A Trace-Driven Architecture
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A Trace-Driven Architecture

In a recent post I described how trace libraries can influence the software architecture for different disk array features (e.g. Green, Thin, etc.). The  latest Symmetrix release is a great…
Let the I/O Do the Talking
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Let the I/O Do the Talking

When an engineering team puts together architectures, designs, and implementations for products like CLARiiON and VMAX, a strong emphasis is always placed on customer requirements (sound engineering discipline). Technologies and…
Managing V-Max at Scale
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Managing V-Max at Scale

The Symmetrix V-Max (TM) system, fully configured, can: export thousands of logical units of data (LUNs) serve hundreds of applications consuming these LUNs These numbers will grow over time. That…
V-Max Quality
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V-Max Quality

EMC's Symmetrix V-Max(TM) announcement today reminded me of my first internal briefing for the V-Max project. The Symmetrix team proposed building a data storage system that would massively scale beyond…
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