It’s been awhile since I last did a review of what people are searching for (July 30th was the last time…wow) so, let’s see what’s new.
Search Term #1: EMC NX4
Not really suprised here. Honestly, take the Celerra NS-20, cut the price signficantly, allow blended SAS/SATA drive trays, Read the rest of this entry »
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In the previous Future Storage System articles, we’ve covered the basic hardware foundation for what I envision to be a powerful future-oriented storage solution for the commercial midrange. However, as you’re probably aware, hardware is meaningless without software to provide the operational capabilities that are needed to mange information. In this article, I will focus on a general design for an extensible software layer (an OS) that will provide future-oriented capability expansion as well as robust analytics, capabilities, and integration with business continuity principles. As always, please reference the diagram below.
Future Storage System - Operating System - Conceptual
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In Part 3a, we discussed the possibility of a purpose-driven Compute Node based on the Torrenza initiative for the Future Storage system. This expansion node made use of Hypertransport as a “glue” between the base storage compute node and the expansion node (of computation or I/O flavours) that could be added. The advantages of that topology were simple: hot add support for additional processing power, additional I/O bandwidth within the system, and additional computing power for the array OS (which we’ll cover in a later article). In this overview, we’ll take a look at another variation on an expansion node: an I/O expansion node that will add additional front-end ports and/or functionality to the base system. We will be referencing the diagram below. (Apologies in advance for the image shearing off in the lower right hand corner).
Hypertransport I/O Expansion Topology
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In the previous two articles on the Future Storage System (FSS), I took a general look at a basic storage system architecture (Part 1) and then went a bit deeper into some of the more interesting bits of that system from a platform standpoint (Part 2). In this article, I want to dive a bit deeper into how I envision nodes to be building blocks for additional capabilities and processing directives. I will be referencing the image below as part of this article.
Hypertransport Node Expansion (detailed)
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So, in my article yesterday, I gave a global view of a very simple storage system for the future. Since I LOVE this type of conjecture and theoretics (is that a word?), I decided to take this a step further and flesh out some of the other intricacies of the design. Check out the image below and then click through to read the rest.
Fleshing out the Hypertransport Storage System
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Image via WikipediaIs it just me or have we been waiting for this for a while? ;) Today is officially the EMC Clariion CX4 public GA (general availability) date. Good news: they’re shipping TODAY! No paper launches, folks…this is immediate availability. The other good news: you get to do more with your storage; faster, cheaper, stronger, more flexible, etc. Let me rip through some highlights for you:
a.) Cache and SP Processor increases. Across the board, processor “speeds” and cache sizes have been increased. Now, this may appear somewhat odd in that the CX4-120, for example, only has two dual core 1.2ghz processors, but, when you consider that the onboard L2 cache is greater in size (and Woodcrest processors were HANDILY more powerful than the older Nocona Xeons), it actually has more innate processing power than the previous generation processors. Cache sizes, when coupled with the 64 bit FLARE OS for the array, allow for better allocation and utilization within the array.
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So, it’s been awhile since we last did one of these posts. To that end, let’s dive in and see what people are looking for these days.
Search Term(s): EMC CX4, Clariion CX4, EMC Clariion CX4
No suprises here, but then again, I can’t talk about the CX4 just yet. Suffice it to say, I’ll be prepping a few auto-posts on the CX4 (and another product that may be announced during the same timefram) to give you a high level overview of such. There IS a post out there @ Block and Files that is somewhat correct but….somewhat off. ;) You’ll get the “truth” on Monday.
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