Gestalt IT Tech Field Day 1: Liveblogging 1

November 12, 2009

Gestalt IT Tech Day

(11/12/2009)

8:52

John Obeto:

Karriem Adams from MDS is telling us about hoe they created the monster rack VMWare showed at VMWorld

Thursday November 12, 2009 8:52 John Obeto

8:53

John Obeto:

1 cable can create 32 NICs or 12 HBA nodes

Thursday November 12, 2009 8:53 John Obeto

8:54

John Obeto:

Cloudmatrix hot-swappable

Thursday November 12, 2009 8:54 John Obeto

8:55

John Obeto:

MDS is the enterprise division of SuperMicro

Thursday November 12, 2009 8:55 John Obeto

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9:12

John Obeto:

Now on to Xsigo

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:12 John Obeto

9:12

John Obeto:

What is Xsigo, and what do they do?

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:12 John Obeto

9:13

John Obeto:

Xsigo does Virtual I/O

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:13 John Obeto

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9:13

John Obeto:

Xsigo aims to solve the I/O problems in a data center

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:13 John Obeto

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9:24

John Obeto:

Xsigo is going to support FCoE

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:24 John Obeto

9:24

John Obeto:

@NigelPoulton must like that!

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:24 John Obeto

9:26

John Obeto:

Create and virtuall support all interfaces out there.

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:26 John Obeto

9:26

John Obeto:

All you see are virtual NICs and HBAs

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:26 John Obeto

9:27

John Obeto:

Xsigo is working on 40G

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:27 John Obeto

9:27

John Obeto:

Xsigo is working on 40G Infiniband

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:27 John Obeto

9:31

John Obeto:

Excellent questions being asked of Cam

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:31 John Obeto

9:32

John Obeto:

@edsai breaks it down: Xsigo is about I/O convergence

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:32 John Obeto

9:34

sunshinemug:

@johnobeto This is great--slides posted in real time from @Xsigo preso plus comments! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:34 sunshinemug

9:35

rbrambley:

Future adapter technology handled by just plugging in new I/O module in xsigo chassis and not have to in blades #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:35 rbrambley

9:35

davegraham:

@nigelpoulton #techfieldday and what were the questions, dear Nigel?

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:35 davegraham

9:36

AndrewSharrock:

@nigelpoulton That's what happened to me yesterday during a demo, every question got answered perfectly.... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:36 AndrewSharrock

9:36

davegraham:

@SFoskett @xsigo @vmware #techfieldday prove that they can all work together. ;)

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:36 davegraham

9:36

xsigo:

RT @nigelpoulton: Holy shmokes!! Im liking Xsigo. I had 5 questions that I thought were hard. They nailed them b4 I asked #techfieldday <=:)

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:36 xsigo

9:37

sunshinemug:

@AndrewSharrock Glad to see you on here. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:37 sunshinemug

9:37

BasRaayman:

Entry point for a Xsigo configuration would roughly be around 10 to 14 servers #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:37 BasRaayman

9:38

storagenerve:

it seems xsigo looks at Cisco as the biggest competition #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:38 storagenerve

9:38

etherealmind:

@nigelpoulton I'll have to point to my post on gestaltit http://bit.ly/1hqdMr

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:38 etherealmind

9:38

johnobeto:

I'm pulling all @techfieldday posts into my liveblog stream. How cool is that!

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:38 johnobeto

9:38

rbrambley:

some xsigo chassis slides #techfieldDay

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:38 rbrambley

9:38

storagenerve:

xsigo coming to smb market soon, combined management between mds and xsigo coming soon as well. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:38 storagenerve

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9:40

rbrambley:

@vRobM dunno, Give it a shot. Tell them @sfoskett sent you ... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:40 rbrambley

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9:41

TechFieldDay:

Interested in what's happening at #techfieldday? We're recording the whole thing and will post is at http://gestaltit.com in coming weeks!

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:41 TechFieldDay

9:41

whatsupandroid:

@johnobeto So.. are you @techfieldday too? I need to know :-)

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:41 whatsupandroid

9:41

jtroyer:

RT @johnobeto: Liveblog for Tech Field Day is here http://bit.ly/20bSRU #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:41 jtroyer

9:41

rbrambley:

RT @StorageNerve xsigo coming to smb market soon, combined management between mds and xsigo coming soon as well. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:41 rbrambley

9:41

AndrewSharrock:

@StorageNerve Cisco is the competition but they have to integrate with them in the majority of deployments... must be fun! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:41 AndrewSharrock

9:41

kylemacdonald:

RT @rodos: Xsigo. We know Infiband scales because its been proven in HPC clusters. #techfieldday <- IB was big in fin svcs clusters/clouds

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:41 kylemacdonald

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9:42

sunshinemug:

@StorageNerve I don't think that's exactly it--it's just that Cisco is so focused on ethernet & trying to kick out infiniband. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:42 sunshinemug

9:42

rbrambley:

RT @Mike_Laverick got a customer who has 2 many 1GB nics, but hostile 2 blades. Suggested xiago might B an option > gr8 idea > #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:42 rbrambley

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9:44

rodos:

Xsigo don't yet support VMware IO Direct Path., but working on it. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:44 rodos

9:44

rbrambley:

xsigo does not support vmdirectpath yet - so no vnics in VMs yet #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:44 rbrambley

9:44

sunshinemug:

@SFoskett gets a pic of pics being taken!

#TechFieldDay

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:44 sunshinemug

9:45

nigelpoulton:

No VMDirectPath yet for Xsigo due to HCA drivers, but working with Mellanox to get this #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:45 nigelpoulton

9:45

sfoskett:

- See the #TechFieldDay scoreboard at the front of the room? Watch it live at http://techfieldday.com!

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:45 sfoskett

9:46

storagenerve:

RT @sfoskett:

- See the #TechFieldDay scoreboard at the front of the room? Watch it live at http://techfieldday.com

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:46 storagenerve

9:49

storagenerve:

The Xsigo presentation is rocking, wow what a technology talk #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:49 storagenerve

9:50

nigelpoulton:

Xsigo just got a round of applause

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:50 nigelpoulton

9:50

rootwyrm:

I see the folks at #techfieldday are learning that InfiniBand is anything but dead. :)

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:50 rootwyrm

9:51

drobo:

All of us @datarobotics are jazzed about #techfieldday and giving all the bloggers a sneak peek and hands on time with @drobo! #storage

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:51 drobo

9:52

Kiwi_Si:

Just finished a very good session from Ken Ford at #xsigo Great tech video footage to follow later #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:52 Kiwi_Si

9:53

mstamour:

RT @sunshinemug: @SFoskett gets a pic of pics being taken!

#TechFieldDay (Great Picture!:)

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:53 mstamour

9:59

TechFieldDay:

RT @drobo: All of us @datarobotics are jazzed about #techfieldday and giving all the bloggers a sneak peek and hands on time with @drobo!

Thursday November 12, 2009 9:59 TechFieldDay

10:00

John Obeto:

Bio break over

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:00 John Obeto

10:00

John Obeto:

Tim Myers of VMWare has the mike..

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:00 John Obeto

10:04

John Obeto:

VMWorld 2008: 14 racks;

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:04 John Obeto

10:04

sfoskett:

I'm on the phone working out the #techfieldday financials with @AmericanExpress while everyone else is inside in session...

