tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.comments2024-03-01T07:21:20.686+00:00GrumpyStorageianhfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223784099797393996noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-14087129437746037602014-05-16T19:53:00.298+01:002014-05-16T19:53:00.298+01:00Is disk-level encryption sufficient?Is disk-level encryption sufficient?Joe Chinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478182017013007576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-29485792333335467262013-11-27T08:17:50.878+00:002013-11-27T08:17:50.878+00:00Another article about data storage and architectur...Another article about data storage and architecture, and this time round it is about the security of it. It is good to read articles like this, even if some are backdated. Just saying, since I have been interested in such due to my brother who introduce me to data storage and cloud computing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02449273226067459046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-71680949640260262102013-01-14T05:13:47.756+00:002013-01-14T05:13:47.756+00:00Great post! You should do these at least twice a ...Great post! You should do these at least twice a year. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045354158625586187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-7359765361678367612011-12-23T20:16:44.260+00:002011-12-23T20:16:44.260+00:00We Americans are just better. We don't have ...We Americans are just better. We don't have the commerce controls restricting our activity. <br /><br />Take for example what our banks can do - trash themselves and then - you and yours. <br /><br />(somebody, anybody, get me outta here...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-89982284595305801142011-12-21T23:00:42.218+00:002011-12-21T23:00:42.218+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-82267923823590663292011-10-21T01:09:33.609+01:002011-10-21T01:09:33.609+01:00Great post, I really appreciate your point of view...Great post, I really appreciate your point of view on this!Krishttp://www.twitter.com/kcornwallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-58652863978313500322011-06-30T01:23:35.174+01:002011-06-30T01:23:35.174+01:00Buy a Kindle DX from the US and get on with your l...Buy a Kindle DX from the US and get on with your life.Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161557224107829636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-61669876945346530452011-04-14T22:05:04.117+01:002011-04-14T22:05:04.117+01:00Don't make me retest for 5% speed gain...... t...Don't make me retest for 5% speed gain...... the users will be never notice in most cases unless it is to tell us we should have improved productivity by 20%Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307029674197715586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-81242974145806274872011-04-07T23:19:08.283+01:002011-04-07T23:19:08.283+01:00I've tried reading PDFs on my Kindle and it ca...I've tried reading PDFs on my Kindle and it can be a painful experience. I'd very much like to see product documentation that was readable on a Kindle particularly as I also make use of the Kindle reader across my phone and a netbook. Bring back reference cards - ideal for a phone form factor.NAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247378318975737305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-56530197887604567912011-03-31T10:24:13.958+01:002011-03-31T10:24:13.958+01:00I don't like the Kindle or any of its supporti...I don't like the Kindle or any of its supporting software. I prefer ePub files that can be read on even more platforms than the current Kindle software. <br /><br />I would rather see ePub formats of documentation that would even better handle the open nature of the distribution and not the Kindle format. PDF isn't a bad second step from their. But very opposed to Kindle format because of the restriction it places on publishers and customers alike.EtherealMindhttp://etherealmind.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-17667436465144586712011-02-23T20:29:02.288+00:002011-02-23T20:29:02.288+00:00My biggest challenge with using Twitter (or Hootsu...My biggest challenge with using Twitter (or Hootsuite) on my iPhone is the interface means I am less likely to tweet on it simply cause I hate using it as a keyboard. <br />Is the Android phone any better or worse for this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-53655001860114027382011-02-22T16:28:31.393+00:002011-02-22T16:28:31.393+00:00Plume, formerly Touiteur, has been my #1 on Androi...Plume, formerly Touiteur, has been my #1 on Android for a while. Tweetcaster is another great one. Twitter for Android has recently had a face lift that makes it more usable, but it's still not up to par w/ the rest. Twidroid is one I haven't used at all yet, but didn't UberMedia also just acquire Tweetdeck?<br />Twitter has been aggressive in the past, let's hope they soon realize they're place as a service provider and let the ecosystem cover utility apps.dboftlphttp://twitter.com/#!/dboftlpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-4187558139329227022011-02-18T11:20:49.061+00:002011-02-18T11:20:49.061+00:00It gets worse. This week we were informed by our L...It gets worse. This week we were informed by our LSI distributor that the MegaRAID 8888ELP wouldn't be available shortly. When asked to give us a definitive date, they couldn't. <br /><br />We escalated it directly with LSI and they said they wouldn't give a EOL date either "because there are still parts available in the distributors/channel and defining an EOL date would impact their sales" (presumably because people would avoid buying it).<br /><br />So screw customers.. let's just make that last buck with the remaining pieces and that's it.gtirlonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656853040382927647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-62371953048400307732011-01-08T22:25:01.599+00:002011-01-08T22:25:01.599+00:00Orange, really ?
