the storage anarchist

3.013: of public and private clouds - in 98 seconds

Forbes has posted an interview with EMC's Pat Gelsinger where he is asked to explain the relationship of Public and Private clouds. It's short and simple, and you can see it here.

If you can, please try not to notice all the non-EMC advertising and product placements that have gotten wrapped around (and inside) the interview.

Perhaps just a bit more "balanced reporting" than necessary, if you ask me.

 

technorati tags: EMC,VMware,Journey to the Private Cloud,private cloud,public cloud,Pat Gelsinger,Forbes

3.012: vplex geo preview at vmworld

Last year at VMworld, Chad Sakac previewed active/active application teleportation over synchronous distances using an at-that-time preview version of what we now know as VPLEX.

This year, Chad’s done it again – he’s sneaked an early look at how VPLEX Geo will enable active/active data access over asynchronous distances. He’s snagged an early (very early) code drop from the VPLEX development team and staged a demo that should at least start to silence the doubting Thomases among us.

Sure, it’s not live (nor is it Memorex ;-). Indeed VPLEX Geo isn’t even scheduled to ship until 1H’2011, and as Chad notes there is lots of integration work yet to be completed between the VMware and VPLEX development teams. But it is still an important demonstration of the potential VPLEX has to change the way we deploy our IT applications and infrastructure in the future.

So, without further ado, I invite you over to Chad’s Virtual Geek blog to see and learn about this preview for yourself: At VMworld? Try VPLEX. Like it? Take one home :-)

Oh, yeah – I almost forgot. VMworld attendees are being offered a special 90-Day Trial of VPLEX – just stop by the EMC Booth for more information!

 

technorati tags: VMworld, VPLEX, VPLEX Geo, active/active, asynchronous, VMotion, EMC, VMware