Comments on: I Love It, But It’s Not Available http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/02/28/i-love-it-but-its-not-available/ The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Dmitry Sorokin http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/02/28/i-love-it-but-its-not-available/comment-page-1/#comment-35838 Dmitry Sorokin Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:55:46 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/02/28/i-love-it-but-its-not-available/#comment-35838 SnapManger for Virtual Infrastructure will be available in April this year and will cost $2000 per server according to this source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/12/netapp_announcements_feb_12/ Dmitry SnapManger for Virtual Infrastructure will be available in April this year and will cost $2000 per server according to this source:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/12/netapp_announcements_feb_12/

Dmitry

]]> By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/02/28/i-love-it-but-its-not-available/comment-page-1/#comment-35835 slowe Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:58:02 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/02/28/i-love-it-but-its-not-available/#comment-35835 NetApp *IS* cool technology, no doubt about it. I love most of their stuff. I'm sure you've read my earlier articles on FlexClones? http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/05/11/how-to-provision-vms-using-netapp-flexclones/ http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/05/15/netapp-flexclones-with-vmware-part-1/ http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/05/17/netapp-flexclones-with-vmware-part-2/ I just hope that the dates that I've been given for delivery of this next-generation usage of the cloning functionality are accurate; this is something they've been hyping for quite a while now. NetApp *IS* cool technology, no doubt about it. I love most of their stuff. I’m sure you’ve read my earlier articles on FlexClones?

http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/05/11/how-to-provision-vms-using-netapp-flexclones/
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/05/15/netapp-flexclones-with-vmware-part-1/
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2007/05/17/netapp-flexclones-with-vmware-part-2/

I just hope that the dates that I’ve been given for delivery of this next-generation usage of the cloning functionality are accurate; this is something they’ve been hyping for quite a while now.

]]> By: William Bishop http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/02/28/i-love-it-but-its-not-available/comment-page-1/#comment-35833 William Bishop Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:18:23 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/02/28/i-love-it-but-its-not-available/#comment-35833 The primary difference is that vmware doesn't really do "vaporware". They don't really talk about something until they have already gotten through most testing and small deployments and are ready for release. Something might hold it back, but they're almost always on target. Due to NDA, I can't be specific, but most of the stuff they've been hyping for the last few months and saying 2nd or 3rd quarter 2008....Is really 3rd quarter. The stuff that is sexy, thin provision, linked clones, etc. I'm excited about the stuff. Microsoft, no one takes seriously anymore, and it makes sense--they always talk, but rarely do the things they create ever live up to their hype, and NEVER on time, usually off by years if we're honest about it. Netapp, was different, but maybe they'll release this soon enough to not get a black eye over it. I don't have netapp, I have EMC and IBM, but I've always thought of netapp as cool technology. I'd love to have it in-house one day, and something like that might persuade, as we're a very virtual shop...and that's just amazing to anyone who's done much provisioning of vm's(we'll be in the multi thousands soon). The primary difference is that vmware doesn’t really do “vaporware”. They don’t really talk about something until they have already gotten through most testing and small deployments and are ready for release. Something might hold it back, but they’re almost always on target. Due to NDA, I can’t be specific, but most of the stuff they’ve been hyping for the last few months and saying 2nd or 3rd quarter 2008….Is really 3rd quarter. The stuff that is sexy, thin provision, linked clones, etc. I’m excited about the stuff. Microsoft, no one takes seriously anymore, and it makes sense–they always talk, but rarely do the things they create ever live up to their hype, and NEVER on time, usually off by years if we’re honest about it.

Netapp, was different, but maybe they’ll release this soon enough to not get a black eye over it.
I don’t have netapp, I have EMC and IBM, but I’ve always thought of netapp as cool technology. I’d love to have it in-house one day, and something like that might persuade, as we’re a very virtual shop…and that’s just amazing to anyone who’s done much provisioning of vm’s(we’ll be in the multi thousands soon).

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