Archive for August 15th, 2008

IBM XIV Storage Released (2008-8-15)

Category: IBM, Storage | No Comments

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 [...]

Virtual Floppy Drive Application (2008-8-15)

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I had a need for a floppy drive for a server that didn’t have a physical device. I know I could use a USB floppy, but the customer didn’t want a USB floppy hanging off the brand spanking new IBM x3650 servers.
The need arose from a feature in DataCore’s SANMelody software that allows any [...]