EMC VNX8000

EMC VNX8000 The next-generation unified storage platform delivers industry-leading innovation and enterprise capabilities for file, block, and object storage in a scalable, easy-to-use solution.  The VNX8000 combines powerful and flexible hardware with advanced efficiency, management, and protection making it ideal for mixed workloads in physical or virtualized environments. VNX 8000 Key features: Powerful: Flash-optimized hybrid design with MCx (multicore optimization) de...
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VNXe3300

VNXe3300 An affordable, unified storage platform for smaller businesses, the VNXe Series delivers automated, application-ready storage with solution-focused software that’s easy to manage, provision, and protect. The EMC VNXe3300 is designed to support businesses running applications for up to 1,000 users. It includes EMC Unisphere software, an extensible, unified platform with intuitive user interfaces for managing storage on VNXe, VNX, CLARiiON, Celerra, and EMC RecoverPoint SE systems...
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EMC Data Domain Initial Setup

EMC Data Domain Initial Setup The following is a quick guide for the initial setup of a Data Domain 2500 appliance.  These appliances are great for deduplication and great for a backup repository such as Veeam.  Details of the appliance can be found here. If you have a EMC account download the install guide here To do the initial setup you need to use a serial cable to give it an IP address, from there you can use a internet browser.  The serial cable is provided in the box with the...
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EMC Isilon Simulator – Installation and Configuration

 EMC Isilon Simulator – Installation and Configuration New times and new requirements for storage space used by the company have brought new solutions. One of these solutions is EMC Isilon. In a huge simplification, we can say that it is the simple NAS. But it is not just disk array, the heart of it all is OneFS. The architecture is based on a clustered solution (minimum starting number of units is three nodes), OneFS provides full automation of configuration (cluster initialization takes a few...
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EMC RecoverPoint – Introduction

EMC RecoverPoint – Introduction In todays post I would like to write few words about EMC RecoverPoint product. I will start with talking a little bit about data protection and data availability in general. Why is so? Let’s refresh it to better understand when RecoverPoint might be a useful tool in your environment. Data Protection and Availability I’m sure I don’t have to explain why Data Protection and Availability is important topic. Just imagine what would happen if you have data loss in y...
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EMC VNX – System Notification Methods

EMC VNX – System Notification Methods EMC VNX – System Notification Methods: Let’s talk a little about VNX for File and monitoring features provided by Unisphere. I will explain where to find event logs, how to create an e-mail notifications, how to set up notifications for various Severity levels. Let’s first have a quick glympse of Unisphere monitoring features. Unisphere System Monitoring features There are several areas within the Unisphere System monitoring page, where the system can be ...
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EMC Announces AppSync 1.5

EMC Announces AppSync 1.5 Today EMC announced version 1.5 of their AppSync data protection software for the VNX storage platform. The software provides application-consistent data protection for applications running on VNX, regardless of whether they’re running on physical or virtual servers. AppSync provides an application-centric point of view and uses the native APIs of both VNX and RecoverPoint to deliver user-definable levels of protection to the applications. How It’s Deployed T...
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