previous post regarding HDS and 3Par’s savings guarantees generated a few replies and rather than respond in comment, I’ve written an additional post in case I rant on too much. First thought: vendor guarantees need to be genuine; no hiding behind obtuse configurations that help to fluff...

February 2nd, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured | Read More

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