IBM have quietly and I mean quietly announced the release of the new Mid-Enterprise storage range, the XIV storage range has had two press releases here and here.
This is one of the most low key announcements I have ever seen from any vendor about something so important to their hardware product line.
If you want some more information about the capabilities of the XIV range then check out these two links:
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The need arose from a feature in DataCore’s SANMelody software that allows any modifications of the configuration to be written to a backup floppy for config recovery purposes. This is a great feature that I really wanted the customer to use so I hunted for a Virtual Floppy drive that would allow it to be presented to Windows as though it was a physical device.
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