NetApp - Exposed

Unified Storage Deserves Unified Security

Data breaches continue to plague organizations around the world.  The bewildering array of storage security options available to the marketplace is part of the problem, not the solution.  Islands of storage beget fragmented data security, due to inconsistent policies, implementations and enforcement.  NetApp recognized this dilemma many years ago, motivating our DECRU acquisition.  This week we announced the latest milestone in our Unified Storage Security strategy.

Has Storage Swift-Blogging Finally Jumped the Shark?

Apologies to my readers outside of the US or Canada, as this title employs American political and pop culture slang which may not be familiar.

It's not even over yet, but to say this has been an exceptional month in the storage blogosphere would be an understatement.  I witnessed something I frankly never expected to see in the hotly competitive enterprise storage marketing landscape.  The end of unchallenged blogging belligerence.

Blogruptcy

Blog Bankruptcy or "Blogruptcy" comes about with the convergence of 3 underlying factors.  "Comment Bankruptcy", "Logical Bankruptcy" and finally "Ethical Bankruptcy".  I don't do this lightly, but this past week I've witnessed events which lead me to declare one particular blog completely bankrupt.

NetApp's Prestige

On Monday of this week we reviewed EMC's botched attempt at a multi-vendor storage efficiency comparison and yesterday we debunked some lingering misconceptions around provisioning capacity for LUN's on a NetApp SAN.

It was probably not Chuck's intention, but he's actually helped bring incremental attention to NetApp's industry-leading storage efficiency via some interesting disclosures by EMC and Industry Experts along the way.

Time to get back to the movie analogies and wrap-up what we've learned as a result of it all

Tales from the crypt - Sizing and Provisioning a NetApp SAN

Yesterday I promised to conclude my analysis of EMC's (botched) Storage Capacity Utilization Magic Trick with the NetApp Prestige.  Allow me to maintain the suspense a little longer while I indulge a bit more in the Turn, courtesy of some illustrative screenshots.

Some would have you believe configuring 99.99% LUN reservations on a NetApp SAN would result in storage admin's being immediately covered by the umbrella of a mushroom cloud explosion ...

EMC's (botched) Storage Capacity Utilization Magic Trick

One of my favorite movies is The Prestige.  Among the many virtues a movie needs to make it to my "favorites list" is the ability to stay enjoyable after repeated viewings, and perhaps even reveal a bit more each time you see it.  This movie delivers on both counts.

The plot cleverly revolves around the 3 parts or acts of "every great magic trick":

1. The Pledge
2. The Turn
3. The Prestige