Ethernet Storage Guy

Change of Address

Today’s message is about goodbyes and hellos. For the last few years I have had the pleasure of working with a great sales team at NetApp with customers from around the world. I joined NetApp after a few virtualization projects in the mid 2000s which I designed data centers that incorporated the use of NetApp [...]

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I/O Virtualization, New Ethernet Storage Possibilities

A technology that I have heard about in the past but haven’t investigated deeply was SR-IOV. The research done for the last two posts placed the technology in a more strategic light for me personally. I feel that this technology will soon be in the mainstream of enterprises and this technology will be added to [...]

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Cisco UCS – Part II

The Cisco UCS system is proving to be loaded with a few thought leading technologies. Official Product details appear to be scheduled for launch on March 31st, 2009 http://www.thedcofthefuture.com/ Much of this detail, minus a few specifics, can be gleaned out of the At-A-Glance data sheet. Taking that data along with a nugget or two [...]

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Cisco UCS – Converged Network Adapters

It has been a long time since I have seen so much discussion about a technology announcement. It seems as though every corner of the connected world is discussing Cisco’s Unified Computing System. In a previous post I discussed more of what it means to the modern data center. As the onion is peeled back [...]

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Lot’s of Excitement about Cisco UCS

Cisco’s Unified Computing System has caused quite the buzz and while many are working on the specifics of what hardware component does what, I figured it would be worthwhile to write a post about what the promise or reality of UCS is. This is essentially a major transformation or technology shift that is occurring in [...]

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