The Dell EMC XtremIO team recently presented at Storage Field Day 14. It was an opportunity to catch up on a technology I’ve been less than positive about over the years. So has XtremIO X2 moved on? What does the future look like for the all-flash platform? XtremIO Background XtremIO Inc was an Israeli start-up,… Read more »
One of the more interesting discussions from SFD14 was the review of the various mid-range platforms that Dell EMC now offers. The merger of the two organisations brought Unity and VNX(e) from EMC, while SC (Compellent) and EqualLogic came from the Dell side. Each platform has very different characteristics. Unity and VNX(e) have heritage from… Read more »
This post title may sound a little controversial, but that’s far from my intention. Anyone who knows me will be aware that I started out in the mainframe era. I like the mainframe’s reliability and maturity of features, many of which took a long time to arrive in today’s IT world. However, the mainframe is… Read more »
