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Over 8 years ago

Commented on NetApp do have a “pure” block storage array but it lacks the advanced data services enabled by WAFL

Please post any questions at http://blog.snsltd.co.uk/does-it-really-matter-if-netapp-fas-is-not-pure-block-storage/ Best regards Mark

Over 8 years ago

Contributed a review of HPE SimpliVity: It's an incredibly elegant solution that is built for the VM, not LUN, which delivers on the vision of VMware Virtual Volumes today.

About 9 years ago

Commented on VSAN vs. EVO:RAIL

Hi I think it it early days for VSAN and even when it does take off it will be deployed along side SAN/NAS arrays in medium to large organisations. As with all technologies the architecture of something like VSAN has both positive and negative attributes when compared to…

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of NetApp FAS Series: The interesting thing about VVOLs is that not all implementations will be equal. It puts more responsibility on the array by moving storage operations to it that were previously handled by vSphere.

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of NetApp FAS Series: We have flash caching, but it would be nice if we could move data between flash, SAS and SATA drives.

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of NetApp FAS Series: Policies are applied to FlexVols but it would be useful if they could also be specified for an individual Virtual Volume.

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of VMware EVO:RAIL [EOL]: It is a nice piece of technology, but it is way too expensive.

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of VMware EVO:RAIL [EOL]: VSAN vs. EVO:RAIL

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of Z - Placeholder: Ideally it needs to support HDDs and/or different tiers of SDDs but it offers a variable length block layout that is equally adept at different I/O sizes.

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of Commvault Cloud: NetApp E Series and CommVault Simpana

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of VMware vSphere: Hopefully Long-Distance vMotion is only going to get better.

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of NetApp FAS Series: NetApp do have a “pure” block storage array but it lacks the advanced data services enabled by WAFL

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of VMware vSAN: The solution is simple to manage but redirect-on-write snapshots is needed

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of Dell RecoverPoint: RecoverPoint combines vSphere Replication with RecoverPoint for storage arrays

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of VMware vSAN: VMware Virtual SAN vs. EMC ScaleIO and conventional storage arrays

Over 9 years ago

Contributed a review of Dell VPLEX: NetApp MetroCluster vs. EMC VPLEX

Almost 10 years ago

Contributed a review of NetApp AFF: NetApp vs. XtremIO

Almost 10 years ago

Contributed a review of Dell XtremIO: NetApp vs. XtremIO vs. HDS

Reviews

Over 8 years ago

HPE SimpliVity

It's an incredibly elegant solution that is built for the VM, not LUN, which delivers on the vision of VMware Virtual Volumes today.

Over 9 years ago

NetApp FAS Series

The interesting thing about VVOLs is that not all implementations will be equal. It puts more responsibility on the array by moving storage operations to it that were previously handled by vSphere.

Over 9 years ago

NetApp FAS Series

We have flash caching, but it would be nice if we could move data between flash, SAS and SATA drives.

Over 9 years ago

NetApp FAS Series

Policies are applied to FlexVols but it would be useful if they could also be specified for an individual Virtual Volume.

Over 9 years ago

VMware EVO:RAIL [EOL]

It is a nice piece of technology, but it is way too expensive.

Over 9 years ago

VMware EVO:RAIL [EOL]

VSAN vs. EVO:RAIL

Over 9 years ago

Commvault Cloud

NetApp E Series and CommVault Simpana

Over 9 years ago

VMware vSphere

Hopefully Long-Distance vMotion is only going to get better.

Over 9 years ago

NetApp FAS Series

NetApp do have a “pure” block storage array but it lacks the advanced data services enabled by WAFL

Over 9 years ago

VMware vSAN

The solution is simple to manage but redirect-on-write snapshots is needed

Over 9 years ago

Dell RecoverPoint

RecoverPoint combines vSphere Replication with RecoverPoint for storage arrays

Over 9 years ago

VMware vSAN

VMware Virtual SAN vs. EMC ScaleIO and conventional storage arrays

Over 9 years ago

Dell VPLEX

NetApp MetroCluster vs. EMC VPLEX

Almost 10 years ago

NetApp AFF

NetApp vs. XtremIO

Almost 10 years ago

Dell XtremIO

NetApp vs. XtremIO vs. HDS

Comments

Over 8 years ago

Deduplication Software

NetApp do have a “pure” block storage array but it lacks the advanced data services enabled by WAFL

About 9 years ago

HCI

VSAN vs. EVO:RAIL

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My role over the last decade has been to understand new technologies to enable SNS to help our customers to exploit the latest innovations in IT.

I believe that modern IT is about consolidation, simplification and innovation, but the challenge for most IT professionals is keeping up with the pace of change and cutting through all of the vendor hype.

I enjoy delving deep into product architectures to understand their technical strengths and weaknesses, as well as their associated costs so that I am fully equipped to provide our customers with the best possible value proposition.

I focus on Storage, Backup and Archive, Disaster Recovery, and Server and Desktop Virtualisation solutions built with products from market-leading vendors including EMC, HDS, NetApp, Riverbed, CommVault and VMware.