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:04 sfoskett

10:04

rbrambley:

had to be post this instant classic pic of Infosmack podcast host @Knieriemen #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:04 rbrambley

10:04

sunshinemug:

@storagebod @chrismevans Yes it should be Xsimon, or maybe Xsidney.. But actually it was Cam Ford. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:04 sunshinemug

10:06

BasRaayman:

@SFoskett They should just also become a sponsor! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:06 BasRaayman

10:06

whatsupandroid:

@johnobeto Following that too then. I just commented on your latest post. Glad you're enjoying #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:06 whatsupandroid

10:06

RickVanover:

VMworld 2009's datacenter consolidated what would have been 2,483 racks into 28 racks. http://bit.ly/3ADB2C #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:06 RickVanover

10:06

sunshinemug:

Cool--not a PPT, just video! Of VMWorld 09 racks #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:06 sunshinemug

10:07

BasRaayman:

RT @rbrambley: instant classic pic of Infosmack podcast host @Knieriemen #techfieldday

<== Geek rockstar!!

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:07 BasRaayman

10:07

chrismevans:

...and here's his picture.... :-) #techfieldday http://pic.gd/f18cfd

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:07 chrismevans

10:08

sunshinemug:

@chrismevans Cool! Interesting shadow. It's almost like he's virtualized himself. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:08 sunshinemug

10:10

sunshinemug:

Showing the napkin--wow... this is amazing showing the actual drawings they made of proposed rack for VMWrld09 #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:10 sunshinemug

10:10

etherealmind:

GETO - Global Engineering Technical Operations in VMware. I want to work for a division with a name that cool. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:10 etherealmind

10:10

chrismevans:

Two takeaways from Xsigo - (a) removes hardware from servers (b) provides more scalable bandwidth per server #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:10 chrismevans

10:10

chrismevans:

Xsigo - but there's more - too much to tweet, post required. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:10 chrismevans

10:13

sunshinemug:

@chrismevans You're telling me! And you haven't seen the demos yet. (I got a preview earlier ths wk.) #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:13 sunshinemug

10:14

RickVanover:

One key to VMware's success at VMworld was Lab Manager provisioning ESX on ESX with a very special build. We'll never see that #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:14 RickVanover

10:15

johnobeto:

Architecting the server infrastructure for VMWorld 2009 - on a tablemat at a steakhouse, no less! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:15 johnobeto

10:15

chrismevans:

Hmm.. storage vendors seem to be secondary to everything seen today. Is storage becoming just a commodity? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:15 chrismevans

10:15

StorageMonkeys:

RT @BasRaayman: RT @rbrambley: instant classic pic of @Knieriemen #techfieldday

<== Geek rockstar!!

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:15 StorageMonkeys

10:15

John Obeto:

This is impressive: the ENTIRE VMWare compute infrastructure was architected on a tablecloth over dinner at a steakhouse!

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:15 John Obeto

10:16

RickVanover:

Chatting it up this morning before the start of #techfieldday at VMware's headquarters http://bit.ly/2zqGDy

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:16 RickVanover

10:17

rbrambley:

RT @johnobeto the server infrastructure for VMWorld 2009 -drawn on table mat at a steakhouse! #techfieldday http://is.gd/4Tws6

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:17 rbrambley

10:17

sunshinemug:

RT @joshdilworth: Ack, Louis Gray's new gig here: http://bit.ly/2fD5TQ <-- Cool! Am now following @paladinag.

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:17 sunshinemug

10:17

John Obeto:

Xsigo I/O Director has been certified for EMC Clariion

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:17 John Obeto

10:18

rodos:

RT @johnobeto: Arch the infra 4 VMWorld 2009 on a tablemat #techfieldday

< More detail than I get to arch a system!

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:18 rodos

10:19

BasRaayman:

RT @chrismevans: storage vendors seem to be secondary to everything seen today. Is storage becoming a commodity? #techfieldday <= should be

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:19 BasRaayman

10:19

ccostan:

Back in Action. Geez that was annoying! Full Focus on #techfieldday now.

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:19 ccostan

10:20

johnobeto:

At #techfieldday Architecting the server infrastructure for VMWorld2009 - on a tablemat at a steakhouse, no less!

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:20 johnobeto

10:20

djenningspr:

RT @chrismevans: Hmm.. storge vendrs seem 2 be secndary to everything seen today. Is storage becoming just a commodity? #techfieldday - EEK

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:20 djenningspr

10:20

edsai:

RT @dvellante: @storagebod I agree - XIV is not true T1 performance. It's 'good enough' performance at a nice price #ibm

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:20 edsai

10:21

John Obeto:

Everything in that rack is redundant. #hptechday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:21 John Obeto

10:23

ccostan:

I love seeing companies add their management pieces right to vCenter. My single pain of glass. #TechFieldDay #XSigo

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:23 ccostan

10:23

sunshinemug:

@johnobeto Oops--not HP Tech Day!! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:23 sunshinemug

10:23

John Obeto:

Hardware agnosticness is a mantra

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:23 John Obeto

10:24

sunshinemug:

@ccostan Pane of glass though, right? Not pain I hope? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:24 sunshinemug

10:25

sunshinemug:

Convergence?RT @johnobeto: @edsai Storage hardware *is* now a commodity. The $$$ is in storage management software, isn't it? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:25 sunshinemug

10:26

johnobeto:

@sunshinemug Freudian slip... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:26 johnobeto

10:27

nigelpoulton:

Xsigo just completed EMC certifiction #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:27 nigelpoulton

10:28

ccostan:

@johnobeto @sunshinemug Exactly. :) #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:28 ccostan

10:28

nigelpoulton:

RT @johnobeto: Architecting the infrastructure for VMWorld2009 - on a tablemat at a steakhouse,!

<-- brilliant

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:28 nigelpoulton

10:28

StorageMojo:

Xsigo (see-go) v impressive io virtualization box. I/O consolidation makes all kinds sense. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:28 StorageMojo

10:29

rbrambley:

Tim from VMw GETO team talking abt 32U "booth rack" used 4 conferences, etc. Self contained VI demos cn B deployed anywhere #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:29 rbrambley

10:31

chandna:

VMware vCenter + Xsigo - single pane of glass. #TechFieldDay #XSigo

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:31 chandna

10:34

stu:

@nigelpoulton be careful, EMC has a lot of products & working w/ 1 does not equate to full support of Xsigo across the board #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:34 stu

10:35

John Obeto:

Xsigo: you can manage all I/O Director modules completely from the management GUI. Cool!

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:35 John Obeto

10:35

chrismevans:

Suddenly what seems like disparate presenters (Xsigo/MDS Micro) all come together to make sense when combined with VMware #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:35 chrismevans

10:35

sunshinemug:

- Robin Harris -- @StorageMojo -- at #TechFieldDay at VMWare

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:35 sunshinemug

10:37

John Obeto:

Official name is Xsigo Management System, aka XMS

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:37 John Obeto

10:38

nigelpoulton:

RT @omarsultan: CNA port volume increased 133 percent quarter-over-quarter http://bit.ly/3uqAvQ

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:38 nigelpoulton

10:39

John Obeto:

Now on to the VMWare / Xsigo / MDS Hands -on Lab

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:39 John Obeto

10:40

davegraham:

@nigelpoulton #techfieldday ummmm....news to me....can you ask them if it's hardware certification or just software?

