Tag Archives: Microsoft

VMworld 2013 – a view from the expo floor

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Anthony Vandewerdt

So I just spent four days manning the Actifio stand in the expo hall at VMworld 2013.   I wish I could tell you about all the amazing sessions I attended, but that wasn’t why I was there (although I … Continue reading →

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Performance and bench-marking tools

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Anthony Vandewerdt

So you need to do some disk performance testing?   Maybe some benchmarking?  What tools are out there to help you out?   Well I am glad you asked… here are some that I use on my daily travels: IOmeter … Continue reading →

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Portable XIV!

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Anthony Vandewerdt

Now that IBM is shipping the XIV Gen3, a new version of the XIV Host Attachment Kit has been released:  version 1.7.   This new release brings in support the XIV Gen3 (or more specifically, XIV Firmware 11.0).   You … Continue reading →

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