tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987385736576623269.post5977566449401737780..comments2022-12-03T18:17:31.695-06:00Comments on Retooling the Datacenter: XIV Is Cool, But Not Cool EnoughUrbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019262251107123583noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987385736576623269.post-40684176215400304442010-11-09T20:15:57.136-06:002010-11-09T20:15:57.136-06:00Am I the only one who's noticed that if you tu...Am I the only one who's noticed that if you turn the XIV logo upside down, it spells AIX?Urbanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019262251107123583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987385736576623269.post-55891630757162144842010-09-30T18:53:56.549-05:002010-09-30T18:53:56.549-05:00As a customer I hope that XIV doesn't abandon ...As a customer I hope that XIV doesn't abandon its commodity parts architecture. This is what makes XIV so attractive ... $/TB, stability, availability. All the improvements listed above may be nice as options for the subsets of corporate data that require the performance boost. XIV in it's current state handles general SAN Storage requirements quite nicely.Slackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252202352854827970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987385736576623269.post-70320347579769408392010-09-14T03:21:38.155-05:002010-09-14T03:21:38.155-05:00I would be most surprised if they wouldn't alr...I would be most surprised if they wouldn't already be working on the things you mention. So let's wait and see. Regarding the SSD's you suggest, I don't think it'll be inexpensive anymore then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987385736576623269.post-57752169640342730942010-09-02T23:29:03.722-05:002010-09-02T23:29:03.722-05:00Passion and technology are two things I hold much ...Passion and technology are two things I hold much respect. It's nice change of pace -- In fairness to your opinion, Let's just say I don't share the same rose colored glasses. Food for thought - An alternative perspective. If XIV innovated as you designed - improving the data classes and interconnects to allow for varied workloads - MultiTenancy Storage would have a home - This innovation would be called Quality of Service and The Storage Array would be called Pillar. No offense to Moshe but XIV lacks one key ingredient for being a repeat Symetrix/EMC - Erez Ofer - The prodigy software engineer responsible for EMC open systems success. Software being the paramount weakness. Symmetrix was a true innovation of it's day - Unified Storage with MVS and Unix data on a single shared array. Enterprise Storage ---<br /><br />Having worked for EMC my role provided several opportunities to collaborate w/ Erez, Moche, Donatelli etc... All information is not created equal. Why then build storage that services requests FIFO ?<br /><br />Executive platinum air travel is the best analogy for Storage I can offer.<br />The card jumps the queue and from last in line to the First in line. Based on Priority. 120.000 IOPS concurrently served in accordance to their QoS priority - FIFO has no place in SSD, SATA, FC intermixed storage systems. Software is a requirement. <br /><br />Priority of DATA based on the application and dynamic allocation of CPU, CACHE and resources is the future. Moshe will surely induct to the Storage Hall of fame someday. Just not for XIV. <br /><br /> Larry Ellison has spend 10 years and a respectable sum of capital on Pillar. They are Private, Not for sale and growing at an aggressive clip. Quiet Giant that walks softly and yields a Big Stick! <br /><br />When you've had XIV for breakfast - It's a game changing meal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987385736576623269.post-17225022385248771052010-08-27T07:50:03.954-05:002010-08-27T07:50:03.954-05:00I'd be happy if they offered a parity disk per...I'd be happy if they offered a parity disk per tray, or a 3rd mirror position for business critical data.<br /><br />The non 50% 50% distribution between interface and data nodes is a little bizarre too... would like to see it symmetric.techmutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613472355641438692noreply@blogger.com