Barry Whyte and Andrew Martin : IBM Storage
Combining "An exchange and discussion of Storage Virtualization" & "Musings of the SVC, Storwize and FlashSystem Support Architect"
I hope everyone is staying safe and well in these unusual times (COVID-19 year 2 if reading this in the future!). As some of you may know, one of my hobbies is writing EDM style music, having built up a synth and drum machine collection over many years. During the lockdowns and force travel restrictions... Continue Reading →
This question has come up a few times in recent conversations, and was asked at the recent German virtual Storage Strategy Days event. Evelyn Perez covered this in the Q&A session, but I thought it was worthy of a post to help explain. The question comes in various guises, either "When will you support", "Does... Continue Reading →
Its always amusing to be pinged by several people asking for comment on the same topic. This time it seems that Pure are trying to use their lack of function (there are several) and sell it as an advantage, while attacking the competition that do have it. I know reverse psychology worked on my kids... Continue Reading →
ORIGINALLY POSTED 4th September 2018 5,688 views on developerworks There is a lot of talk - dare I say Hype - around NVMe, and I've found that a lot of people don't understand what it means, not only in terms of the technology, but also why is it important from a business, getting things done,... Continue Reading →
ORIGINALLY POSTED 10th July 2018 21,866 views on developerworks Today we have announced the next generation FlashSystem product built with Spectrum Virtualize capabilities at its heart. What's new and exciting about this, well it brings together the best of IBM FlashSystems, Spectrum Virtualize and adds the new dual ported (very important) NVMe Flash drives, both... Continue Reading →
ORIGINALLY POSTED 27th February 2018 'Pure dead brilliant, so it is' - Urban Dictionary This week, while recovering from the crazy busy week over in Vegas for IBM Think, I was sent an email by our competitive analysis team which reminded me of why I started this blog back in 2007. In those days, there were only a few of us, Tony Pearson... Continue Reading →
