I don’t know about you, but in my line of work, we frequently have to convert between various data measurements. Whether this is storage capacity or network throughput, we convert between TB, TiB, GB, GiB, and others every day. If you visit my calculators page, you’ll even find a converter […]
At Dell Tech World 2022 this week Dell announced the upcoming release of PowerStore 3.0 which includes new controller and expansion shelf hardware as well as some serious software updates. We were part of the PowerStore OS 3.0 Beta Program and installed the beta software in our lab. […]
Dell SC, perhaps better known as Compellent, has finally had its end of life formally announced. I feel like many people have been watching for this since the acquisition of EMC was announced in 2015. At that time, Dell suddenly found itself with numerous overlapping storage platforms and product teams. […]
Over the last year or so, I’ve helped multiple companies recover from ransomware events utilizing snapshots on their storage arrays. In several of these instances, the customer’s backups were compromised along with their production environment. A storage array can be a nice part of a recovery strategy, as they seem […]
Dell just announced PowerStore OS version 2.0. It will be available for download on 6/10/2021. If you are new to PowerStore, check out this intro post here. As you can see, the platform launched a year ago was a little lean from a feature set perspective. Dell is rapidly filling […]
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 Model X all the way to importing external storage arrays. We really enjoyed having the opportunity to get our hands […]
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 midrange all flash storage array from Dell. The Basics: RAIDPowerStore supports RAID 5, and you can choose from one of two different […]
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. Today, the product is released as PowerStore, so lets take a minute and talk details! I was happy to participate in the beta program several […]
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 now have some customers on it. There are so many improvements in this release that I had to take a moment to talk about it. […]
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 for data that they perceived to not merit the cost of higher end storage solutions. QNAP, Synology, and similar providers […]