It’s refreshing to see the most recent post on the Exchange team blog promoting real-world, tested Exchange 2010 configurations. EMC’s got two white papers we did with Cisco and Brocade highlighting the benefits of virtualizing Exchange for local and remote availability reasons. I’m sure EMC’s Dustin Smith will have more to say on this soon [...]
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There is no “DAS vs SAN” and Exchange 2010 Tested Solutions from EMC
Posted: January 13, 2011 by Brian in EMC, Exchange Server, Politics, Strategy0
Merrill Aldrich (SQL DBA) writes a great post that highlights some excellent points when thinking about your storage choice for SQL databases – or any mission critical applications for that matter. His rules are solid pieces of advice that I would advocate to any application or database owner that has data that could potentially get [...]
The Hyper-V Blue Screen Video Drama
Posted: June 12, 2009 by Brian in EMC, Politics, Strategy, VirtualizationAct 1. The Posting VMware employee posts a video of a bluescreen in a Hyper-V VM which takes down the whole physical box. It was available here. Act 2. The Revolt The VM community rises up and demand facts. Read comments here. Microsoft gives some facts. Video largely discredited as FUD without much detail. Scott [...]
Former Microsoft Exec Tod Nielson Joins VMware
Posted: January 7, 2009 by Brian in Politics, StrategyTags: Paul Maritz, Tod Nielson, vmware
When you build a business or a group, you tend to reach out to people you trust/respect and try to hire them. In this case, VMware CEO Paul Maritz is reaching out to a person that has run a publically traded company in the past (Borland). Tod Nielson will be brought on the the Chief [...]
Microsoft Promotes Bob Muglia to President
Posted: January 7, 2009 by Brian in Politics, StrategyTags: bob muglia
Just in case you didn’t see this interesting take on the Muglia promotion from Steve Gillmor, writing for TechCrunchIT. Muglia now commands a Microsoft unit with some 22% of the company’s $60 billion in revenue… Steve Ballmer’s decision to solidify Muglia’s status after moving Muglia from a report headcount of 3,000 to 1 in 2001 [...]
Tips for Dealing with Your Storage Admin
Posted: December 3, 2008 by Brian in Politics, SQL Server, UncategorizedTags: EMC, SANs, storage request form, storage tips
It happens everyday. Yet another SQL admin falls victim to the technical prejudice of those who provide their storage. It’s a sad story which is seen everyday throughout the currently developed world; at least those working in relatively well-funded companies. UNIX guys make fun of Windows people. Mainframe guys refuse to believe Windows is even [...]
