EMC ProtectPoint, Now Support XtremIO
Wow, this has been highly on my radar, one of the most anticipated integration point to XtremIO is almost available! You wouldn’t drive a racecar without a helmet… and you shouldn’t sell XtremIO...
View ArticleEMC ViPR Controller 2.4 Is Out, Now With XtremIO Support
Hi, We have just released the 2.4 version of the ViPR controller, this release add a lot of goodness for many scenarios, one of them is the support for XtremIO XIOS 4.0/4.0.1, For me, I think about...
View ArticleHost Configuration for VMware® vSphere On EMC XtremIO
Hi, There has been a lot of questions lately around best practices when using XtremIO with vSphere, attached below is the extract of our user guide vSphere section, why am I posting it online then?...
View ArticleEMC Storage Integrator (ESI) 3.9 Is Here
ESI is our windows server + windows server Hyper-V plugin, it’s very similar to our VSI plugin but is targeting our windows based customers who are either running windows server as bare betal or as...
View ArticleConnecting EMC XtremIO To An Heterogeneous Storage Environment
Hi, A Topic that comes and go every once in a while is what should you do if multiple storage arrays (VNX, VMAX etc’) are connected to the same vSphere cluster where the XtremIO array is connected to...
View ArticleThe Interesting Case of 2/0 0x5 0x25 0x0 – ILLEGAL REQUEST – LOGICAL UNIT NOT...
Hi, Some heads up if you are using an Active/Active Array (XtremIO, VMAX, HDS and maybe more..) Lately, I have worked with VMware about a strange support case, basically if you are using any A/A array...
View ArticleFaster Cloning Time Or Semi-Automated Space Reclamation – Revisited.
Readers of my blog knows that we typically reccemdend using Eager Zeroed thick VMDKs for performance, the performance aspect of it will manifest as a faster cloning time and a faster performance during...
View ArticleRecoverPoint For Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) 4.3 SP1 Is Out!
Hi, One of my favorite products in the EMC portfolio has just GA’d with a new version, one that I’m truly excited about! If you are not familiar with what RP4VMs is, a good place to start will be here...
View ArticleProviding a persistent data volume to EMC XtremIO using ClusterHQ Flocker,...
Hi, Containers are huge, that’s not a secret to anyone in the IT industry, customers are testing the waters and looking for many ways to utilize containers technologies, it is also not a secret that...
View ArticleEMC World 2016 – The XtremIO Sessions
Wow, I can’t believe another year has passed since the last EMC World, time is flying by folks and that is a fact! Here, at XtremIO we are very busy trying to have a solid agenda for you our...
View ArticleVSI 6.8 Is Here, Here’s what’s new
Hi, I’m very happy to accounce we have just released Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) 6.8! If you have been living under a rock for the past 6 years, this is our vCenter (web) plugin that you can use...
View ArticleEMC AppSync 2.2 SP3 Is Out, Another Must Upgrade For XtremIO Customers
Hi, We have just GA’d a new service pack for EMC AppSync, as you probably already know, Copy Data Managemnet (CDM) is a key components of the XtremIO architecture, it is so big and so different than...
View ArticleVPLEX GeoSynchrony 5.5 SP2 Is Out
I’m so happy this release is finally out, during the 3 years since XtremIO went GA (time passed by so fast..) we got many customers who wanted to leverage XtremIO with VPLEX, there are many reasons...
View ArticleVMware Horizon 7 Instant Clones Technology on XtremIO
One of the new cool technologies that VMware have come up with recently is Instant Cloning aka “forking”. Is was actually talked about way back in 2014 & 2015 but actually saw the light in Horizon...
View ArticlePlease Vote for the EMC XtremIO Sessions At VMworld 2016
It’s hard to believe a year has passed to quickly since last year’s VMworld, this years, we at the EMC XtremIO have submitted many good sessions for the submission process, please vote for the ones...
View ArticleAppSync 3.0 Is Here, What’s New
Hi, we have just released AppSync 3.0, if you are new to AppSync, I encourage you to first read about it here...
View ArticleVMware horizon 7.0.1 / Instant Clones / App Volumes 2.11 / Windows 10 +...
Wow, that was a long title for a blog post but then again, there are many moving parts in this cutting edge mixture of technologies.. Instant Clone Technology (that is, vmFork) uses rapid in-memory...
View ArticleXIOS 4.0.10 And XMS 4.2.0 Are Here, Here’s What’s New
Hi, I’m so proud to finally announce the GA of XIOS 4.0.10/ XMS 4.2, this release contains couple of features that so many of you, our customers have been asking for so let’s highlight them and then...
View ArticleA New VDI Reference Architecture
Hi, We have just released a new VDI Reference Architecture based on all the latest and the greatest This reference architecture discusses the design considerations that give you a reference point for...
View ArticleEMC AppSync 3.0.1 Is Out, Here’s what’s new
Hi, Building on the top of the 3.0 release of AppSyc, we have just GA’d the first service pack for it, AppSync 3.0.1 includes the following new features and enhancements:Agent robustness – Allows you...
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