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In a surprise announcement today Data Domain have revealed that they have an agreement in place to be acquired by Netapp. This deal will bring the market leaders in both the primary and archive storage together. In these uncertain times it’s bold but wise move by Netapp. As a consultant working with [...] More details are emerging on the upcoming NetApp System Manager or NSM for short. Information is still a little sketchy ahead of the official Beta release but there are some screenshots emerging. The main idea for NSM is to create a slightly easier to use interface than the existing cli or FilerView which can be a [...] So how does SRM licensing differ from regular VMWare licensing? Well for a start SRM is licensed per CPU not per 2 CPUs like ESX. It is also licensed only for the ‘Protected’ servers. The project I’m currently working on has 4 ESX hosts in the Primary or Protected site and 4 ESX hosts in [...] So NetApp have announced the release of NetApp System Manager or NSM for short. This will bring full Microsoft MMC integration to the NetApp product range starting with the FAS2000 and 3000 series. Despite what others have reported NetApp are adament that this will not replace FilerView, rather it’s in addition to. SRM or Site Recovery Manager is a new product in the VMWare range aimed at providing automatic fail-over capabilities between ESX clusters. I’m currently working on a large project involving SRM and it’s the first time I’ve used it in production so it’s quite a steep learning curve. There is very little information out there [...] With so much happening in the world of Virtualisation currently I thought it would be a good idea to collate my thoughts and knowledge into one place so here I am. Currently I’m working as a consultant in London specialising in Virtualisation and Storage. Primarily my work centres around VMware and NetApp but I also [...] |
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