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How to achieve the desired RPO with replication with minimum cost Replicating data has always been a copying challenge in terms of achieving the required protection for the application. This challenge becomes even more severe when using and AFA with high change rate workloads. The issue is that when the application change rate is extremely…

wow..this is one of the most controversial topics out there.. http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5215   should you run your desktops with linked clones (VIEW) or MCS (Citrix) or should you go thick and while the reality tells us that one model doesn’t always win, you now have the flexibility to chose between the models based on your deployment…

  Shown is a typical deployment of VSI with VMware vSphere. The vSphere client connects to the vCenter server via IP and subsequently connects to the elements in the environment in a variety of different ways- either FC, or IP. In environments where Storage Pool Management is going to be used, the vSphere client connecting…

Thursday, December 13, 2012, 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET / 15:00 GMT Host: Itzik Reich, Advisory vSpecialist, EMC Don’t even think of deploying VDI without XtremIO. EMC’s XtremIO array, integrated with VMware View, delivers the lowest cost-per-desktop, while eliminating complex provisioning. Learn the benefits of this powerful, scalable VDI solution, which offers end…

Today’s enterprise storage arrays follow one of five different architectural approaches to clustering their controllers for high availability.  We’ve represented them here in order of increasing complexity (from a “how difficult is it to build” perspective), robustness, and performance.   Dual-controller, Active/Passive Model:  This design uses two controllers.  In normal operations, one of the two…

Unplug you storage pipeline Construction noises from the street, your baby sister is crying, your neighbor is practicing for his American idol audition, and all you want to do is watch your favorite series on TV. You decide to put on your headphones and turn up the volume so these noises will stop bothering you….