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Iometer. As good as you want to make it.
Most know Iometer as the go-to synthetic I/O measuring tool used to simulate real workload conditions. Well, somewhere, somehow, someone forgot the latter part of that sentence, which is why it ends up being so misused and abused. How many of us have seen a storage solution delivering 6 figure IOPS using Iometer, only to…
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How I use Dell/EqualLogic’s SANHQ in my environment
One of the benefits of investing in Dell/EqualLogic’s SAN solutions are the number of great tools included with the product, at no extra charge. I’ve written in the past about leveraging their AutoSnapshot Manager for VM and application consistent snapshots and replicas. Another tool that deserves a few words is SAN HeadQuarters (SANHQ). SANHQ…