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:40 davegraham

10:41

ccostan:

Hands on Lab time with Xsigo. Partnering with @rbrambley on the Lab. #techfieldday #Xsigo

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:41 ccostan

10:43

BasRaayman:

Time for some hands on! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:43 BasRaayman

10:43

vTrooper:

RT @ccostan: Hands on Lab time with Xsigo. Partnering with @rbrambley on the Lab. #techfieldday #Xsigo <~~ Watch'em he has fast hands.

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:43 vTrooper

10:50

TechFieldDay:

I am John's secret admirer! Shhh! RT @whatsupandroid: @johnobeto So.. are you @techfieldday too? I need to know :-)

Thursday November 12, 2009 10:50 TechFieldDay

11:03

rodos:

Doing the Xsigo lab at #techfieldday. Its is easy to use virtual IO, not digging very deep though, expected given the short time avail.

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:03 rodos

11:04

whatsupandroid:

LMAO! You too! Gosh, how many does the guy have? pfffft! RT @techfieldday: I am @johnobeto secret admirer!

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:04 whatsupandroid

11:08

johnobeto:

RT @whatsupandroid: LMAO! You too! Gosh, how many does the guy have? pfft! RT @techfieldday: I am @johnobeto secret admirer!<-U R killing me

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:08 johnobeto

11:22

John Obeto:

Can I give mungo props to Xsigo for their super easy GUI configuration and management interface? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:22 John Obeto

11:25

johnobeto:

Can I give mungo props to Xsigo for their super easy GUI configuration and management interface? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:25 johnobeto

11:25

nigelpoulton:

OK so I jumped the gun with the Xsigo EMC support thingy.... apparently its not announced yet and it will be for a specific environment doh!

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:25 nigelpoulton

11:26

John Obeto:

Xsigo is all about providing truly vendor-agnostic I/O virtualization

Bring in the fat pipe, and they wold provide a solution that allows you to NEVER touch the server over it's (the server's) operational lifetime for configuration

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:26 John Obeto

11:26

nigelpoulton:

Provisioning Xsigo vHBA and vNIC via GUI and Virtual Center is really smooth and easy

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:26 nigelpoulton

11:29

johnobeto:

Xsigo is all about providing truly vendor-agnostic I/O virtualization #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:29 johnobeto

11:29

johnobeto:

Word!--> RT @nigelpoulton: Provisioning Xsigo vHBA and vNIC via GUI and Virtual Center is really smooth and easy

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:29 johnobeto

11:33

johnobeto:

Tweeting for 10 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 17 hours, 39 minutes, 3 seconds( December 19, 2008) Seriously since HP TSG Tech Day in April 09

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:33 johnobeto

11:36

johnobeto:

If I do a giveaway with all my Windows Vista stuff and tchotchkes, would I find any takers?

Thursday November 12, 2009 11:36 johnobeto

12:14

John Obeto:

Wow, all good things do come to an end. We are off to Fremont, California, and 3PAR & Symantec Storage

Thursday November 12, 2009 12:14 John Obeto

12:16

johnobeto:

Wow, all good things do come to an end. We are off to Fremont, California, and 3PAR & Symantec Storage I wonder if @scubasue works there?

Thursday November 12, 2009 12:16 johnobeto

12:17

[Standby] Wow, all good things do come to an end. We are off to Fremont, California, and 3PAR & Symantec Storage

12:39

johnobeto:

37.42 -122.14 http://tinyurl.com/yc5zud5

Thursday November 12, 2009 12:39 johnobeto

12:49

Kiwi_Si:

Finished at VMware campus after informative sessions with #vmware, #xsigo and #mds #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 12:49 Kiwi_Si

12:58

chrismevans:

Off to 3par now..... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 12:58 chrismevans

1:00

HPStorageGuy:

Give @3parfarley a big hug from me! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:00 HPStorageGuy

1:11

valb00:

RT @esignoretti: RT @SFoskett: @xsigo, MDS, EMC, and @vmware: who needs a Vblock? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:11 valb00

1:15

storagenerve:

At 3par now, just met @3parfarley and lots of others, presentations from 3Par and Symantec start shortly #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:15 storagenerve

1:18

rodos:

3PAR have put on a great spread of afternoon tea for #techfieldday, sign of things to come?

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:18 rodos

1:18

RickVanover:

We have arrived at 3PAR for the afternoon session of day one at #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:18 RickVanover

1:23

chrismevans:

The legend continues...... http://pic.gd/28ae7d

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:23 chrismevans

1:23

nigelpoulton:

Greg Kenieriemen as Mr November on the 3PAR sign -

oh dear!!!

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:23 nigelpoulton

1:25

johnobeto:

We're at the Fremont offices of 3PAR

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:25 johnobeto

1:25

johnobeto:

We're at the Fremont offices of 3PAR #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:25 johnobeto

1:25

etherealmind:

Afternoon session: #3Par and #Symantec Storage briefing on their products - fun people. Lets see how those products work. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:25 etherealmind

1:30

johnobeto:

Liveblogging this event at http://bit.ly/20bSRU

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:30 johnobeto

1:31

Kiwi_Si:

About to kick the afternoon sessions off at the #techfieldday with #3PAR and #Symantec

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:31 Kiwi_Si

1:31

ssharwood:

checking out the #techfieldday tweeststream. jealously

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:31 ssharwood

1:32

johnobeto:

Hey @hpstorageguy, @3parfarley says "Hey Now"! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:32 johnobeto

1:33

Kiwi_Si:

Follow the #techfieldday Tweets at http://bit.ly/1OKUIR

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:33 Kiwi_Si

1:34

BasRaayman:

@3parfarley gave us cookies. Just as a disclaimer.... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:34 BasRaayman

1:34

chrismevans:

3Par providing Red Bull, coffee, cookies, etc - very generous! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:34 chrismevans

1:36

storagenerve:

RT @chrismevans: 3Par providing Red Bull, coffee, cookies, etc - very generous! #techfieldday <- FTC disclosures, on all the post g/forward

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:36 storagenerve

1:37

johnobeto:

RT @StorageNerve: #techfieldday rocks!!!!

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:37 johnobeto

1:38

johnobeto:

Gestalt IT Tech Field Day #techfieldday is brought to you with a CradlePoint PHS300 HotSpot #mobilehotspot

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:38 johnobeto

1:38

wcpreston:

I land at SFO @ 1115 PM. Where's the #techfieldday after party tonight?

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:38 wcpreston

1:38

ccostan:

Second Half of the Day : 3PAR and Symantec. #techfieldday Almost ready to go..

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:38 ccostan

1:39

johnobeto:

Gestalt IT Tech Field Day #techfieldday is brought to you by a CradlePoint PHS300 HotSpot #mobilehotspot

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:39 johnobeto

1:40

BasRaayman:

@wcpreston at the Computer Museum #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:40 BasRaayman

1:40

nigelpoulton:

3PAR up next at #techfieldday. Looking for info on cache persistence and RAID MP.

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:40 nigelpoulton

1:40

sfoskett:

#techfieldday delegates wait anxiously for the @3par and @symantecstorage presentations

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:40 sfoskett

1:40

nigelpoulton:

Anybody got any questions for 3PAR?

