New PowerStore in the Lab!
As I mentioned here, we were beta testers for the Dell PowerStore all-flash storage array. We tested everything from initial imaging of the array as either a Model T or...
Dell PowerStore Part 2!
In the last segment, we went over PowerStore hardware. This time, we are going to dig into some more of the features, functionality, and capabilities of this newest...
Dell PowerStore Released!
Datacenter Hyperconverged Storage
Dell officially announces, releases, and launches their new midrange storage product today. You may have heard rumors about this platform under its code name midrange.next....
Link Personal AWS Certs to Company APN account
To be an Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner, there are requirements for people at your company to have various certifications. The higher the level of partnership, the more...
Dell EMC SC Series Veeam Plugin Now Available!
Datacenter Disaster Recovery Storage
This has to be one of the most commonly requested integrations for SC. It seems like every time I talk about SC with a customer, they ask about Veeam integration. After...
Why Upgrade?
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” – IT Manager, Fortune 500 manufacturing firm “Once servers are deployed in our environment, we never...
New Storage Dense Dell R740xd2 Could Be Great for HCI!
R740xd2 Front with trays open This thing is awesome. Dell just launched the Dell Poweredge R740xd2, which is essentially a 3.5″ drive version of the Poweredge R740xd. ...
Storage Center 7.3 (Compellent)
Storage Center (Compellent) Operating System version 7.3 became generally available last month. Its been rolling through the various stages of release all summer, and I...
Nutanix AOS 5.9 in a Nutshell
AOS 5.9 is now available. This comes about 3 months after AOS 5.8 was released back in July. Its worth noting that this is the release that adds support for VMware 6.7. ...
Dell EMC Takes Aim at Low End Storage
I’ve been involved in solutions for a few customers recently where they opted to not buy part of the solution, instead choosing to go with a less expensive storage option...