PEX Day 1: Preconference Boot camp

By
Eelco
– February 14, 2012

After a long journey yesterday (door to door took me about 22 hours), today was PEX preconference boot camp day. I attended the NetApp Technical Boot camp which consisted of 5 sessions. I must say, Scott Bakers session about NetApp Cluster Mode was great. Not only is he a great speaker, he knows what he’s talking about. Data ONTAP 8.1.1 will bring some nice improvements like increased dedupe and cloning support, up to 100 TB per volume, virtual storage tiering with hybrid aggregates, but most important of all was Scotts speech about Cluster mode Technology and the announcement of VSC 4.0.

VCS 4.0 will contain a new tool to handle file misalignment, non-disruptive and have integrated Backup & Recovery! ONTAP 8.1.1 will also have VAAI fully implemented.

This afternoon will continue with some receptions, the NEMEA reception, the official Welcome reception at the Solution Exchange and the VMware PEX Unofficial Official Community Tweetup.

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About Eelco

I am a Virtualization Consultant with Inter Access, interested in high level design, product/solution management and helping customers solve their pains. I like to take a broader look and approach and prefer to look at a problem from several angles.