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:40 nigelpoulton

1:43

Knieriemen:

@3parfarley at #techfieldday http://yfrog.com/0526twrj

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:43 Knieriemen

1:44

stu:

@Knieriemen did @3parfarley open with "Hey Now!"? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:44 stu

1:44

nigelpoulton:

RT @scott_lowe: @nigelpoulton Is there a photo calendar in the near future? <-- thats the plan, @Knieriemen has a future as a calendar guy

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:44 nigelpoulton

1:45

storagenerve:

@johnobeto @HPStorageGuy @3parfarley @SFoskett whaz up with juicy hugs guys...#techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:45 storagenerve

1:45

BasRaayman:

@stu He just did.... :-S :-D #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:45 BasRaayman

1:45

John Obeto:

3PAR is an EMC-free zone

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:45 John Obeto

1:46

nigelpoulton:

3PAR is an EMC free zone #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:46 nigelpoulton

1:47

John Obeto:

10 years old, deliver enterprise storage IT,

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:47 John Obeto

1:47

RickVanover:

"Welcome to 3PAR, this is an EMC-Free zone" #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:47 RickVanover

1:48

BhavaCom:

Proud to be a sponsor of Tech Field Day, hosted by Gestalt IT and Stephen Foskett http://gestaltit.com/field-day/ http://bit.ly/1oqEbn

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:48 BhavaCom

1:49

HPStorageGuy:

@StorageNerve: @johnobeto @HPStorageGuy @3parfarley @SFoskett Now I really wish I was there ...#techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:49 HPStorageGuy

1:49

rodos:

3PAR - we are what storage would like to be. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:49 rodos

1:50

sfoskett:

@3par's Craig Nunes kicks off the afternoon session at #TechFieldDay

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:50 sfoskett

1:50

colinmcnamara:

RT @rodos: 3PAR - we are what storage would like to be. #techfieldday > storage wants to have it's firmware upgraded constantly?

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:50 colinmcnamara

1:50

stu:

Free sugar + caffeine = #Techlovefest RT @chrismevans: 3Par providing Red Bull, coffee, cookies, etc - very generous! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:50 stu

1:51

wcpreston:

@BasRaayman #techfieldday But that's gonna shut down long before midnight I'm guessing. Maybe I need the after-after party?

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:51 wcpreston

1:51

storagenerve:

Any questions for 3Par guys, please ask #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:51 storagenerve

1:51

nigelpoulton:

3PAR persistent cache dedmo is on the agenda. They're gunna shoot one of their controllers - hopefully like HP shot their XP ;-)

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:51 nigelpoulton

1:51

Kiwi_Si:

#3PAR "We are what storage would like to be." Big claim to kick things off with - look forward to the session. :) #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:51 Kiwi_Si

1:51

BasRaayman:

@wcpreston Starts around 18:00 what I've heard. After party probably at the hotel. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:51 BasRaayman

1:53

John Obeto:

Symantec Storage is helping companies stop buying storage by optimizing what they currently have

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:53 John Obeto

1:54

storagenerve:

RT: RT @ssauer: @Knieriemen just listened to the last infosmack, very impressed! I totally agree, @sakacc & @storageio were great..

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:54 storagenerve

1:54

johnobeto:

Symantec Storage is helping companies stop buying storage by optimizing what they currently have #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:54 johnobeto

1:56

rootwyrm:

@StorageNerve I'd love to know 3Par's thoughts and feelings on InfiniBand and/or 10GbE. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:56 rootwyrm

1:56

etherealmind:

@colinmcnamara Yes, I think so. Both 3Par and Symantec Storage are presenting so it's a little unclear at the moment. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:56 etherealmind

1:56

nigelpoulton:

Apparently 3PAR architecture comes from server guys rather than storage guys.

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:56 nigelpoulton

1:58

John Obeto:

3PAR InSpire Architecture is being explained #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:58 John Obeto

1:58

johnobeto:

3PAR InSpire Architecture is being explained #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:58 johnobeto

1:59

rodos:

3PAR is coming out of the box well. Very articulate and and telling a story, building a case. Liking it. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 1:59 rodos

2:00

BasRaayman:

3PAR InSpire architecture does on-chip XOR for fast raid5. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:00 BasRaayman

2:00

edsai:

RT @rodos: 3PAR is coming out of the box well. Very articulate and and telling a story, building a case. Liking it. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:00 edsai

2:01

RickVanover:

Fundamental design element of 3PAR is the mesh active connection, eliminating shared bandwidth between points. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:01 RickVanover

2:03

John Obeto:

3PAR uses custom ASICs

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:03 John Obeto

2:06

BasRaayman:

3PAR uses 16K chunk size for zero detection. 3rd generation ASIC does zero detection. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:06 BasRaayman

2:07

johnobeto:

RT @rodos: 3PAR is coming out of the box well. Very articulate and and telling a story, building a case. Liking it. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:07 johnobeto

2:07

ccostan:

If you think Hardware is Hardware is Hardware, you should follow #techfieldday and find out just how wrong that statement can be.

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:07 ccostan

2:08

johnobeto:

Low latency guarranteed in the custom 3PAR ASIC

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:08 johnobeto

2:09

BasRaayman:

3Par: Current testing limit is 320 disks for a node pair. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:09 BasRaayman

2:10

storagenerve:

the technical information 3par is passing over is amazing, how what a architectural info passed on #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:10 storagenerve

2:12

johnobeto:

Low latency guaranteed acknowledgment in the custom 3PAR ASIC #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:12 johnobeto

2:12

BasRaayman:

#techfieldday @HPStorageGuy @johnobeto They try to use commodity hardware where they can was the statement on that #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:12 BasRaayman

2:13

RickVanover:

New Blog Post: Quick thoughts on virtualized I/O after Xsigo demo http://bit.ly/18lcES #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:13 RickVanover

2:14

johnobeto:

RT @BasRaayman: #techfieldday @HPStorageGuy They try to use commodity hardware where they can was the statement on that #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:14 johnobeto

2:14

jjdoornbos:

RT @RickVanover: New Blog Post: Quick thoughts on virtualized I/O after Xsigo demo http://bit.ly/18lcES #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:14 jjdoornbos

2:15

John Obeto:

12GB of Data cache & 4GB of control cache #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:15 John Obeto

2:15

johnobeto:

12GB of Data cache & 4GB of control cache #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:15 johnobeto

2:15

BasRaayman:

3Par uses 12GB of data cache, 4 GB of control cache per controller. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:15 BasRaayman

2:16

Kiwi_Si:

RT @RickVanover: New Blog Post: Quick thoughts on virtualized I/O after Xsigo demo http://bit.ly/18lcES #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:16 Kiwi_Si

2:17

BasRaayman:

3Par: "Cache is mostly used for writes nowadays" "drive spindles are the limiting factors" #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:17 BasRaayman

2:19

nigelpoulton:

The 3PAR guys presenting are top notch! Oh and their architecture is very cool

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:19 nigelpoulton

2:19

BasRaayman:

3Par "We are a block storage company and will continue to be so in the future". #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:19 BasRaayman

2:20

roidude:

Best party I ever crashed: Dropped in on #techfieldday. Got the chance to see other vExperts again and meet bloggers whose work I admire

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:20 roidude

2:21

dvellante:

RT @BasRaayman: 3Par "We are a block storage company and will continue to be so in the future". #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:21 dvellante

2:23

rbrambley:

RT @RickVanover New Blog Post: Quick thoughts on virtualized I/O after Xsigo demo http://bit.ly/18lcES #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:23 rbrambley

2:25

wendyperilli:

RT @roidude: Best party I ever crashed: Dropped in on #techfieldday. Got the chance to see other vExperts again and meet bloggers

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:25 wendyperilli

2:25

nigelpoulton:

Just witnessed node failure on 3PAR. System slowed down for 4 - 5 seconds max and then performance was back to normal. Pretty cool stuff

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:25 nigelpoulton

2:26

Kiwi_Si:

Was great catching up with you again. Enjoyed our chat :) --> RT @roidude: Best party I ever crashed: Dropped in on #techfieldday.

