EMC Symmetrix VSA is in the works! kind of

I spotted something very unexpected and interesting in the Twitter today, David Robertson (@daverdfw) is working on a EMC Symmetrix virtual storage appliance for VMware vSphere which is actually on display at the VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas. Symmetrix VSA is still an unofficial and EMC internal only project but if enough Symmetrix customers [...]

NexentaStor 3.1 adds second generation VAAI

NexentaStor released version 3.1 of their storage appliance in the end of July, this new version of NexentaStor is very interesting for VMware vSphere users as it adds VAAI support to this already very feature rich ZFS storage appliance. VAAI in NexentaStor 3.1 release is a second generation VAAI implementation which is based on [...]

NexentaStor Community Edition 3.0.5 released

Nexenta has released new version of their free Community Edition storage appliance NexentaStor. NexentaStor is a ZFS Open Storage appliance with advanced features such as in-line deduplication, transparent compression and replication. NexentaStor CE 3.0.5 release contains only bug fixes, no new features were incorporated.

If you have access to internet from your [...]

EMC to release new mid-range family, VNX

The Register broke the news that EMC will release a new mid-range family later this month. New mid-range family is called VNX and it will be an unified block and file storage array replacing EMC’s current CLARiiON CX and NS models.

According to The Register there will be five models, VNX5100, 5300, 5500, 5700 [...]