Greg Schulz

Congratulations to new and returning 2012 VMware vExperts By Greg Schulz A quick note of congratulations to all the new as well as too my fellow returning 2012 VMware vExperts from around the world. Here is a link listing the 2012 VMware vExperts including how you can follow them on twitter if you are interested in virtualization, cloud, data and storage networking related topics either VMware specific or industry and technology general. Also, here are some added links to follow and check out. twitter @VMwareCommunity plantetv12n blogs and information Wmware and community blogs VMware communities vExpert spotlights (follow links to various profiles) I'm honored to be among such a great group of people and again, congratulations to all. Ok, nuff said for now. Cheers Gs Greg Schulz - Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press, 2011), The Green and Virt... (more)

Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking

My two most recent books The Green and Virtual Data Center and Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking both published by CRC Press/Taylor and Francis have been added to the Intel Recommended Reading List for Developers. If you are not familiar with the Intel Recommended Reading List for Developers, it is a leading comprehensive list of different books across various technology domains covering hardware, software, servers, storage, networking, facilities, management, development and more. So what are you waiting for, check out the Intel Recommended Reading list for Developers ... (more)

Storage and IO Metrics That Matter

It is great to see more conversations and coverage around storage metrics that matter beyond simply focusing on cost per GByte or TByte (e.g. space capacity). Likewise, it is also good to see conversations expanding beyond data footprint reduction (DFR) from a space capacity savings or reduction ratio to also address data movement and transfer rates. Also good to see is increase in discussion around input/output operations per section (IOPs) tying into conversations from virtualization, VDI, cloud to Sold State Devices (SSD). Other storage and IO metrics that matter include late... (more)

More Storage IO Momentus HHDD and SSD Moments (Part 2)

This follows the first of a two-part series on my latest experiences with Hybrid Hard Disk Drives (HHDDs) and Solid State Devices (SSDs). In my ongoing last momentus moment post I discussed what I have done with HHDDs and setting the stage for expanded SSD use. I have the newer HHDDs, e.g. Seagate Momentus XT II 750GB (8GB SLC nand flash) installed and have since bought another from Amazon as well as having some of the older 500GB (4GB SLC nand flash) in various systems. Those are all functioning great, however still waiting and looking forward to the rumored firmware enhancement... (more)

Part IV: PureSystems, Something Old, Something New, Something from Big Blue

This is the fourth in a five-part series around the recent IBM PureSystems announcements. You can view the earlier post here, and the next post here. So what does this mean for IBM Business Partners (BPs) and ISVs? What could very well differentiate IBM PureSystems from those of other competitors is to take what their partner NetApp has done with FlexPods combing third-party applications from Microsoft and SAP among others and take it to the next level. Similar to what helped make EMC Centera a success (or at least sell a lot of them) was inclusion and leveraging third-party ISVs ... (more)