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:26 Kiwi_Si

2:27

nigelpoulton:

3PAR persistent cache protecting against cache/node failures should get you out of jail for most DBs and apps without issues

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:27 nigelpoulton

2:27

TechFieldDay:

RT @RickVanover: New Blog Post: Quick thoughts on virtualized I/O after Xsigo demo http://bit.ly/18lcES #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:27 TechFieldDay

2:29

Kiwi_Si:

I'm enjoying finding out more about #3PAR and how it's architecture works. Never really knew before now. Have taken video #techfieldday.

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:29 Kiwi_Si

2:29

ccostan:

Got a chance to meet @roidude and talk a little VDI at VMware HQ #techfieldday Citrix <->VMware, XenDeskop <-> View. Good Stuff.

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:29 ccostan

2:29

TechFieldDay:

RT @roidude: Best party I ever crashed: Dropped in on #techfieldday. Got to see other vExperts again and meet bloggers whose work I admire

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:29 TechFieldDay

2:30

nigelpoulton:

discussion with 3PAR weighing up if 4 - 5 seconds of no response then back to normal is better than standard degraded mode during cache fail

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:30 nigelpoulton

2:31

GestaltIT:

@3par talking storage tech at #TechFieldDay

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:31 GestaltIT

2:31

johnobeto:

Autonomic provisoning #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:31 johnobeto

2:32

roidude:

RT @ccostan: Got a chance to meet @roidude and talk a little VDI at VMware HQ #techfieldday ->Great meeting you, but we need more talk time

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:32 roidude

2:33

rodos:

3PAR uses "256Mb chunklets" to use as many drives as possible. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:33 rodos

2:34

rbrambley:

The storage bloggers are more into the 3par preso so far. blocks, chunks, drives, cache and stuff #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:34 rbrambley

2:34

BasRaayman:

RT @rodos: 3PAR uses "256Mb chunklets" to use as many drives as possible. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:34 BasRaayman

2:37

johnobeto:

Dynamic optimization is available with 3PAR #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:37 johnobeto

2:42

BasRaayman:

3Par: "Guaranteed acknowledgment without waiting for the software is the reason for using a custom ASIC" #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:42 BasRaayman

2:42

SEPATON:

RT @sunshinemug Post post post is up up up. Also, I think I had too much caffeine today in prep for #techfieldday http://bit.ly/42jB7T

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:42 SEPATON

2:45

storagenerve:

i am going to stop my questions now #techfieldday, we are quite behind schedule..

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:45 storagenerve

2:45

sunshinemug:

RT @BasRaayman: RT @rodos: 3PAR uses "256Mb chunklets" to use as many drives as possible. #techfieldday <=sounds like a good preso!

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:45 sunshinemug

2:45

rodos:

3PAR are using a whiteboard! This is what we love. Tech! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:45 rodos

2:47

BasRaayman:

@rodos Actually I think those 256Mb chunklets are just the tech behind 3Pars wide striping. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:47 BasRaayman

2:50

HPStorageGuy:

Craig was my boss at HP - given him a hug for me! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:50 HPStorageGuy

2:51

rodos:

3PAR don't need FAST2 cause they spread wide, but there is a tool to move chunklets of a hot hard disk if u think u need it. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:51 rodos

2:52

Kiwi_Si:

3PAR consider EMC and Hitachi as their main competitor. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:52 Kiwi_Si

2:53

BasRaayman:

RT @rodos: 3PAR don't need FAST2 cause they spread wide, there is a tool to move chunklets of a hot disk if u need it. #techfieldday <=for $

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:53 BasRaayman

2:53

rodos:

RT @Kiwi_Si: 3PAR consider EMC and Hitachi as their main competitor. #techfieldday < And Netapp was mentioned

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:53 rodos

2:55

nigelpoulton:

So if I win the lottery, Im getting me some Xsigo I/O consolidation gear and a 3PAR array for my garage. Oh and a Nexus 5020 ;-)

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:55 nigelpoulton

2:56

StorageMonkeys:

RT @BasRaayman: 3Par: "Guaranteed acknowledgment without waiting for the software is the reason for using a custom ASIC" #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:56 StorageMonkeys

2:56

johnobeto:

#techfieldday When a new volume is added o the group, it is autonomically added to all hosts in the volume group #3PAR

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:56 johnobeto

2:57

BasRaayman:

Watching a 3Par provisioning demo that includes autonomic groups. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 2:57 BasRaayman

3:01

storagenerve:

RT @BasRaayman: Watching a 3Par provisioning demo that includes autonomic groups. #techfieldday <-enjoying, easy to use seems like

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:01 storagenerve

3:04

chrismevans:

With V-Max, are EMC implicitly admitting that the 3Par node architecture is the future? If so, who else will copy? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:04 chrismevans

3:06

storagenerve:

RT @chrismevans: With V-Max, are EMC implicitly admitting that the 3Par node architecture is the future? who else will copy #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:06 storagenerve

3:07

nigelpoulton:

Im loving the 3PAR disk layout when it comes to addressing RAID rebuild times, especially on large SATA drives

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:07 nigelpoulton

3:07

nigelpoulton:

technical hitches in the demo at 3PAR - oh dear

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:07 nigelpoulton

3:10

rodos:

RT @chrismevans: With V-Max, are EMC admitting 3Par node architecture is the future? If so, who else will copy? #techfieldday < Fine point

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:10 rodos

3:10

johnobeto:

RT @chrismevans: With V-Max, are EMC implicitly admitting that the 3Par node architecture is the future? Who will copy 3PAR? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:10 johnobeto

3:11

nigelpoulton:

RT @chrismevans: With V-Max, are EMC admitting that the 3Par node architecture is the future? If so, who else will copy? <-- everybody

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:11 nigelpoulton

3:12

BasRaayman:

3Par thin provisioning doesn't come for free.... :-/ #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:12 BasRaayman

3:14

edsai:

interesting... 3Par is not a part of VAAI with VMware today and apparently it's not because they aren't trying via @3parfarley

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:14 edsai

3:14

rodos:

Why do people present without a remote clicker? Get yourself a Christmas gift (he he) #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:14 rodos

3:15

nigelpoulton:

3PAR thin provisioning in pictures - oh dear!!!!!

