For everyday users of data via desktops, phones, tablets, cameras and many other data storage devices, it is always a juggling act to determine where to store the information that we receive and create. Storage demands are on the rise. In the 80's, the first desktop computer, the IBM PC XT , included...
Print PDF A news story about the school board in Marshall Missouri approving data storage plans in addition to getting good news on health insurance rates just came into my in box. I do not live in or anywhere near Marshall Missouri as I live about 420 miles north in the Stillwater Minnesota area. What...
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My good friend Rob Jackard from the ATS Group has compiled this list of updates to the IBM Support site. It is a very comprehensive list of updates, flashes, tips and warnings and it is well worth spending a few minutes scanning the list to see if any apply to your environment. There is even a warning...
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One of the biggest challenges in enterprise storage management is under utilization of assets. Even the most advanced storage architecture can be undermined by a capacity planning or purchasing mishap. Certain technologies, like thin provisioning, object storage, and cloud storage can help, but nothing...
Lets imagine a new rack server or a new blade server has been added to your Fibre Channel SAN. The first job for the SAN administrator is to zone it to the storage it requires access to. The task normally runs something like this: Identify the WWPNs for the new server HBA. We can do this using Qlogic...
IBM Symposium Melbourne Day 1 az990tony | Nov 15 2011 | Tags: ibm icl san768b-2 brocade joe+screnci san clod+barrera san384b-2 cloud+storage phil+tasker gary+luke fcp australia melbourne | Comments (2) | Visits (621) This week, I am in Melbourne, Australia for the [ IBM System x and System Storage Technical...
Continuing my coverage of the [ IBM System x and System Storage Technical Symposium ], here is a recap of Day 2: XIV: Implementation, Migration and Optimization Special thanks to Anthony Vandewerdt, who sent me his version of this presentation that he planned to present in Australia next week. I "smartened...