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HDS and Hitachi

A while ago I posted an article demystifying the relationship between HP and Hitachi [http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/hp-and-hitachi/] – in particular the Engineering Agreement that HP have in relation to the StorageWorks XP line of arrays. So…. as a follow-on I thought I’d do something similar, this time on

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HDS and Hitachi

A while ago I posted an article demystifying the relationship between HP and Hitachi [http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/hp-and-hitachi/] – in particular the Engineering Agreement that HP have in relation to the StorageWorks XP line of arrays. So…. as a follow-on I thought I’d do something similar, this time on

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Rack Area Networking: IOV

The following is reposted from my new blog site http://blog.nigelpoulton.comAs a result, comments are disabled on this site, but feel free to visit my new site and leave a comment. Thanks to Snig for allowing me to post here for a short transition period… One of the

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Rack Area Networking: IOV

The following is reposted from my new blog site http://blog.nigelpoulton.comAs a result, comments are disabled on this site, but feel free to visit my new site and leave a comment. Thanks to Snig for allowing me to post here for a short transition period… One of the

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RAN: Rack Area Networking

The following is reposted from my new blog site http://blog.nigelpoulton.comAs a result, comments are disabled on this site, but feel free to visit my new site and leave a comment. Thanks to Snig for allowing me to post here for a short transition period… Ever heard of

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RAN: Rack Area Networking

The following is reposted from my new blog site http://blog.nigelpoulton.comAs a result, comments are disabled on this site, but feel free to visit my new site and leave a comment. Thanks to Snig for allowing me to post here for a short transition period… Ever heard of

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HP and Hitachi

If you ever want to get up the nose of an HP bod, a sure-fire way is to tell them that the XP is just an OEM’d HDS array. Such a slur insult comment is almost guaranteed to make the blood of any true-blue HP employee boil. Once their

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HP and Hitachi

If you ever want to get up the nose of an HP bod, a sure-fire way is to tell them that the XP is just an OEM’d HDS array. Such a slur insult comment is almost guaranteed to make the blood of any true-blue HP employee boil. Once their

Nigel

Xsigo - Try it out, I dare you!

[https://blog.ronsingler.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/meheadforblog.jpg] UPDATED 19/11/09 minor corrections/clarifications in purple: OK, if you don’t already know Xsigo Systems [http://www.xsigo.com], and what they do, then you are seriously missing out! The way that I see it, Xsigo (pronounced

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Xsigo - Try it out, I dare you!

[https://blog.ronsingler.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/meheadforblog.jpg] UPDATED 19/11/09 minor corrections/clarifications in purple: OK, if you don’t already know Xsigo Systems [http://www.xsigo.com], and what they do, then you are seriously missing out! The way that I see it, Xsigo (pronounced

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GestaltIT Tech Field Day

Im very fortunate to be one of the people invited to the first ever GestaltIT Tech Field Day [http://gestaltit.com/field-day/] and its going to be great. This is a short post but I think worthwhile so please read on What the H*!! is this GestaltIT Tech Field Day

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GestaltIT Tech Field Day

Im very fortunate to be one of the people invited to the first ever GestaltIT Tech Field Day [http://gestaltit.com/field-day/] and its going to be great. This is a short post but I think worthwhile so please read on What the H*!! is this GestaltIT Tech Field Day

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Video: Arista Networks and technology talk

While at SNW Europe I had the opportunity to visit the Arista Networks [http://www.aristanetworks.com] booth with my video camera in hand, and the guys on booth duty were good enough to allow me to shoot some footage while we talked about their products. Enjoy the video and

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Video: Arista Networks and technology talk

While at SNW Europe I had the opportunity to visit the Arista Networks [http://www.aristanetworks.com] booth with my video camera in hand, and the guys on booth duty were good enough to allow me to shoot some footage while we talked about their products. Enjoy the video and

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Tech pictures from SNW Europe

Here are some tech related photos I took at the recent SNW Europe in Frankfurt Germany. In my opinion the show was a real success with over 1,500 attendees, of which over 1,100 were end users and reseller delegates and the remainder made up of general riff-raff such

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Tech pictures from SNW Europe

Here are some tech related photos I took at the recent SNW Europe in Frankfurt Germany. In my opinion the show was a real success with over 1,500 attendees, of which over 1,100 were end users and reseller delegates and the remainder made up of general riff-raff such

FCoE

Video: Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter

The below video is something I shot yesterday while at Storage Networking Europe in Frankfurt Germany. In the video, William Lloyd Scull Senior Network Architect at BLADE Network Technologies [www.bladenetwork.net], demos a feature of the IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/openfabric/virtualfabric.

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Video: Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter

The below video is something I shot yesterday while at Storage Networking Europe in Frankfurt Germany. In the video, William Lloyd Scull Senior Network Architect at BLADE Network Technologies [www.bladenetwork.net], demos a feature of the IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/openfabric/virtualfabric.

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Emulex UCNA at SNW Europe

Today I attended the Emulex launch of their OnceConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) [http://www.emulex.com/company/media-center/press-releases/2009/oct-27-2009-emulex-announces-general-availability-of-its-oneconnect-universal-converged-network-adapters-and-onecommand-manager.html] at SNW Europe, and I liked what I saw. Most will know by now that Im all for converged Ethernet unified fabrics. Still, Im well aware

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Emulex UCNA at SNW Europe

Today I attended the Emulex launch of their OnceConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) [http://www.emulex.com/company/media-center/press-releases/2009/oct-27-2009-emulex-announces-general-availability-of-its-oneconnect-universal-converged-network-adapters-and-onecommand-manager.html] at SNW Europe, and I liked what I saw. Most will know by now that Im all for converged Ethernet unified fabrics. Still, Im well aware

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CEE the future

Wherever you look these days there’s no shortage of talk about FCoE. However, sometimes I think a little too much attention is given to FCoE and people sometimes overlook the underlying DCB/CEE Enhanced Ethernet – In my opinion, this where much of the real work and enabling is happening.

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CEE the future

Wherever you look these days there’s no shortage of talk about FCoE. However, sometimes I think a little too much attention is given to FCoE and people sometimes overlook the underlying DCB/CEE Enhanced Ethernet – In my opinion, this where much of the real work and enabling is happening.

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FCoE: Framing deep dive

My current series of posts on FCoE and CEE have generated a lot of questions and feedback via the comments section and on Twitter. In this post I will attempt to address some of the questions and misunderstandings – especially around encapsulation and framing efficiency…… I received a comment on the

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FCoE: Framing deep dive

My current series of posts on FCoE and CEE have generated a lot of questions and feedback via the comments section and on Twitter. In this post I will attempt to address some of the questions and misunderstandings – especially around encapsulation and framing efficiency…… I received a comment on the

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HP EVA lab tour video - this is good!

Last week at HP Tech Day in Colorado Springs, invitees were given a guided tour of the impressive HP StoprageWorks EVA tast lab. Initially we were told "no cameras", but after being so impressed with the tour and facility, I badgered HP and they reversed their original decision and decided