Dann Sheridan: X-log::Storage

Tue, 29 Apr 2003 11:08:14 GMT

EMC outlines technology strategy. Company will offer customers a choice of tools [InfoWorld: Top News]

Tue, 29 Apr 2003 02:37:22 GMT

Microsoft recruits EMC for storage push. The software giant signs EMC as a partner in its effort to break into storage. The deal gives EMC a chance to compete with Dell and HP in the Windows-based storage market. [CNET News.com]

Tue, 29 Apr 2003 02:29:57 GMT

EMC to develop NAS devices. Technology aimed at Windows-powered operations [InfoWorld: Top News]

Wed, 11 Dec 2002 23:59:09 GMT

EMC sharpens NetApp storage attack. The company releases a new storage system that combines the brains of its top-end Celerra system with the body of its midrange Clariion products. [CNET News.com]

Mon, 02 Dec 2002 23:23:24 GMT

Drivel: Finally getting beyond magnetic mediums.

## Experiment points to new spin on storage. Scientists control the spin rate of atoms to digitally encode and store an image inside of a liquid crystal molecule. Their retrieval of the image marks a step toward advanced data storage. [CNET News.com]

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:49:25 GMT

Drivel: I would like to hear from IT managers out there that are responsible for a heterogeneous storage environment. In particular, I would like to hear about some of the biggest problems you are facing you today. Just post a couple of comments or email me by clicking on the envelope on this page.

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:46:05 GMT

Drivel: I sat in a briefing from StorageTek today. It constantly amazes me how fragmented and confused the state of things are out there among the vendors. There is not even a consistent definition of basic storage management.

Sat, 16 Nov 2002 17:08:01 GMT

Drivel: This is not good news for techs. At first glance this seems like a normal, big software and services sale. It probably attracted attention because of its size. Scrutinizing large technology deals is not going to help the market and may drag it down even further. Some body needs to call off these SEC and DoJ dogs before they begin to artificially extend the already bad economic conditions.

## AOLTW probe pulls down Veritas. Storage management software vendor furnishes documents to SEC [InfoWorld: Top News]

Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:22:04 GMT

Drivel: A few more things about EMC Control Center 5.0.3. First, once you set the IP address of a machine running one of the infrastructure components, do not change it. Each infrastructure component generates certificates for its host based on the IP information. I found no way to generate new certificates, at least no way in the EMC documentation that they would support. If you change the IP address of one of your hosts you will have to reinstall the component on that host. If the component happens to be the ECC Server, the odds are that you will have to reinstall all components and rebuild the entire management platform from scratch.

Fri, 15 Nov 2002 03:48:34 GMT

Drivel: I spent all day today digging into EMC Control Center 5.0.3. What a mess! I am not sure it can even be called software. Sure, there are components that do stuff, but the majority of it is strung together with Perl scripts and Java applets. To top it off, there are only two modes of logging -- on or off. I spent the entire afternoon wading through server guano just to find my entire problem was related to a Windows setting and not even an ECC issue. The setting caused the server to install and be configured incorrectly so I had to scrap the entire install. This is something that the install process should have caught and alerted me to. I sure hope EMC gets their software act together since they are betting the company on it.

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 22:50:46 GMT

Drivel: I have been dealing a lot with EMC's storage management software the past few months. It has been one nightmare after the other. The most recent absurdity is that NaviSphere, the management software for EMC's Clariion line of products, requires JRE 1.3.1_1 and EMC Control Center, the management software for the Symmetrix line of products, requires the classes not contained in JRE 1.3.1_1 but are contained in the Microsoft JVM. In summary, you cannot use the same machine to access the management consoles of a Clariion storage array and a Symmetrix storage array.

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 05:15:33 GMT

Drivel: This is quite a cool concept and should prove to be a nice carrot for everyone else to chase. This is IBM leveraging its software expertise in a space that is rapidly moving toward software for answers to difficult problems, such as true virtualization. It will be interesting to see the responses from Sun, EMC, Hitachi, and Network Appliance.

