Posts by Bladerunner

Things have changed

All the software you mention are things of the past. EMC has learned from their mistakes.

Navisphere has been replaced by Unisphere, Control Center by ProSphere.

The old java code is beeing replaced by Adobe Flex.

You can check out this Unisphere demo to get an impression of the new tools:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7qeOktnFQ

Me too

Oohhh, Dell is playing "Me Too" again. Not very impressive.

EMC don´t need to watch out. The new VNX Series has replaced the Clariion systems.

And they are not offered by Dell, because EMC didn´t want to.

EMC is actually growing faster without Dell.

In the latest IDC storage tracker, Dell slipped into the "others" category.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/06/idc_storage_tracker/

A low price does not save the sinking ship

Stable - No

Many reports of issues with EVA 4400 firmware over the last year

Performant - No

Old 32bit architecture - No VMware VAAI hardware offload - No flashdrives - Poor backend bandwith

Simple to manage - Yes

Command View EVA was the leader in ease of use, but the competition has surpassed it

with better tools for capacity planning, performance monitoring and application integration.

Online lun migration and thin provisioning is fine, but that has been offered by the competition for several years already.

A low price does not save the sinking ship.