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Validating the Dell CSI (Container Storage Interface) for YOUR unique environment

A guest post by Erik Zandboer As we start to see more flavors of Linux, more flavors of k8s and more flavors of k8s platforms and we add the Dell’s storage portfolio to that, just how many different combinations would you need to validate? Yes you are right, the number would probably get close to…

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Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) 10.4 is Here

Dell Virtual Storage Integrator is a plug-in that extends the VMware vSphere Web Client, allowing users of the vSphere Web Client to perform Dell storage related tasks within the same tool they use to manage their VMware virtualized environment. If you are new to VSI, I recommend you first read about it here What’s new in…

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Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) 10.3 is Here

Dell Virtual Storage Integrator is a plug-in that extends the VMware vSphere Web Client, allowing users of the vSphere Web Client to perform Dell storage related tasks within the same tool they use to manage their VMware virtualized environment. If you are new to VSI, I recommend you first read about it here What’s new…

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Dell CSI v2.6.0 & CSM 1.6 are now Available

As always, we keep updating our CSI and CSM modules,  if you are new to CSI, read about it here, if you are new to CSM, read about it here PowerFlex Release Notes – CSI PowerFlex v2.6.0 New Features/Changes Fixed Issues Known Issues Issue Workaround Delete namespace that has PVCs and pods created with the…

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Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) 1.5 – Application Mobility is here!

Before 2022 ended, we released the CSI 2.5 plugins for our storage arrays, you can read all about it here but, as I said before, this was just the beginning.. Today, I would like to announce a new feature that have been in the making, for quite a while: Application Mobility https://dell.github.io/csm-docs/docs/applicationmobility/ NOTE: This tech-preview…

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Dell Technologies CSI v2.5.0 is Now Available

As usual, we have released, the latest version of our K8s CSI plugins, below, you can see the release notes for each one of the storage platforms CSI Drivers The CSI Drivers by Dell implement an interface between CSI (CSI spec v1.5) enabled Container Orchestrator (CO) and Dell Storage Arrays. It is a plug-in that is installed…

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Dell Technologies AppSync 4.5 is now Available

CDM (Copy Data Management) is exploding, analysts predict that most of your data in the data center is derived from copies of your data and as such, we are continuing to invest in this field. For the readers of my blog, you know that I’m a big fan of AppSync which allows you to copy/restore/repurpose…

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Dell Technologies and Red Hat Expand Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate DevOps in Multicloud Environments

Our integration with Kubernetes, comes in many ways: vSphere with Tanzu (VCF), Vanilla (Upstream) Kubernetes and, RedHat OpenShift. Each of this platform, represent a great way to deploy Kubernetes, so customers can CHOSE the one to their liking. The way that we integrate to these platforms is different, for an example, with VMware, it’s via…

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Dell Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) 10.0 Is Here

We have just released our latest (10.0) version of our VMware vCenter plugin. What is VSI? Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator is a plug-in that extends the VMware vSphere Client, allowing users of the vSphere Client to perform Dell EMC storage management tasks within the same tool they use to manage their VMware virtualized environment….

Dell Technologies World 2022 – The New PowerMax, A High-level overview

We live in an ever-changing, security-minded, multi-cloud world  There is no question that we live in an ever-changing world – especially for you in IT. According to IDC, 89% of organizations report autonomous operations are either critical or their most important priority in next two years 1.  Skilled labor is at a premium. And data…