Fully Featured Entry-Level Storage Array

Fully Featured Entry-Level Storage Array

Dell have announced a new player in the entry-level storage space that affectively replaces the MD3 range and also treads on the toes of its cousin the SCv3020. It's called the ME4 and at present is available in three different sizes.

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[PODCAST] Discussions with the experts at Dell Technologies World

[PODCAST] Discussions with the experts at Dell Technologies World

Throughout the podcast, Barry, Mike and Paul discuss their experience of the show, the conversations Mike and Paul are having with customers while they man the 'Meet the experts' area as well as their roles within the Dell Solutions Centre in Limerick. 

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Dell EMC 14G PowerEdge Servers

Dell EMC 14G PowerEdge Servers

Dell EMC have recently launched the first wave of their 14G servers which sees a significant update to their server range which is more than just faster processors and more RAM compared to 13G.

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BizTech Brief #19 - 2016 Summary

BizTech Brief #19 - 2016 Summary

This year has had many big announcements within the IT industry. This was my first full year within IT and I personally was amazed at how many product updates, acquisitions, announcements and also hiccups there are within IT. This BizTech Brief issue is a brief summary of the biggest news (in my opinion) from the past 12 months. 

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Dell EMC Storage Solutions Training

Dell EMC Storage Solutions Training

Last week I flew out to the Dell Customer Solution Centre in Limerick Ireland. Whilst the trip was only 48 hours end to end we had a jam-packed agenda, aiming to get a good overview of the combined mid-market storage portfolio for both Dell and EMC. 

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Reflecting on the Dell TechSummit EMEA 2016

Reflecting on the Dell TechSummit EMEA 2016

Over the past week, I have spent 3 days in Barcelona at the Dell Internal and Channel Partners Technical Summit. The Tech Summit represents an opportunity for all of Dell's Technical sales force (Channel and Direct) to be united in learning the length and breadth of Dell's portfolio and understanding the direction of the industry alongside Dell's strategy. Over the three days, we got to hear from leaders within Dell, who were fully articulating the trends they are seeing within the industry. 

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Cisco CMD line Vs Dell CMD line

Cisco CMD line Vs Dell CMD line

All of your network engineers have taken the Cisco training route and all feel comfortable with the ios cmd line, and that’s a good thing the cisco training is fantastic. However, with the cisco known cmd line comes a huge amount of cost, but none the less the IT managers use a huge amount of the budget to go for the Cisco option.

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Dell FX2 Part 4: Networking

Dell FX2 Part 4: Networking

Now we’ve covered compute and storage it’s time to look at the networking options available with the FX2. There are two primary options to choose from with the FX2, pass through modules or IO aggregators (IOA).  These components are installed in the rear of the chassis and two are used for redundancy.

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Dell Storage Compellent (SC) and EqualLogic (PS) cross platform replication

Dell Storage Compellent (SC) and EqualLogic (PS) cross platform replication

Today Dell announced SCOS7 for the SC series of storage, alongside this was the updated Dell Storage Manager which unifies the SC and PS platforms for management but also cross platform replication.

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Dell Storage SCOS 7 - A Future Ready Architecture

Dell Storage SCOS 7 - A Future Ready Architecture

Today Dell have announced the latest release of their Dell Storage Operating System (SCOS) version 7. This is the most feature rich software release Dell have had for some time and this post will look at some of the key features soon to be available free of charge for customers who have an active support contract.

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Dell FX2 Part 3: Storage

Dell FX2 Part 3: Storage

This is the third in a series of blog posts about the Dell FX2. The primary storage component in the FX2 architecture is the FD332 storage block. This provides compute blocks access to dense and highly scalable direct attached storage with up to 48 spindles and 91.2 TB raw capacity in 2U. 

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Dell FX2 Part 2: Compute

Dell FX2 Part 2: Compute

Following from part 1 this post will take a closer look at the compute options available with the FX2. Due to its modular design the FX2 provides several different configuration options allowing it to cater for many different workloads. The graphic below show the four compute options available today.

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Dell FX2 Part 1: Introduction and Use Cases

Dell FX2 Part 1: Introduction and Use Cases

Dell launched their PowerEdge FX2 architecture in late 2014 and recently we’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on one here at Computerworld. The FX2 is a 2U rack-based enclosure that converges servers, storage and networking and is all centrally managed using the CMC (Chassis Management Controller)

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Video with Atlantis Computing about their new CX4 and the Dell partnership

Video with Atlantis Computing about their new CX4 and the Dell partnership

I was lucky enough to be able to catchup with David Cumberworth VP of global sales at Atlantis Computing to talk about their new

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Dell announces new Atlantis HyperScale solutions

Last week Dell became the latest hardware vendor to announce a partnership with software defined storage manufacturer Atlantis Computing. 

Atlantis have been offering their hyperconverged platform hyperscale since spring 2014

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