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:15 nigelpoulton

3:15

Kiwi_Si:

Good pic , lol--> RT @BasRaayman: thin provisioning, 3Par style! :-D http://pic.gd/aa3755 #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:15 Kiwi_Si

3:15

etherealmind:

I had forgotten how much fun working with startups is. They are still passionate and fun. Big vendors are so boring sometimes.#techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:15 etherealmind

3:15

h0bbel:

RT @Kiwi_Si: Good pic , lol--> RT @BasRaayman: thin provisioning, 3Par style! :-D http://pic.gd/aa3755 #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:15 h0bbel

3:15

StorageMonkeys:

RT @edsai: interesting... 3Par is not a part of VAAI w/ VMware today and it's not because they aren't trying via @3parfarley #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:15 StorageMonkeys

3:16

RickVanover:

The 3PAR slides go funny. The images on the slides definitely make thin provisioning more interesting. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:16 RickVanover

3:16

BasRaayman:

3Par thin engine coming with InForm OS 2.3.1 implements thin implementation API. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:16 BasRaayman

3:17

RickVanover:

Here is one: RT @BasRaayman: thin provisioning, 3Par style! :-D http://pic.gd/aa3755 #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:17 RickVanover

3:18

rbrambley:

@3parfarley talk is on "Thin Beyond Provisioning" - storage that can thin itself - InForm OS 2.3.1 http://is.gd/4TJ4F #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:18 rbrambley

3:20

storagenerve:

@chuckhollis Hi, unfortunately no futures, but i wont be surprised to see SSD's in the near future #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:20 storagenerve

3:21

nigelpoulton:

RT @chuckhollis: @nigelpoulton too funny!! I can appreciate the sentiment, though ... < 3parfarley says Hi

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:21 nigelpoulton

3:22

johnobeto:

If you think Facebook has no value, guess what Rodney thinks http://bit.ly/2CAE4s He's free because of Facebook!

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:22 johnobeto

3:23

johnobeto:

RT @bburke_nvidia: odd AMD is getting cudos for fixing terrible perf 2 months after NFS Shift game was launched.Sure they will blame NVIDIA.

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:23 johnobeto

3:28

Kiwi_Si:

No official comment by #3PAR on when/if management integration into VMware vCenter will be available #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:28 Kiwi_Si

3:28

sfoskett:

Apple Remote is a great presentation tool! RT @rodos: Why do people present without a remote clicker? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:28 sfoskett

3:29

Knieriemen:

Theres a refrigerator full of Sierra Nevada Beer at 3Par. Everyone seems happy here. Coincidence? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:29 Knieriemen

3:29

rbrambley:

RT @Kiwi_Si No official comment by #3PAR on when/if management integration into VMware vCenter will be available #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:29 rbrambley

3:29

rodos:

The 3PAR zero reclaim stuff for thin provisioned is very nice. And before someone says so it prob costs. #TechFeldDay

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:29 rodos

3:31

storagenerve:

@jrmckins no EMC world, is great, but this is much more than that, hard to explain in 140 chars, but ton of @gestaltit posts #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:31 storagenerve

3:33

johnobeto:

RT @rodos: The 3PAR zero reclaim stuff for thin provisioned is very nice. And before someone says so it prob costs. #TechFeldDay<-a la carte

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:33 johnobeto

3:33

Knieriemen:

RT @rbrambley: Sorry, but CLI demos are like listening to the ballgame on the radio for me. #techfieldday <-LOL!

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:33 Knieriemen

3:36

storagenerve:

@jrmckins anything from vm files to vm's that get deleted can be reclaimed back, demo ongoing now #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:36 storagenerve

3:36

nigelpoulton:

Next up Symantec/Veritas. Is the Symantec file system the only file file system with a Thin API?

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:36 nigelpoulton

3:37

gregoryjoconnor:

Here is one: RT @BasRaayman: thin provisioning, 3Par style! :-D http://pic.gd/aa3755 #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:37 gregoryjoconnor

3:38

johnobeto:

The 1950 World Series?--> RT @rbrambley: Sorry, but CLI demos are like listening to the ballgame on the radio for me. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:38 johnobeto

3:42

SymantecStorage:

Presenting to #techfieldday audience

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:42 SymantecStorage

3:42

nigelpoulton:

RT @jbrodley: @nigelpoulton glad you dug the 3par presentation. Were a very happy customer!! ... the new features are exciting <- oh yeh!

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:42 nigelpoulton

3:42

SymantecStorage:

RT @Knieriemen: Theres a refrigerator full of Sierra Nevada Beer at 3Par. Everyone seems happy here. Coincidence? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:42 SymantecStorage

3:44

rbrambley:

@johnobeto I have a HD LCD in my head. Turn it on!! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:44 rbrambley

3:47

John Obeto:

Symantec Storage has the floor.

Symantec Thin Provisioning

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:47 John Obeto

3:48

storagenerve:

Symantec presentation starts now, i am a bit skeptic, lets see #techfieldday, 3par presentation was very valuable

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:48 storagenerve

3:52

nigelpoulton:

VxFS is thin friendly - writes metadata at the begnning of the disk during mkfs and then additional as and when needed #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:52 nigelpoulton

3:52

sunshinemug:

@Knieriemen we need to get you to 10 more cos for the full calendar. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:52 sunshinemug

3:53

sfoskett:

@StorageNerve thin friendly vxfs and API is huge. All VMs and FSes should have this! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:53 sfoskett

3:54

rodos:

Symantec, "Thin storage is Write Once, Allocate Forever" #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:54 rodos

3:55

SymantecStorage:

RT @sfoskett: @StorageNerve thin friendly vxfs and API is huge. All VMs and FSes should have this! #techfieldday - Thanks!

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:55 SymantecStorage

3:56

rbrambley:

"thin storage is write once, allocate forever" file deletion does not reclaim free space. VxFS does? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:56 rbrambley

3:56

storagenerve:

@jrmckins i think its really relevant based on what you want to reclaim, the sdelete lets you reclaim what you delete #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:56 storagenerve

3:57

storagenerve:

@jrmckins with 2 TB of a single vm that is not being used anymore, it would be great value to reclaim the storage #techfieldday, just an eg.

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:57 storagenerve

3:57

johnobeto:

Scary reality about thin storage--> RT @rodos: Symantec, "Thin storage is Write Once, Allocate Forever" #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:57 johnobeto

3:57

andreleibovici:

RT @rodos: Symantec, "Thin storage is Write Once, Allocate Forever" #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:57 andreleibovici

3:57

sfoskett:

This #TechFieldDay swag is definitely going to change the course of the storage industry! Disclose!

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:57 sfoskett

3:58

kippermitten:

#techfieldday Would like to know if co's like 3par will ever open source their tech to allow sme smb's to build own storage arrays etc?

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:58 kippermitten

3:58

storagenerve:

someone told me 80% of implements they r doing today r ESX based, how does Symantec play in that market if the host is windows #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:58 storagenerve

3:58

nigelpoulton:

VxFS does not walk forward and trample the address space when allocating new space.will always reuse deleted 1st. this is not configurable

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:58 nigelpoulton

3:59

nigelpoulton:

VxFS uses MRU algorithm when allocating new space in file system #techfieldday good for thin friendliness!