Oh well - now get yourself a co...Orange, really ? <br /><br />Oh well - now get yourself a copy of Calibre and enjoy free newpapers and easy format conversion for ebooks from other sources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-66896116999735326362011-01-02T16:31:28.926+00:002011-01-02T16:31:28.926+00:00a lot of your complaints about apps and/or widgets...a lot of your complaints about apps and/or widgets, live wallpapers, etc. being enabled immediately after reboot if installed to SD or should still run if the SD card is mounted elsewhere is a tough one. 1st the home screen and launcher (among other items and including widgets and application stores) are loaded much earlier in the boot process than mounting the SD card, which is considered an external storage device. Second, I'm not sure you can't install to SD out of the box. That's a freebie in Froyo (2.2) and you have the capability to move a lot of apps to SD. Obviously there are a ton of work-arounds to cache items, etc. You can repartition things and move mounts around as well as optimize file systems (ext3/ext4), but I think you're talking more in terms of out of the box, and I can agree with you there.<br />Hey, let's start a company that does full cloud based backups of all the worlds new Android devices.... "for a fee" :-)<br />Lastly, you can do a lot of the home screen customizations you're looking for with home screen replacements like LauncherPro Plus and ADW EX. Those home screen folders with alike apps, how about a custom icon for that. No problem. And no, you do not need to have root access to install these home launcher replacements?<br />Feel free to reach out to me with questions, I already follow you on twitter and of course this blog :-)<br /><br />@dboftlp@dboftlphttp://twitter.com/#!/dboftlpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-70822174348108484812010-12-16T12:33:22.301+00:002010-12-16T12:33:22.301+00:00Someone who sees the world like I do, lets do lunc...Someone who sees the world like I do, lets do lunch :) Seriously, USB, headphone sockets, plug sockets near beds, this is all so _obvious_ !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-44654921161515554542010-11-14T15:37:30.363+00:002010-11-14T15:37:30.363+00:00I am sooooo behind the curve. I just bought the It...I am sooooo behind the curve. I just bought the Italix "Parson's Essential" italic fountain pen. It does not take batteries, though.Guyhttp://www.chapmancentral.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-82251422131757855032010-10-13T22:18:45.230+01:002010-10-13T22:18:45.230+01:00[disclaimer: I work for a storage software company...[disclaimer: I work for a storage software company that doesn't sell hardware at all.]<br /><br />I must agree that storage hardware is a commodity, but it isn't sold as if it was one -- and more importantly, customers are buying this high-margin hardware (!).<br /><br />I understand your blog posting as a call for a cultural change in the way the _whole_ storage ecosystem and business works. <br />From my perspective it's the customer that has to ignite the change; I just can't see any of the big storage vendors to change their pricing / business policies anytime soon since their business "works" from their perspective.<br />IMHO customers have the duty to drive the suggested cultural change. Many should be more open to alternative storage approaches, technolgoies and especially business models -- and ultimately said customers must buy said systems, of course. <br />Else I see no reason for the big guys to change anytime soon.Martin Schollhttp://www.infinipool.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-86217277013081909072010-10-11T10:18:22.582+01:002010-10-11T10:18:22.582+01:00Ian
