Category Archives: Storage

Challenge your biases, change your preconceived notions.

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Gabriel

In 2011 I was at VMworld and spent a lot of time at the solutions exchange visiting all the storage vendors. At the time I was the primary storage and virtualization administrator at my company and this was my first … Continue reading →

Posted in HyperConvergence, Storage, Storage & Virtualization, Uncategorized, VMUG | 1 Comment

Globally Federated & Hyperconverged

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Gabriel

So I have hinted at some changes that were to be taking place in my near term future. For the last year I have been working as a Sales Engineer with Emulex, covering the South Western Territory and focusing primarily on IO … Continue reading →

Posted in Sales Engineering, SimpliVity, Storage, Storage & Virtualization, VMWare | 3 Comments

One year past, a leap forward.

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Gabriel

So for the last year I’ve been working as a Sales Engineer with a IO manufacturer. This was my first position on the “Dark Side”, working day to day in the sales environment in support of the account management team both … Continue reading →

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FUD WARS – Educational Benefits

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Gabriel

FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) have a long history of being deployed as a weapon of choice in the vendor space. I think we have all seen our fair share of mud flinging either in good sporting gest, or in … Continue reading →

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Baby 3PAR to the rescue

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Gabriel

As someone who was very keen to get my hands on 3PAR gear before HP bought them and who had seen his last storage array vendor gobbled up by Dell, I had mixed feelings about HP being the winner in … Continue reading →

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RUN! Podcast #4, have a listen

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Gabriel

So I was invited to be a participant on the RUN! podcast a while back and it was just released today. I have been listening to a number of podcasts in the tech space for some time and find them … Continue reading →

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So I submitted a session for VMworld

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Gabriel

A first for me: Session Title: Simulating Storage IO workloads within virtual environments Session Type: Breakout Session Session Abstract: With Tier 1 applications becoming commonplace within virtual environments, the need to simulate the IO profiles of those workloads prior to deployment has … Continue reading →

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It makes you want to cry

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Gabriel

From the everlong “what did you learn today” thread at ARS, comes this tale of woe. Remember to vet those shipping companies. Also, a single tie down for something like that will never cut it. Apparently there goes $180k of … Continue reading →

Posted in Facepalm, Storage | 1 Comment

Marketing masquerading as “Tech Journalism”, Or how not to write a stealth press release

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Gabriel

Let me preface this by saying that this may come across as snarky and malicious, but that’s not the full intent. I’m using this as a simple illustration of what bothers me about tech journalism. There is a trend I … Continue reading →

Posted in Storage, Storage & Virtualization, Tech Marketing, VMWare | 1 Comment

IO Analyzer 56k no way!

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Gabriel

Install and configure VMware IO Analyzer: Quick note, in case you missed the Brown Bag last night, the Video is here. I go over the install process as well as some general QA about IO Analyzer there.   ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – … Continue reading →

Posted in Storage, Storage & Virtualization, VMWare | 2 Comments