##IBM outlines storage strategy. Future projects include virtualization engine, 'IceCube' modular storage system [InfoWorld: Top News]

Wed, 28 Aug 2002 03:59:30 GMT

Drivel: This is a bad product. It sits between your hosts and your storage devices. Who wants another device between their data and their hosts? The concepts behind the product is sound, but this is a pore implementation. A better approach is using an agent based architecture to accomplish the same goals, eliminating the need to put something between your hosts and their data.

## Unisys readies Sentinel to watch over storage systems. System directs flow of data across hardware [InfoWorld: Top News]

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:43:46 GMT

## Cisco Acquires Data Storage Company. Cisco Systems Inc. announced it will acquire Andiamo Systems Inc., a privately held company that develops network data storage equipment. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:26:32 GMT

Drivel: I am sitting in an EMC Control Center Open Edition training class right now. It is moving slowly, but it is very interesting. We are getting closer to the bare metal. The amount of data at this level about the physical devices that allows them to be manipulated by software is absolutely amazing.

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 03:29:18 GMT

Drivel: No time to load images or do much of anything else. The project at AT&T Wireless is going great. It is a ton of fun and great experience. I am getting great exposure to the latest storage technologies from EMC, Network Appliance, and 3Par. 3Par is the new kid on the block and has a great architecture. What I am learning is that along with storage prices dropping drastically, the management software feature sets are becoming standardized. Additionally, storage virtualization and storage-on-demand being commonplace in the enterprise is still a big pipe dream.

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:13:40 GMT

Veritas wants to be the Switzerland of storage [IDG InfoWorld]

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:13:14 GMT

Ailing EMC Unveils Low-Cost Data Storage Product. BOSTON (Reuters) - EMC Corp. (EMC.N), which became the world's dominant data-storage firm selling pricey refrigerator-sized machines, on Monday unveiled a low-cost product designed for storing archived digital information such as X-rays, canceled bank checks and corporate e-mail. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]

Tue, 09 Apr 2002 21:02:42 GMT

Drivel: It is funny how the storage vendors are lagging farther and farther behind in terms of supporting Microsoft's products. They are extremely quick to support Linux and Unix variants. especially as new releases become available for these OS's. This isnt' the case for Windows. Interesting. Could Microsoft's normal desktop politics be hampering them on the server side of the house?

Veritas expands offerings for Windows 2000 [IDG InfoWorld]

Thu, 07 Feb 2002 02:47:00 GMT

Sun storage strategy aims for EMC. The company believes that tightly joining storage systems, servers and software is a better deal for customers--and will give it a leg up on competitors. [CNET News.com]

Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:50:39 GMT

EMC's Loss in 4th Quarter Was Not as Deep as Feared. EMC, the data storage company that became a widely held technology bellwether during the 1990's, projected a return to profitability as early as this spring. [The New York Times: Technology]

Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:06:03 GMT

EMC gains momentum in fourth quarter. The storage maker EMC sees its net loss widen from a year ago, but manages to top expectations for its fourth quarter amid intense pricing pressure. [CNET News.com]

Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:35:09 GMT

EMC posts loss, sees more cost cutting. The storage maker EMC sees its net loss widen and adds that it will continue to cut costs and jobs. [CNET News.com]

Thu, 17 Jan 2002 02:55:35 GMT

This is key to making the most out of your storage.

Firm Touts 'Perfect Compression'. It's supposed to be impossible, but an obscure tech company insists it has created the technology to compress data far greater than anything that exists today. Washington bureau chief Declan McCullagh interviews ZeoSync's CEO. [Wired News]

Thu, 17 Jan 2002 02:51:21 GMT

Finally! This will make mobile computing truly mobile.

Tiny Toshiba drives to offer storage aplenty. New 10GB and 20GB drives will mean cavernous storage for a range of mobile-computing devices, including music players, PDAs and even laptops. [CNET News.com]