Agreed; the physical components of storage ar...Ian<br /><br />Agreed; the physical components of storage arrays are pretty much consistent; other than perhaps some issues around reliability/availability etc. In environments of scale, the ability to manage at much lower cost is a more appealing and desirable trait. That said, it needs to integrate into a consistent management framework. <br /><br />Regards<br />ChrisChris M Evanshttp://www.thestoragearchitect.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-9533202439784770232010-09-16T18:35:05.986+01:002010-09-16T18:35:05.986+01:00Nice review Ian. Don't know what I was doing ...Nice review Ian. Don't know what I was doing when you published it - must have been distracted. Anyway, now I'm going to have to pick one up for my wife, considering the endorsement above.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01965249526162805959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-58865963917386944762010-09-02T15:05:17.017+01:002010-09-02T15:05:17.017+01:00Great topic. I personally would like to see a two-...Great topic. I personally would like to see a two-step vendor process for RFEs.<br />1. Post them internally on a vendor wiki so that employees can see them all and comment/collaborate on them.<br />2. Open the wiki up to customers so that they have visibility to the comments (or lack thereof) and can participate in the collaboration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-75904321058657207812010-08-08T16:44:54.889+01:002010-08-08T16:44:54.889+01:00Also posted a response on the aggregate requiremen...Also posted a response on the aggregate requirement here: http://bit.ly/duBafjDimitris Krekoukiashttp://www.recoverymonkey.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-37688187270965481502010-08-05T13:55:26.040+01:002010-08-05T13:55:26.040+01:00Hi Ian,
Before I answer some of your questions - ...Hi Ian,<br /><br />Before I answer some of your questions - why "NotApp"? Also, are you already a customer?<br /><br />1. VARs and NetApp engineers don't go to the council, customers get invited. Not sure about outside the US, ask your local NetApp rep (but you need to be a customer and have been using the gear, at least that's the rule of thumb I've seen here).<br /><br />2. RFE contents and procedures - again contact your local NetApp team, I'm sure they'll be happy to oblige.<br /><br />3. A lot of the innovations will come not as a trickle but as an explosion, refer to #1 and 2. <br /><br />4. Aye (I earned the right having lived in Aberdeen for many years :) ) Again #1,2<br /><br />5. Bycast could be a fit here though that was not the intended purpose, again no vendor has this built-in AFAIK, everyone needs some external box.<br /><br />6. Live, clean NFS migration you'll see, CIFS as a protocol is almost impossible to move live.<br /><br />Oh there's a sense of urgency for many things, but we also want to cater to the vast majority of our customers, who seem very happy with the stuff on offer.<br /><br />I'll repeat my question though:<br /><br />What established vendor provides the stuff you're asking for (or is even close)? I'm merely asking, since I'm not aware of any. <br /><br />Thx<br /><br />DDimitris Krekoukiashttp://www.recoverymonkey.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-47336067989768129112010-08-04T21:19:41.155+01:002010-08-04T21:19:41.155+01:00Actually looking at where I am storing most of my ...Actually looking at where I am storing most of my files i.e on GPFS filesystems, my migration of SAN to NAS may not be especially hard. In fact, as long as we stick with GPFS, the whole tech-refresh is in many ways a lot more simple and non-disruptive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902001554910776047.post-41550193264038536802010-08-04T20:48:57.220+01:002010-08-04T20:48:57.220+01:00Ian
Good questions, and (some) answers.
1) Yes, ...Ian<br /><br />Good questions, and (some) answers.<br /><br />1) Yes, you can have a 100TB aggregate that<br />contains a mix of dedupe (restricted to <=16TB) & non-dedupe flexvols (<=100TB). Functionality like clones, snaps, thin provisioning apply to all.<br /><br />2) Not yet. Currently you can mix disk types as long as they're of the same spin speed and size (FC 15K with SAS 15K for example).<br /><br />3) Evacuating a shelf is problematic without evacuating the aggregate. That (afaik) would be the only solution.<br /><br />4) Details are coming; they're under wraps at the moment, but I'll speak to Uday (the product mgr for WAFL) to see what we can say publicly.<br /><br />6) Beer is good. The missed opportunities I too can see from an outsider's perspective. But development at this scale, while maintaining backward compatibility, innovating and developing new features that customers want to buy, is not easy.<br /><br />7) Excellent, I can't wait :-)Alex McDonaldhttp://blogs.netapp.com/shadeofbluenoreply@blogger.com