Thursday November 12, 2009 3:59 nigelpoulton

4:00

storagenerve:

@StorageNerve i need to take it back, seems i does help with VxFS #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:00 storagenerve

4:00

sfoskett:

I only know of three companies with thin reclaim in customer hands: @SymantecStorage @3par & @drobo all are #techfieldday presenters!

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:00 sfoskett

4:01

ccostan:

@storagenerve There are still PLENTY of windows physical servers out there. PLENTY #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:01 ccostan

4:01

chrismevans:

@SFoskett HDS ZPR also customer driven thin reclaim..... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:01 chrismevans

4:01

nigelpoulton:

RT @SFoskett: I only know of three companies with thin reclaim in customer hands: @SymantecStorage @3par & @drobo <-- HDS!?

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:01 nigelpoulton

4:02

Knieriemen:

Correction, it's Anchor Steam in the 3Par fridge #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:02 Knieriemen

4:02

Knieriemen:

RT @SFoskett: I only know of three companies with thin reclaim in customer hands: @SymantecStorage @3par &@drobo all are #techfieldday preso

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:02 Knieriemen

4:03

Knieriemen:

RT @chrismevans: @SFoskett HDS ZPR also customer driven thin reclaim..... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:03 Knieriemen

4:03

ssharwood:

@Knieriemen Anchor Steam? now I'm*really* pissed off not to be at #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:03 ssharwood

4:03

sfoskett:

Gotta get them at #techfieldday II then! RT @chrismevans: HDS ZPR also customer driven thin reclaim

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:03 sfoskett

4:04

Knieriemen:

RT @ssharwood: @Knieriemen Anchor Steam? now I'm*really* pissed off not to be at #techfieldday <-Don't fret, I'm only drinking coffee

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:04 Knieriemen

4:06

storagenerve:

@jrmckins not with filesystems and files #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:06 storagenerve

4:07

Kiwi_Si:

Will have to try out Symantec Smart Move for myself - sounds good for reclaiming wasted disk space moving from thick -> thin. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:07 Kiwi_Si

4:07

BasRaayman:

@sfoskett Seem like the maximum number of WiFi connections to the AP is reached. :) How many is the max? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:07 BasRaayman

4:08

rootwyrm:

@Knieriemen Apparently we should be calling #techfieldday #TechFreeFoodDay? ;)

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:08 rootwyrm

4:10

Knieriemen:

@rootwyrm LOL, there's lots of food, true... but the presentations are pretty goo - seriously #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:10 Knieriemen

4:12

RickVanover:

No cupcakes, be ready for tough questions at #techfieldday!

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:12 RickVanover

4:17

sfoskett:

@edsai is grilling @SymantecStorage and @3par about the effectiveness of space reclaim at #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:17 sfoskett

4:19

johnobeto:

RT @erincollopy: PODs on the brain.<--me too

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:19 johnobeto

4:21

edsai:

unfollowed @VirtualPath because of all the crappy sys-con articles they were tweeting.

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:21 edsai

4:21

rbrambley:

RT @SFoskett @edsai is grilling @SymantecStorage and @3par about the effectiveness of space reclaim at #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:21 rbrambley

4:21

storagenerve:

@jrmckins yea absolutely you need to check it, to my understanding along with symantec they are achieving it today #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:21 storagenerve

4:21

edsai:

I've caused enough trouble for @symantecstorage and @3par, I shall stfu now :)

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:21 edsai

4:23

sfoskett:

For the #techfieldday peanut gallery: do you like @SymantecStorage's reclaim API? Questions?

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:23 sfoskett

4:24

nigelpoulton:

MAy be Im old fashioned but Thin Provisioning and ZPR still worries me from a an overcommit point of view

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:24 nigelpoulton

4:25

nigelpoulton:

Symntec just admitted hardly anybody uses VxVM to stripe. Users prefer striping at the array level

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:25 nigelpoulton

4:26

rbrambley:

3par and IBM already "understand" SF Thin Reclamation API #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:26 rbrambley

4:27

nigelpoulton:

Thin Provisioning is to storage what fractional reserves are to banking - scary! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:27 nigelpoulton

4:28

ccostan:

RT @nigelpoulton: Im old fashioned but Thin Provisioning & ZPR still worries me from an overcommit POV. <- I agree but I'm storage Naive.

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:28 ccostan

4:30

roidude:

@rbrambley @kiwi_si @ccostan @rodos @StorageMojo @jtroyer @studiosystems @Knieriemen @ccostan->great seeing/meeting you at techfieldday.

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:30 roidude

4:30

rodos:

@nigelpoulton Ur old fashioned :) Without reclaim smwhre its a tenp gain if ovr cmt a lot. Us for the right use cases. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:30 rodos

4:31

chrismevans:

@nigelpoulton That surprises me. If you've paid for VxVM, surely you want to use features? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:31 chrismevans

4:31

chrismevans:

@peglarr and IXFP is basically like the Symantec Thin Reclaimation API..... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:31 chrismevans

4:34

BasRaayman:

@chrismevans @nigelpoulton Striping is more popular on arrays. Volume managers tend to use concat on LUNS is my experience. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:34 BasRaayman

4:37

chrismevans:

@nigelpoulton Depends on how you implement it - one to discuss at the pub. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:37 chrismevans

4:37

monicarmiller:

Looking forward to Gestalt IT's Tech Field Day tonight & seeing old friend @sunshinemug http://gestaltit.com/field-day/

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:37 monicarmiller

4:38

BasRaayman:

Symantec is showing a demo using a 3Par array simulator. People seem to want to have the simulator. Myself included.... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:38 BasRaayman

4:38

Knieriemen:

RT @chrismevans: @nigelpoulton Depends on how you implement it - one to discuss at the pub. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:38 Knieriemen

4:38

edsai:

watching @rbrambley and @johnobeto's eye's bleed during a series of CLI demos #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:38 edsai

4:39

johnobeto:

Wow. 20 or so people here at @techfieldday, and most use TweetDeck, on PCs and Snow Leper

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:39 johnobeto

4:39

peglarr:

. @chrismevans right chris. all you #techfieldday guys make sure to have a #storagebeer and sketch it out on a napkin :-)

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:39 peglarr

4:40

nigelpoulton:

RT @edsai: watching @rbrambley and @johnobeto's eye's bleed during a series of CLI demos #techfieldday <-- im tweeting instead of watching

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:40 nigelpoulton

4:40

storagenerve:

@johnobeto time to change to a mac??? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:40 storagenerve

4:41

nigelpoulton:

#techfieldday. Discussion with 3PAR and Symantec VERY good. CLI demos...... NOT SO

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:41 nigelpoulton

4:41

storagenerve:

RT @stevie_chambers: perhaps U is the new V? Unified replacing Virtualization?

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:41 storagenerve

4:41

ccostan:

RT @rbrambley: Sorry, but CLI demos are like listening to ballgames on the radio.#techfieldday<-Clearly @SymantecStorage missed this tweet.

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:41 ccostan

4:41

johnobeto:

RT @edsai: watching @rbrambley and @johnobeto's eye's bleed during a series of CLI demos #techfieldday<--TRUE!!!

