[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-8sALsrJbM]
This video shows how to recover a complete file system (you might also think of it as recovering an entire volume) using the integrated snapshot capabilities of Dell EqualLogic storage arrays. [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyx_YNpCao8]
Alex McDonald at Netapp made a few snarky comments today about Dell's acquisition of EqualLogic. As if Netapp should be casting stones about anybody else's acquisitions. Anybody remember Spinnaker ? Dell has made very rapid progress with EqualLogic and now Netapp is desperate to find ways to compete. But I should really thank Alex for reminding me to post about our partnership with Exagrid for de-duplication functionality . Exagrid has excellent technology and they are fast gaining recognition
The folks over at the Techcenter have started using twitter. Check it out. BTW, there's a chat starting there today at 3:00 Central on Hyper-V systems management. If you are interested in Hyper-V, check out the Techcenter Wiki.
Just in case you didn't know already , Dell is the numero uno vendor in iSCSI SAN arrays. iSCSI is a strategic initiative at Dell and customers should expect to see us expand our product lines in the months and years to come. One of the reasons for our success is the no-cost business model of Dell EqualLogic SAN storage arrays. For instance, snapshot, replication, thin provisioning and application aware backup for SQL server and Exchange are all no-charge items with Dell EqualLogic storage arrays
Dru Reeves at the Burton Group posted a thoughtful piece on the competition between VMware and Microsoft for virtualization opportunites. He believes this is the issue that forced Diane Greene's departure. Could well be. But I don't agree with all his points - especially the underlying notion that VMware should abdicate its SMB position and while positioning the company as a cloud infradtructure necessity is a good idea, it certainly can't be VMware's main strategy moving forward