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:41 johnobeto

4:42

nigelpoulton:

RT @StorageNerve: RT @stevie_chambers: perhaps U is the new V? Unified replacing Virtualization? <-- time to register bunch of domains ;-)

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:42 nigelpoulton

4:42

BasRaayman:

@nigelpoulton @chrismevans actually with TP/ZPR it's probably more useful to use concat in LVM than stripe. Removal is easier. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:42 BasRaayman

4:42

ccostan:

RT @nigelpoulton: #techfieldday. Discussion with 3PAR and Symantec VERY good. CLI demos...... NOT SO #FAIL

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:42 ccostan

4:42

storagenerve:

lets move on #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:42 storagenerve

4:43

nigelpoulton:

glanced around the room - NOBODY watching the CLI demo. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:43 nigelpoulton

4:43

Kiwi_Si:

I must be sad as quite enjoying the CLI - lol RT @nigelpoulton: #techfieldday. Discussion with 3PAR and Symantec VERY good. CLI demos.NOT SO

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:43 Kiwi_Si

4:44

BasRaayman:

@nigelpoulton You are.... sort of? ;-) #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:44 BasRaayman

4:46

nigelpoulton:

RT @BasRaayman: @nigelpoulton You are.... sort of? ;-) #techfieldday <-- yeh I felt sorry for the guy doing the demo

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:46 nigelpoulton

4:50

RickVanover:

Veritas Storage Foundation Basic is a free storage management package http://bit.ly/1a09wy #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:50 RickVanover

4:51

Kiwi_Si:

Check out Symantec Storage Foundation - the basic edition is free and you get plenty of great features. http://bit.ly/GIGHQ #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:51 Kiwi_Si

4:51

storagenerve:

FTC disclosure, we may get served beer from Symantec #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:51 storagenerve

4:53

BasRaayman:

RT @StorageNerve: FTC disclosure, we may get served beer from Symantec #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:53 BasRaayman

4:54

johnobeto:

Oh no, he didn't...mention the 'M' word!--> RT @StorageNerve: @johnobeto time to change to a mac??? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:54 johnobeto

4:54

ccostan:

@storagenerve Symantec's Presentation has a 2 drink minimum. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:54 ccostan

4:55

BasRaayman:

@johnobeto @StorageNerve We can also use the A word... Switch to an Apple! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:55 BasRaayman

4:56

drobo:

LOL no risk of CLI demo for @drobo RT @nigelpoulton: #techfieldday. Discussion with 3PAR and Symantec VERY good. CLI demos...... NOT SO

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:56 drobo

4:57

johnobeto:

Now, I'm being gang-tackled--> RT @BasRaayman: @johnobeto @StorageNerve We can also use the A word... Switch to an Apple! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:57 johnobeto

4:57

vseanclark:

RT @rbrambley: 3par and IBM already "understand" SF Thin Reclamation API #techfieldday <-- interesting

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:57 vseanclark

4:57

Knieriemen:

@drobo Looking forward to seeing you guys tomorrow at #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:57 Knieriemen

4:58

nigelpoulton:

Brilliant @drobo will not be doing any CLI demos. To keep us even happier u could bring some free Drobo units for us too :-D #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:58 nigelpoulton

4:58

etherealmind:

The propensity of Storage people to distrust a Network is staggering. Aren't Storage Networks meant to be reliable ? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:58 etherealmind

4:58

ccostan:

RT @Knieriemen: @drobo Looking forward to seeing you guys tomorrow at #techfieldday <-- And your Building SIGN! :)

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:58 ccostan

4:58

kiwi_si:

Doh! Jet lag has just kicked in... time for some caffeine. Mental note to self: Only pay attention to the local time.

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:58 kiwi_si

4:59

chrismevans:

@etherealmind Don't think storage people distrust a Network, they distrust Network people.... #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 4:59 chrismevans

5:01

nigelpoulton:

RT @chrismevans: @etherealmind Don't think storage people distrust a Network, they distrust Network people.... <-- except you of course :-D

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:01 nigelpoulton

5:01

etherealmind:

RT @nigelpoulton: Brilliant @drobo will not be doing any CLI demos. <- do they even have a CLI ? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:01 etherealmind

5:01

storagenerve:

do you currently use free Storage Foundations from Symantec #techfieldday, please reply if you use....

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:01 storagenerve

5:01

BasRaayman:

@nigelpoulton @drobo I have to agree with Nigel on that one!! #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:01 BasRaayman

5:02

mfratto:

RT @etherealmind: Aren't Storage Networks meant to be reliable ? #techfieldday <- Ethernet is reliable, but not lossless. You know that. :)

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:02 mfratto

5:02

johnobeto:

RT @nigelpoulton: Brilliant @drobo will not be doing any CLI demos. Keep us happy u could bring some free Drobo units 4 us too #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:02 johnobeto

5:05

nigelpoulton:

Actually Symantec do a hell of a lot more with storage than I thought. Talking about DST (dynamic storage tiering) now. Unix/Linux only now

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:05 nigelpoulton

5:06

johnobeto:

I am looking forward to trying the *FREE* Symantec Storage Soundation Basic product: Download it here http://bit.ly/1GNB5A #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:06 johnobeto

5:07

ccostan:

Posting in Google #Wave seems to be a big waste of time. :( A solution looking for a problem. #FAIL

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:07 ccostan

5:10

BasRaayman:

RT @johnobeto: Looking forward to trying *FREE* Symantec Storage Soundation Basic product: Download here http://bit.ly/1GNB5A #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:10 BasRaayman

5:14

chuckhollis:

@StorageNerve While you were out at #techfieldday was EMC hosting over 100+ industry analysts for two days. Sorry you missed it!

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:14 chuckhollis

5:16

BasRaayman:

@StorageNerve @chuckhollis But that was probably an event with a different concept? EMC should do something similar. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:16 BasRaayman

5:16

chrismevans:

@rodos You missed IBM with SVC - who owns the licence? http://is.gd/4TMQQ #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:16 chrismevans

5:16

sfoskett:

RT @etherealmind: propensity of Storage people to distrust Network is staggering. Arent Storage Networks meant to be reliable? #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:16 sfoskett

5:18

storagenerve:

@chuckhollis yea unfortunately not invited, not an analyst, this event is focused for a set of bloggers #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:18 storagenerve

5:18

techmute:

RT @johnobeto: Looking forward to trying *FREE* Symantec Storage Soundation Basic product: Download here http://bit.ly/1GNB5A #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:18 techmute

5:18

johnobeto:

RT @rodos: Vendors racing 2 deliver block level migrtn of data btwn tiers. FAST2, Symantec etc . Each different featres/func. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:18 johnobeto

5:19

johnobeto:

RT @chrismevans: @rodos You missed IBM with SVC - who owns the licence? http://is.gd/4TMQQ #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:19 johnobeto

5:19

storagenerve:

@techmute outside of EMC, no one writes about V-max, Clariion, Ionix, Celerra, an event like this could open that com #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:19 storagenerve

5:20

sfoskett:

Was any #techfieldday delegate invited? Apple/Orange RT @chuckhollis: EMC hosting 100+ industry analysts for two days. Sorry you missed it!

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:20 sfoskett

5:22

RickVanover:

Does anyone want to see a CLI demonstration? Not at this point in the day. #techfieldday

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:22 RickVanover

5:22

John Obeto:

Can CLI go away?

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:22 John Obeto

5:23

John Obeto:

Go GUI

Thursday November 12, 2009 5:23 John Obeto

5:31